SEQ’s best Christmas cakes and desserts revealed
From fruit mince pies and puddings to croissants, cookies and doughnuts, here’s where to find the tastiest Christmas sweets in southeast Queensland this festive season.
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Whether it’s your job to cater Christmas this year or you’re simply looking for a sweet treat to gift someone, we’ve found southeast Queensland’s best spots to pick up a sugary present this festive season.
From traditional fruit cakes and puddings, to contemporary cookies and pastries, these standout venues promise something to suit all tastebuds and eliminate the need to slave away in the kitchen.
BROOKI BAKEHOUSE
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Want to try the cookies that have taken social media by storm and have people travelling from all over the world just for a bite? Then you’ll need the Christmas Cookie Box from this sensational Brisbane bakery. Owner Brooke Saward pumps out an array of life-changing American-style biscuits with this box filled with six of her favourite flavours: choc chip, red velvet, snickerdoodle, white choc Oreo, choc mint and Ferrero Rocher. Get it now for $40.
GALACTIC DOUGHNUTS
This Queensland business is channelling colder conditions this Christmas, launching their special range of “Snow donuts”. Available in choc hazelnut snow, white hazelnut snow and custard snow, they are all just $2 until the end of December. Just know there’s a limit of four per customer.
NODO
The home of Queensland's best baked-not-fried, gluten-free doughnuts, is marking this special time of year with six new flavours. There’s the Christmas star – a pumpkin doughnut with spiced white chocolate, topped with butterscotch creme and a gold-dusted, handmade gingerbread star; the matcha strawberry Christmas tree doughnut, the dark chocolate vegan Reindeer doughnut, and the Rocky Road doughnut, with both sure to be a hit with the kids, a raspberry and vanilla White Christmas creation, and an early favourite – the Passionfruit pavlova – featuring a passionfruit doughnut, passionfruit glaze and torched meringue. They start at $7.
JOCELYN’S PROVISIONS
It’s at Christmas when this Brisbane institution really shines, bringing out some of the best sweet and savoury treats around for your festive function. Topping the sugar hit list here are their famous trifles – with either a strawberries, chocolate and cream option or a mango number; as well as an assortment of traditional and contemporary Christmas cakes, fruit mince pies, gingerbread, shortbread, chocolate bark, cookies and much more. But for something truly special, why not try the Bouche De Noel, featuring chocolate sponge, sour cherries, dark chocolate chantilly cream and a rocher glaze.
FLOUR & CHOCOLATE
Home to Queensland’s best vanilla slice, as voted by the public in this year’s delicious. 100 Best of the Best Eats & Treats list, this Brisbane-based business are true masters of sugar. So if it’s something sweet you’re after for Christmas, look no further than their huge menu, which runs from plump puddings and fruit mince tarts to fruit cakes, cupcakes, roulades, gingerbread sleighs and more.
BAM BAM BAKEHOUSE
Listing Margot Robbie and Matt Preston as customers, this Gold Coast bakery has plenty of star appeal thanks to its array of meticulously created pastries. So if you want to do like the movie stars this silly season, then order their signature Christmas box filled with a red velvet wreath cake, chocolate yule log eclair, coconut and lime tart, strawberry tart, salted caramel eclair, lemon meringue tart and Nutella choux bomb.
LUNE
The winner of best croissants in Queensland, Lune is well and truly embracing Christmas with its December range of pastries. Think a pavlova-inspired creation, a choc peppermint option and even one called the Christmas pudding featuring a Lune pudding filled with a brandy caramel, brandy-soaked fruit cake and brandy pastry cream, finished with candied orange peel and fresh nutmeg.
RISER BREAD
This hugely popular artisanal bakery in Brisbane’s Toowong is just the place for your fruit mince pies. With flaky, buttery pastry and their own secret fruit mix, these will change the way you think about the traditional treat.
LA PETITE SOURIS
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If traditional Christmas cake is not your thing, then this Sunshine Coast patisserie offers plenty of contemporary alternatives to get you in the spirit of the season. Think stunning buche desserts, with either a rich chocolate mousse, macadamia mousse, dark chocolate cremeux, soft caramel, blueberry sponge and cocoa streusel; or perhaps their berry citrus variety with white chocolate and lime mousse, citrus cremeux, strawberry confit, pistachio sponge and a crispy yuzu layer. There are also a few classic Christmas options, too, such as their super cute gingerbread men.
THE PASTRY LAB
Mango coconut wreaths, yule logs loaded with everything from chocolate and caramel to custard and raspberry, or perhaps dark chocolate salted caramel tarts – this Sunshine Coast pastry favourite is rolling out a decadent array of Christmas treats this year. You’ll need to order fast, however, with certain treats sure to sell out.
SHINGLE INN
One of Queensland’s oldest eateries is again going all out for Christmas, with an extensive range of festive sweets. Choose from the likes of traditional and chocolate puddings, an array of Christmas cakes and biscuits, fruit mince pies, slices and even a hamper with the lot. Products start from less than $15.
BACCHUS
If you’d prefer to go out to dinner for your annual Christmas sweets, than fine dining restaurant Bacchus is serving up a stunning edible bauble. The blown sugar globe is painted with edible lustre and filled with black forest elements including chocolate mousse, sponge, and cherry compote. It is then served on a bed of pistachio crumble for serious wow factor. Try it now as part of the restaurant’s a la carte menu for $25.
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