Birmingham's best independent bakeries
What better way to support local businesses than by getting yourself a slice of something tasty? Have your cake and eat it too with our guide to the best independent bakeries in and around Birmingham.
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1. Pause Coffee Shop and Bakery
Home of the Cinnabuffin (pictured below), Pause is a café at Unit 2 King's Court in King's Heath, offering a whole host of cakes, brownies, blondies and sweet treats. Pop by to slow down, pause, and enjoy a sugar fix.
2.The Milkcake Man
In the heart of Kings Heath, The MilkCake Man offers relief for those that suffer with a seriously sweet-tooth. Think unusual flavours of soft serve (anyone for Piña Colada, charcoal coconut, matcha, or bubblegum?) and a menu of milk cakes (as the name suggests) topped and filled with anything your heart desires.
3. Medicine Bakery
Fancy a cronut and a coffee? Then Medicine Bakery is the perfect place to go. With two locations, on New St and in The Mailbox, this place is only a stone's throw from our City Centre Campus and offers plenty of artisan bakes to cater to every need.
5. The Early Bird Bakery
Boasting coffee, cake and brunch for eat-in or takeaway service, Early Bird (located on Kings Heath high street), offers pastries, cakes and savouries which are baked daily in-house using locally sourced ingredients wherever possible.
6. Bread Collection
Bread Collection is a bakery and café based in the beautiful setting of the Great Western Arcade. The cakes and pastries are so tasty!
7. Caneat
Their strapline says it all - 'We serve good food. We serve good drinks. We sell nice things'. Alongside an impressive brunch and lunch menu, Caneat serve up a host of bakes. Some notable favourites include Miso Caramel Sponge & Apple Custard and Courgette & Chocolate.
8. Cherry Reds
Not quite a bakery, but somewhere with great bakes, Cherry Reds is an independent bar on John Bright Street, near New Street Station. Pop in, and grab a cupcake with your pint.
So whether you're looking for a traditional cake or something more unusual, Birmingham's independent bakeries are sure to have all your needs covered.