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A selection of goodies from West Melbourne’s The Flour.

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Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Treats

Laced with chocolate, infused with honey and dusted with sugar, here are Melbourne’s best cafes for sweet freaks.

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Rare cheese, a cheesecake-inspired kakigori with pineapple compote.

Sebastian Kakigori

Monforte’s signature leatherwood honey and sea salt croissant.

Monforte Viennoiserie

A selection of cakes from Holy Sugar in Northcote.

Holy Sugar

Assorted treats at Bloomwood in the CBD.

Bloomwood

Lulu & Me is a pay-by-weight cheesecake shop in Collingwood.

Lulu & Me

The Mont Blanc pastry with chestnut “noodles”, cream and candied chestnuts

The Flour

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Zesty citrus layer cake created by rolling cake sponge like a Swiss roll.

Baker of Things

Outside Tarts Anon’s Collingwood outpost.

Tarts Anon

The classic tiramisu at Siora.

Siora Tiramisu

Cruffins at Penny for Pound in Moorabbin.

Penny for Pound

Assorted cakes at Tori”s.

Tori’s

The raspberry danish is an Amann Patisserie favourite.

Amann Patisserie

Assorted cakes at Tori”s.

Want more? Explore the full Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries guide here