The Vancouver Cake Challenge was a huge success featuring creations from bakeries and restaurants around greater Vancouver. Each place featured their cake creation from November 15 – December 8, 2024. Our media judging panel determined the ultimate winners of the challenge, and this was quite the task as each judge who tasted each creation with a rigorous process based on taste, originality/uniqueness and presentation/appearance.
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{103 points}
Just Cakes Bakeshop
Biscoff Mousse Cake
Price: $7.50
Created by: the team
Description: Brown sugar cake layered with biscoff mousse and a brown sugar whipped cheesecake; topped with a biscoff montee, chocolate pearls, biscoff cookie pieces, and a biscoff drip.
Ingredients: Biscoff montee, chocolate pearls, biscoff cookie pieces, and a biscoff drip.
Just Cakes Bakeshop
#5-7548 120 Street, Surrey
Tel: 604 503 5577
Web: https://www.justcakesbc.com/
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
And
Just Cakes Bakeshop
17767 64 Ave Unit #103, Cloverdale
Tel:
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
2nd Place:
{101 points}
Yudi Patisserie
Saitama Hojicha Chiffon cake
Price: slice: $9.5; 5.6″: $38; 6.5″: $58
Created by: the team
Description: This is a delicious cake that originated from Sitama, Japan. The cake is very soft, airy and delicate. The cream has a strong fragrance of hojicha tea. It can be decorated with/without nuts. Available in slices and whole cakes (5.6″ or 6.5″)
Ingredients: milk, oil, vanilla paste, whipping cream, cream cheese, baking powder, flour, eggs, sugar, hojicha tea, nuts & chocolate (optional decoration only).
Available: all the time
Offered: preorder: contact the store 1 day in advance.
Delivery option: Available on Fantuan/ Uber Eats at higher prices.
Yudi Patisserie
8580 Alexandra Road, unit 1195, Richmond
Tel: 604-370-0777
Web: https://www.instagram.com/patisserieyudi
Instagram @patisserieyudi
3rd Place:
{99 points}
Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee
Ferrero Rocher Cheesecake
Price: Slice: $9.95 or 6-Inch: $42
Created by: The Ferrero Rocher Cheesecake was created by our Trees Kitchen Staff a few years ago. However, the latest version has been expertly crafted under the leadership of our kitchen manager, Nancy Lin Wang.
Description: Baked daily in our kitchen, Ferrero Rocher is back and better than ever! We’ve worked tirelessly to enhance the flavour of our beloved creation, and we’re proud to announce that we’ve elevated this cheesecake to new heights.
This year, we will combine premium cream cheese with the signature flavour of Nutella. But that’s not all: every slice will be adorned with a whole Ferrero Rocher chocolate, nestled on a new base of chocolate whipped cream and sprinkled with gold flakes!
For chocolate lovers, our improved blend of hazelnut paste and crushed hazelnuts ensures the perfect texture and rich taste that makes this cheesecake genuinely extraordinary.
Ingredients: Cream Cheese, Vanilla Paste, Eggs, Hazelnut Paste, Nutella, Crushed Hazelnut, Gold Flakes, Whipping Cream.
Offered: all the time
Delivery: Doordash.
Preorder and takeout: Anybody can call directly to our stores to order the cheesecake.
Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee
450 Granville Street
Phone (604) 684-5022
255 E.Broadway (Mount Pleasant)
Phone: 604-695-9639
5078 Joyce St
Phone: 604-895-4211
10299 University Dr #104, Surrey
Phone: 604-496-1714
Instagram: @treescoffee
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Cake creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee
Ferrero Rocher Cheesecake
Price: Slice: $9.95 or 6-Inch: $42
Created by: The Ferrero Rocher Cheesecake was created by our Trees Kitchen Staff a few years ago. However, the latest version has been expertly crafted under the leadership of our kitchen manager, Nancy Lin Wang.
Description: Baked daily in our kitchen, Ferrero Rocher is back and better than ever! We’ve worked tirelessly to enhance the flavour of our beloved creation, and we’re proud to announce that we’ve elevated this cheesecake to new heights.
This year, we will combine premium cream cheese with the signature flavour of Nutella. But that’s not all: every slice will be adorned with a whole Ferrero Rocher chocolate, nestled on a new base of chocolate whipped cream and sprinkled with gold flakes!
For chocolate lovers, our improved blend of hazelnut paste and crushed hazelnuts ensures the perfect texture and rich taste that makes this cheesecake genuinely extraordinary.
Ingredients: Cream Cheese, Vanilla Paste, Eggs, Hazelnut Paste, Nutella, Crushed Hazelnut, Gold Flakes, Whipping Cream.
Offered: all the time
Delivery: Doordash.
Preorder and takeout: Anybody can call directly to our stores to order the cheesecake.
Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee
450 Granville Street
Phone (604) 684-5022
255 E.Broadway (Mount Pleasant)
Phone: 604-695-9639
5078 Joyce St
Phone: 604-895-4211
10299 University Dr #104, Surrey
Phone: 604-496-1714
Instagram: @treescoffee
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Just Cakes Bakeshop
Biscoff Mousse Cake
Price: $7.50
Created by: the team
Description: Brown sugar cake layered with biscoff mousse and a brown sugar whipped cheesecake; topped with a biscoff montee, chocolate pearls, biscoff cookie pieces, and a biscoff drip.
Ingredients: Biscoff montee, chocolate pearls, biscoff cookie pieces, and a biscoff drip.
Just Cakes Bakeshop
#5-7548 120 Street, Surrey
Tel: 604 503 5577
Web: https://www.justcakesbc.com/
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
And
Just Cakes Bakeshop
17767 64 Ave Unit #103, Cloverdale
Tel:
Instagram @justcakesbakeshop
3rd Place People’s Choice:
Yudi Patisserie
Saitama Hojicha Chiffon cake
Price: slice: $9.5; 5.6″: $38; 6.5″: $58
Created by: the team
Description: This is a delicious cake that originated from Sitama, Japan. The cake is very soft, airy and delicate. The cream has a strong fragrance of hojicha tea. It can be decorated with/without nuts. Available in slices and whole cakes (5.6″ or 6.5″)
Ingredients: milk, oil, vanilla paste, whipping cream, cream cheese, baking powder, flour, eggs, sugar, hojicha tea, nuts & chocolate (optional decoration only).
Available: all the time
Offered: preorder: contact the store 1 day in advance.
Delivery option: Available on Fantuan/ Uber Eats at higher prices.
Yudi Patisserie
8580 Alexandra Road, unit 1195, Richmond
Tel: 604-370-0777
Web: https://www.instagram.com/patisserieyudi
Instagram @patisserieyudi
Our Media judges for this challenge were: Corey Lee, Jay Minter and Joyce Lam.
Thank you to the chefs and restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured their cake creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning restaurants to try their cake creations! See all the Challenge entries here.
By: Richard Wolak