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Let them eat cake

Gemma Shaw explores the city’s best birthday cake offerings

Photo: Vive Cake Boutique

Vive Cake Boutique

Vive Cake Boutique offers dreamy, pastel-coloured cakes with playful Most themes and instantly Instagramrecognisable designs. mable Founded by self-taught cake designer Vivien Lau, the bakery has attracted a large celebrity following. Its signature Uni-Cone cake is capped with an inverted icecream cone to resemble a unicorn’s horn and decorated with macarons and hundreds and thousands while the Let Them Be Little cake is crafted with fondant icing of a rainbow over clouds and filled with a surprise centre of starshaped confetti. Customised topper messages available with two weeks notice. The store is located on Queen’s Road Central and cakes can be delivered by a dedicated team for a fee. A baby cake smash photography package is also available in collaboration with 123 Cheese Production. Photoshoots are priced from $4,680 and include a cake, a themed backdrop and 30 fully-edited images. order.vive.hk

Mrs B’s Cakery

Founded by Bonnae Gokson, style icon and the creative brains behind Sevva, Ms B’s Cakery creates Showbeautiful bespoke stopper cakes that are (almost) too pretty to eat. Children will love the Bozo – a double chocolate chiffon cake that comes with a generous layer of fudge and topped with chocolate covered fruit pops. Crafted using natural ingredients, these cakes are a truly indulgent way to wrap up any party with an eight-inch cake priced from $1,000. Bespoke cake designs are available on request and parents are invited to collaborate for the most picture-worthy and memorable cake. Stores located at Landmark, Pacific Place and Lee Tung Avenue. msbscakery.hk

The Cakery

This vegan cake shop offers a range of animal- Best for inspired chiffon cakes dietary that are gluten-free, requirements refined sugar-free and made without artificial colour. Choose from an adorable owl-shaped chocolate cake, a black sesame-flavoured bunny cake or a pink piggy cake with strawberry jam. All cakes are available in five or seven inches and available for collection from stores located in Lee Gardens and Landmark. thecakery.com

Complete Deelite

The team at Complete Deelite have been baking specialty cakes since 2004 and have earned brownie points with kids across Hong Kong for their eyecatching and imaginative designs which include superheroes, pirates and Star Wars characters. Beautiful themed cakesto-go can be ordered with six hours notice while the team insist that the sky’s the limit with custom cake options from a pinata smash cake filled with surprise treats to a cake resembling the family pet. Complete Deelite also offers kids baking and decorating parties and is currently running summer camps throughout August with the option to bake cupcakes, cake pops and ice cream drip cake.

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Baking parties

Phoenix Sweets

Hidden within PMQ on Hollywood Road, these unique cakes are made with passion, finesse and the finest ingredients available. Founder Phoenix Hui built the business up from an online venture. Buttercream and fondant cakes come in a variety of fun designs for kids including dinosaurs, little cars, mermaids and happy monsters. Some cakes come with the option of a cupcake tower for a truly impressive show-stopper and more

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Party venues

One Small Step

One Small Step is a family cafe focused on catering to children and parents alike. The Instagram-worthy bespoke cloud-themed play area was created by a renowned British playground designer and is perfect for babies and toddlers. The cafe serves up excellent coffee, fresh salads, pizzas and healthy snacks for kids. A dedicated party room provides the perfect backdrop for kids birthdays with a friendly team on hand to help organise everything from decor to entertainers. onesmallstep.hk

Maggie & Rose

If you’re looking for somewhere to host your child’s party, the club has a dedicated events team to take care of everything for you - from food, and drink to themes, party bags, invitations, thank you cards, entertainers and photographers. The private members club has two locations in Causeway Bay and Repulse Bay. maggieandrose.com.hk

AirPlay Blow Dry Bar

AirPlay Blow Dry Bar offers “Kid’s spa day” packages, the ultimate spa day for little princesses. Customize your own workshops to suit little ones wishes, AirPlay’s artists will style both hair and nails and even use organic nail polish on little fingers and toes. Based in The Landmark, Central.

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