A cake is a decision. Somebody has a birthday, somebody rings ahead, somebody collects it at a set time.
A pastry is not a decision. It is a Tuesday, you are walking back from M.K. College Road, and something in the counter looks better than going straight home.
This is a guide to the second thing — what is in the counter at Cake Innings, what it costs, and what to pick.
The counter, and what it costs
- Pastries — from ₹60. Choco truffle, pineapple, red velvet, butterscotch, black forest. Cut fresh from the day’s cakes.
- Brownies and jar desserts — from ₹90. Walnut brownie, tiramisu jar, cheesecake.
Two people can sit down and eat properly for about ₹250. That is the honest number, not a headline price with conditions attached.
Which pastry to pick
Choco truffle if you want the richest thing in the case. It is the one people come back for and the one to hand a child who is being difficult about choosing.
Pineapple if it is hot, which in Kalyan is most of the year. Lighter, less sweet, does not sit heavily at 4pm.
Red velvet if you are buying for someone else and do not know their taste. It is the safest crowd-pleaser and it looks like more effort than it costs.
Butterscotch if you grew up on Indian bakery cake and want that specific flavour. Nostalgia is a legitimate reason to order something.
The brownies deserve a mention
The walnut brownie is the one to try first if you have never been in. Dense rather than cakey, which is the correct answer to the brownie question.
The tiramisu jar and the cheesecake travel better than a pastry does, so they are the ones to pick if you are carrying something home on a bike or taking dessert to somebody’s flat.
Sitting in
There is seating, there is wifi, and there is a separate space for small celebrations. Plenty of people use it for an hour of work with a brownie, and plenty of families use it after school.
The kitchen is open to the shop floor, so if a cake is being finished while you are in you can watch it happen. It is the main reason people bring visitors here rather than to a chain counter.
Buying pastries for a group
For an office floor or a class party, a tray of pastries usually beats a large cake — everyone takes one and moves, instead of queueing while somebody cuts sixty slices. The reasoning is in our office cake guide.
For anything above about twenty pieces, call ahead the same morning. The counter is cut fresh through the day and we would rather set them aside than have you arrive to a thin case at 9pm.
Everything is eggless
Every pastry, brownie and jar dessert in the counter is eggless, and the kitchen is pure vegetarian. There is no eggless section here because there is nothing else — you can point at anything in the case without asking. The detail is in our eggless guide, including the difference between eggless and vegan, which matters if you have a dairy restriction.
Finding us
Shop 5 and 6, Meghmalhar Residency, M.K. College Road, opposite Indraprastha Complex, near Croma — Manisha Nagar, Kalyan West. Open 11am to 10:30pm, every day.
No booking needed for the counter. For cakes, call or WhatsApp +91 77000 02504 — prices and lead times are in our price guide.