Where to Order a Birthday Cake in Hội An
Birthdays don't pause because you’re travelling. Even if you’re passing through Hội An - we’ve got the local favourites that make it easy to pull off a birthday party. From a rich home-style chocolate cake, a custom cake with any-flavour-you-choose or a plant-based option - here are the spots that locals will recommend when you’re talking birthday cakes in Hoi An.
Dingo Deli - for a home-style chocolate cake
If you want comfort over spectacle, this is the one. Dingo Deli's chocolate cake is proper home-style baking, and the ganache is the reason you'll order it again. It reads familiar in the best way, the kind of cake that disappears fast at a kid's party. Whole cake, 800,000 VND.
How to Order: Contact Dingo Deli or pop-in, order ahead and pick up when it’s ready.
Butter Oven - for a custom cake
Come here when the cake is the centrepiece. Butter Oven bakes to your design and flavour, from scratch, and the results are genuinely beautiful. It runs as an online bakery, so you order through their site or Facebook, tell them the look and taste you're after, and they deliver it to your door anywhere in Hội An. No pickup run required. Cakes start at 550,000 VND.
Howtoorder: https://butterovenbakery.com
Jeremy's Kitchen — for a fresh, American-style, cake ordered ahead
The no-drama choice. Jeremy's doesn't do custom designs, they do quality: fresh cream cakes made with real dairy, and the jams, butters and crumbs are made from scratch in-house. You pick a cake off their menu, order ahead, and collect. What you see is what you get, and what you get is very good.
How to order: Order online or by phone. A 16cm cake needs at least 24 hours notice, a 24cm needs 36 hours, and for same-day you can call the hotline and ask. In Hội A they're a small kitchen at 07 Huynh Ngoc Hue Street, Hội An Tây Ward. You won’t find these in-store in Hoi An, so order ahead and have it delivered via Grab.
Lagom Bakery — for a vegan chocolate cake
If you’re searching for something plant based, Lagom's vegan chocolate cake is the showstopper here - and proof that vegan and special-occasion belong in the same sentence. They do a proper range of birthday cakes in sizes from 10 to 20cm, so you can scale it to the party, and if you message ahead they'll help you sort out the right cake for the occasion.
The chocolate cake’s a big-favourite - but the opera cake is also impressive. Like, order one to stash in your freezer for those late-night-cravings impressive. You can also order cupcakes for birthdays (or seasonal cupcakes) in sets of six.
How to order: Order online, stop by in-store 409B Cửa Đại, Cẩm Châu or contact Lagom on Instagram
Heads up - nearly all of these cakes are going to have to be ordered ahead.
Dingo Deli and Lagom both sit on Cửa Đại in Cẩm Châu, a short walk apart, so you can go try a slice before you buy and compare the two.
Order a few days ahead wherever you go, especially in high season, and you'll have a cake worth the candles. Need something last minute? Local bakeries, like the one across from Ba Le market have local cakes for under 400,000 VND made with a popular chiffon and filling style in many flavours.