Sells out by nineOat butter croissant
Laminated over three days with a plant butter made from shea and oat
$4.20
Every pastry on our counter, made without animal products
Laminated croissants, layer cakes and slow sourdough, baked each morning with plant butter, oat milk and aquafaba in place of dairy and eggs. Every allergen is printed on every label, because vegan never means nut safe here.
0animal products in any recipe
4:00when the first croissant tray goes in
10 daysnotice for a custom cake
- No dairy, eggs or honey
- Allergens on every label
- Baked fresh each morning
- Custom cakes to order
What never comes through the door
Vegan baking means more than leaving out butter and eggs. These ingredients, and the additives that hide them in glazes, sprinkles and chocolate, stay out of every recipe and every delivery.
- Butter and ghee
- Milk, cream and whey
- Milk powder and casein
- Eggs and egg wash
- Honey
- Gelatine
- Carmine (E120)
- Shellac glaze (E904)
- Beeswax
- Lard and suet
- Sugar refined with bone char
- Animal fat in pan release sprays
Suppliers confirm every ingredient in writing, and the labels on sprinkles, chocolate and sugar are read again on each delivery. When a mill cannot say how its sugar was refined, we buy from one that can.
On the counter this week
Order before 18:00 for collection the next morning, or add delivery within 6 km at checkout. The allergens for each bake are in the table just below.
Sells out by nine
Cardamom knot
Soft dough twisted with cardamom sugar and brushed with oat milk
$3.80
Ember rye sourdough
Rye and wheat sourdough baked dark on the stone floor of the oven
$7.50
Chocolate olive oil cake
Dense and glossy, cuts into eight slices, set with aquafaba
$28
Cashew cream cheesecake
Baked on a date and oat base; the filling is made from cashews
$34
Custom celebration cake
Layer cakes in your flavours and colours, priced once the design is agreed
Price on enquiry
EnquireDelivery runs within 6 km on weekday and Saturday mornings, with the fee added at checkout, where discount codes can be entered too.
Vegan, but never allergen safe
Plant based is not the same as allergy safe. Wheat, oats, soy, sesame, coconut and tree nuts such as cashews, almonds and pistachios are all used here, on the same benches and in the same ovens. If a trace could harm you, please ask before you order.
| Bake | Contains | Made alongside |
|---|---|---|
| Oat butter croissant | Wheat (gluten), oats, soy; almond filling adds tree nuts | Tree nuts, sesame, coconut |
| Cardamom knot | Wheat (gluten), oats, soy | Tree nuts, sesame |
| Ember rye sourdough | Rye and wheat (gluten) | Sesame, soy, tree nuts |
| Chocolate olive oil cake | Wheat (gluten), soy; the pistachio finish adds tree nuts | Tree nuts, sesame, coconut |
| Cashew cream cheesecake | Tree nuts (cashew), oats, coconut | Wheat, soy, sesame |
| Custom cakes | Listed in writing for each design | Every allergen used in the kitchen |
Peanuts, lupin and mustard are not used in this kitchen. Labelling law is not the same in every country, and the printed label travels with each box as the last word.
How butter, eggs and cream are replaced
Croissant dough is folded around a block of plant butter made from shea and oat, then chilled hard between each turn so the layers stay apart in the oven. Meringues rise on aquafaba, the cooking water from chickpeas, which whips like egg white when it is cold and fresh.
Sponges are bound with ground flax and oat milk soured with a little cider vinegar, which gives the tender crumb a buttermilk cake would have. Cream fillings start from soaked cashews, so anything with a cream filling also contains tree nuts, and its label says so.
- Recipes rewritten from scratch, not swapped one for one
- Aquafaba whipped fresh every morning
- Oat, soy and coconut milk only
- Cashew cream named as a nut on every label
Custom cakes with ten days' notice
Every custom cake is made without animal products, and the design is agreed by email before any baking starts. Prices are starting points for a simple finish.
Two layer cake, six inch
from$48
- Vanilla bean, chocolate or lemon sponge
- Plant buttercream in two colours
- Lettering in plant buttercream if you like
Three layer cake, eight inch
from$85
- Fillings such as raspberry or salted caramel
- Pressed flowers or fresh fruit on top
- A recipe with no nuts on request, baked alongside them
Cupcake dozen
from$36
- Up to three flavours
- Swirled plant buttercream
- Boxed for carrying to work
A deposit of 40 percent holds your date once the design is agreed by email. Cancel more than seven days ahead and the whole deposit is returned; later than that, it pays for ingredients already ordered.
Before dawn and after the doors open
The bench at four in the morning, the counter at nine and a few cakes that left the shop for celebrations.
Said at the counter (example reviews)
A croissant that shatters like the ones from before going vegan. We come every Saturday now, and the cardamom knots rarely survive the walk home.
Our daughter has a milk allergy, so a bakery with no dairy anywhere is a real treat. The allergen table also showed at a glance which bakes held cashews, which made choosing quick.
The eight inch cake for our wedding lunch had pressed violas and a raspberry filling, and not one guest guessed it was vegan until the speeches.
Asked across the counter
Is everything here vegan, or only part of the menu?
Everything. No recipe uses dairy, eggs, honey, gelatine or any other animal product, and that includes glazes, sprinkles and chocolate. Suppliers confirm their ingredients in writing, and labels are checked on each delivery.
Is the bakery safe for a nut allergy?
No. Cashews, almonds and pistachios are used every day, and every bake is made on shared benches. We can bake a cake from a recipe with no nuts in it, but we cannot promise it carries no traces.
Do you bake anything without gluten?
Not at the moment. Wheat flour is in the air of the kitchen from four in the morning, so nothing from our ovens would be safe for someone with coeliac disease.
Why is sugar on the list of things you check?
In some countries cane sugar can be filtered through bone char while it is refined. We buy from mills that state how their sugar is made, so the answer never has to be guessed.
How long do the bakes keep?
Croissants and knots are best on the day. Sourdough keeps three days wrapped in cloth and freezes well, and cheesecakes keep three days in the fridge.
Can a cake be delivered to a venue?
Within 6 km, yes, on the morning of the event, with the delivery fee shown before you confirm. Cakes for places further away are collected from the shop.
Order a custom cake
Start with the day of the party, a guest count and the flavours you enjoy. Paint the design for us in a few sentences, including colours, lettering and flowers, and name every allergy at the table. Within two working days you get a price, the allergens for that design and the date confirmed.
- Ten days' notice for layer cakes
- Design agreed by email before baking
- Allergens listed in writing with the price
Visit the counter
Come early for croissants; on Saturdays the first tray is usually gone by nine.
Write or call
A shop front in the old market quarter, with local delivery up to 6 km away
Counter hours
| Tuesday to Friday | 7:30 to 15:00 |
| Saturday | 8:00 to 14:00 |
| Sunday and Monday | Closed |
Morning orders for cafés
Cafés and offices can take a standing morning order of croissants and knots, delivered within 6 km before 7:30. Ask for the weekly list and it arrives by email.
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