Most Tempting Cakes in Shanghai
Whether it’s for a birthday, celebration, or just a guilty fatty moment, tis the season to indulge in some great cake. Sink your teeth into some of the city’s most tempting cakes and pies, resistance is futile.
HOF
Address: 30 Sinan Lu, near HuaihaiZhong Lu, Xuhui district
Price: RMB 45
Hof chocolate’s doctor has created several chocolate desserts that will stay in your head like a bad break up. The creation “Death By Chocolate Cake” at RMB 45, is layer upon layer of chocolate cake, dark chocolate ganache and a more creamy ganache.
ANGELINA
Address: Times Square, Lane Crawford, L204A & L204B, 2/F, 99 Huaihai Lu, near Xizang Nan Lu, Huangpu district
Phone: 021 6173 1232
Price: RMB 68
Did you know that Angelina was the name of Coco Chanel’s pet? This equally elegant and luxurious experience awaits you, with ample succulent French chocolate to match!
AWFULLY CHOCOLATE
Address: 99 HuaihaiZhong Lu, Shanghai Times Square, 2/F, Room 204, near Xizang Nan Lu
Phone: 021 6173 1232
Price: RMB 160/ 6inch Whole Cake
Awfully Chocolate’s chocolate cake is awfully incredible. The slight bitterness of the chocolate combined with the soft, melt-in-your-mouth layers of cake, perfection in every bite.
TASTE & SEE
Address: 99 Taixing Lu, Zhangyuan, near Wujiang Lu
Phone: 021-52831977
Price: RMB 128
Taste & See is an all-you-can-eat dessert buffet, only for the most serious of sweet tooth’s. You absolutely must try the 70% Belgian chocolate cake and the chocolate macaroons.
BLACK MAGIC CHOCOLATE
Address: CG07, 1/F, 618 Lujiazui Lu, near BaibuJie, Luwan district
Tel: 021-60938207
Price: RMB32
Black Magic Chocolate’s chocolate cake comes all the way from the Ivory Coast using high concentrations of cocoa and following a traditional European recipe. Magic in your mouth!
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY
Address: Unit 720, Disneytown, 255 Shendi Xi Lu, near Qimiao Lu, Pudong district
Tel: 021-58936018
Price: RMB68
Coming all the way from the USA, China’s first ever Cheesecake Factory has opened up in Disneyland! If you’ve never tried a cheesecake before, don’t be put off by the name. It’s deliciously sweet and creamy on top and with a buttery biscuit base on the bottom. The classic flavor is strawberry.
CHIKALICIOUS
Address: Suite 205a/106, No 5, 123 Xingye Lu, near Zizhong Lu, Huangpu district
Tel: 021-63339233 / 021-53098266
Price: RMB 78
Chikalicious offers you the finest selection of cheesecakes you’ve ever had the fortune to feast on. Served on swanky Japanese pottery, you’ll forget all your worries after a single mouthful.
HENKES
Address: Reel Mall, 1/F, 1601 Nanjing Xi Lu, near Changde Lu, Jing’an district
Tel: 021-32530889
Price: RMB58
Henkes’ moreish berry coconut cheesecake is reminiscent of a coconut biscuit. It has a thick coconutty biscuit base, topped with a sprinkling of sugar and fresh berries. You have to try it for yourself to understand how scrumptious it is!
DUTCHPIE
Address:1118 Changshou Lu, Amanda Plaza, 3/F, near Wanhangdu Lu
Tel: 1377 420 3321
Price: RMB25 (per slice), RMB113 (7-inches), RMB178 (9-inches)
A real grandma's apple pie… if you had a Dutch chef Grandma. Buttery crust filled with tons of sliced apples and raisins. Crunchy outside, smooth inside with cinnamon notes. Served best with a lick of whipped cream or some ice cream.
JARAJAM
Address: 88 Wuyuan Lu, near Changshu Lu
Phone: 021 5403 8151
Price: RMB 30 (the slice),RMB198 (Whole)
Jarajam has some delicious homemade Carrot Cake: dense, soft and moist, made with brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and carrot. The cream cheese icing adds a zesty freshness to finish things off.
LOST BAKERY
Address: 758 Julu Lu, 1/F, near Fumin Lu
Tel: 021 6266 9883
Price: RMB 35
Lost Bakery’s signature tart is a tatin tart, composed of caramelized apples, crunchy pistachios, sable biscuit and vanilla cream inside. Well balanced dessert that you really, really need to try.
FARINE
Address: Wukang Lu/ 150 Hubin Lu / 88 Yuanmingyuan Lu
Price: RMB 40
Classic sweet crust, a soft almond biscuit, a blueberry and red currant jam, covered with a generous layer of vanilla mascarpone cream, topped with whole blueberries and red currants. Wow.
AL’ S BAKING
Address: 174 Xiangyang Nan Lu, near FuxingZhong Lu
Tel: 021-54249590
Price: RMB48
The latest venue of Al and Grace offer Canadian treats. If you don’t know what that means, it’s like Amercian sweets but with less sugar inside. Their chocolate cake could fool the sweetest of sweet tooth’s though, it’s perfect.
BREAD ETC
Address: 500 Xiangyang Nan Lu, near Jianguo Xi Lu
Price: RMB35 (per tart); after 7pm (buy 1 get 1)
Bread Etc offers a great selection of tarts and there are all kinds for all tastes: Pineapple, Strawberry, Figs, nuts/coffee, chocolate, mango, lemon, pears… perfection in its truest definition.
LILLIAN'S
Address: Multiple Locations
Tel: 021-64269942
Price: RMB 4
No imported ingredients, no organic eggs, no impassioned bakers or gluten free declarations for these egg pies. They’re local and shamelessly what they are: delicious