Christmas in Melbourne: Festive Desserts to Treat Yourself to this Month
From festively bright layer cakes to eggnog-fused creations, traditional puddings to perfect pavlova, Melbourne's stocking is stuffed full with delicious festive treats. Read on to find out more - it's our sweetest gift to you!
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? Melbourne's the land where eggnog donuts are glistening! A beautiful sight, these sweets are tonight, you're about to walk into a dessert wonderland...
That's how that song goes, right?
Whether you're a Christmas traditionalist or someone who likes to mix things up, these sweet treats are sure to make this holiday season extra special. So unbuckle your belts, pull on Santa's stretchy pants and get set for a wildly delicious ride.
D.O.C Gastronomia's Olivieri 1882 Panettone
D.O.C Gastronomia’s Olivieri 1882 Panettone is the festive dessert dreams are made of. Hailing from a 140-year-old artisan bakery in Veneto, Italy, this masterpiece has been crowned a 'game-changer' by The New York Times. Bursting with five-crown sultanas, Bourbon vanilla, and artisan butter, it’s as luxurious as it is delicious.
Exclusively imported to Australia by D.O.C, it’s the ultimate indulgence for your Christmas table. Trust us—this is one panettone you’ll want seconds (and thirds) of!
Order online here
Miss Trixie Drinks Tea Festive Cakes & Cookies
We're huge fans of Miss Trixie Drinks Tea, and their Christmas cake and cookie range is a festive delight for the senses. The limited edition cake flavours include Gingerbread Crunch, Aussie Pav, and Santa's Milk and Cookies, which is a white chocolate cake with cookies and cream buttercream, condensed milk soak, white crisp pearls (sugar-filled heaven!)
Each cake can be beautifully designed according to which style appeals most - with adorable offerings such as Oh Christmas Tree, Wreath-A-Franklin, and Have a Lolly Jolly Christmas. It's also hard to look past Trixie's decadent chocolate cookies, festively laced with candy cane lollies (hello, perfect stocking stuffer).
Delivery runs right until the 24th of December, so you can order and enjoy your show-stopping cake of choice on Christmas Day.
Order online here
Black Star Pastry Festive Collection
Home of the world's most Instagrammed cake (strawberry watermelon cake), Black Star Pastry are whipping us all into a Yuletide frenzy with their festive cake creations. And they've come through with a creation too good to say no to! The strawberry matcha chiffon cake is a mouth-watering strawberry chiffon encased in a matcha buttercream exterior, topped with a strawberry chocolate ganache drizzle and adorned with a chocolate and rosemary wreath and gold stars.
Black Star Pastry also has its signature vegan chocolate cupcakes on offer, albeit with six unique buttercream designs sitting atop, from Christmas trees to puddings, reindeers to wreaths.
Order online here
Penny for Pound Christmas Collection
Penny For Pound's Christmas specials are here—and boy, they are beautiful! With everything from a cherry and pistachio trifle to a chocolate, hazelnut and caramel choux wreath, a Santa’s Belly Bûche de Noël and more, you really can't go wrong with ordering one of these decadent desserts for your Christmas table this year.
Order online here
Order by 22nd December for pick-ups on Christmas Eve
Pidapipo Pandora Christmas Cake
Pidapipo has reimagined its Christmas treats for the holiday season this year! The Pandoro Christmas cake is the ice cream and cake shop's latest festive offering; featuring a base of Pandoro, layers of Pidapipo's festive gelato flavours including, bacio, hazelnut, Pandoro, coconut, chocolate, sour cherry swirl and chocolate fudge, all encased with a decadent dark chocolate semifreddo and a thin crisp milk chocolate shell. This elegant, tre-shaped dessert is the perfect sweet treat post Christmas lunch or dinner!
Order online here
Pavlova Perfection: The Tea Room and Victor Churchill
It's clearly not Christmas in Australia without a slice of pavlova, and there's a stellar selection of this quintessential summertime treat to enjoy here in Melbourne. And at The Tea Room 1892 (formerly Hopetoun Tea Rooms), the dessert is done to traditional perfection. Victor Churchill is another no-brainer when it comes to sourcing the perfect Christmas pav.
The Tea Room 1892, The Block Arcade, 282 Collins Street, Melbourne. Pre-order here
Victor Churchill, 953 High Street, Armadale. Pre-order here
Falco Bakery's Fruit Mince Pies
These traditional Christmas treats from Falco Bakery might not look like hotcakes, but they certainly sell like them during Melbourne's festive season. Order them in a six-pack and serve them up with custard around the family table—your Gran will love you for it! Moreish, fruity magic!
While you're there, you might as well pick up a pavlova DIY pack! Falco Bakery has baked the perfect pavlova, you just need to fill it and top it with your favourite fruits!
Order online here
288 Smith Street, Collingwood
Lune Croissanterie's December Range
Lune Croissanterie's December specials are always a real-treat, and this year's selection is no exception. Order up one of every croissant flavour: delicious choc-peppermint, Christmas pudding, gingerbread, an eggnog cruffin, or for a savoury option, a croissant stuffed with turkey and topped witha spiced cranberry sauce! Be sure to order these online quick, because they'll be flying out the door. Let's all have a happy Croissant-mas!
Pre-order here.
Various locations around the city
Cannoli Bar's Sicilian Panettone and Delights
Sicilian sweets are the perfect sugary fare to enjoy this Christmas. From cannoli and cartocci, to continental cakes and Italian doughnuts, you don't want to miss out on anything they serve up at Cannoli Bar. Classic and ricotta filled? Check. More elaborate creations? Also check! All cannoli and cake are made fresh to order: we recommend dropping by to make said order and to grab all the best cannoli for the next dinner party you attend this month.
To keep things real traditional (and delicious), you can't go past the Christmas panettone. With three flavours to choose from—classic, chocolate & pear and pistachio—you're bound to leave nonna's house stuffed like a Christmas turkey.
23 Riviera Road, Avondale Heights
Tarts Anon's Festive Menu
Tarts Anon's counters are going to be stocked with a full-fledged festive menu throughout the entire month of December. Trifle, Cherry and Gingerbread, Chocolate Peppermint Brownie and Eggnog and Fruit Mince tarts sit alongside two savoury creations, The Christmas Ham and a Mushroom and Chestnut.
And if you want to try a little bit of everything, you can buy one of their mixed packs!
Order online here
Mabel's Christmas Range
Mabel's in Hawksburn is whipping up a Christmas sweet collection so wonderful, they surely qualify as Melbourne's version of Santa's Elves Workshop. All your delicious Christmas sweet and savoury necessities can now be pre-ordered during this silly season, and we recommend getting in quick. A beautiful Christmas holly cake, sprinkle cake and gingerbread manor, as well as pavlova and fruit mince pies are just some of the sweet-treats on offer; there's even Christmas trifle. Yum!
Order online here
525 Malvern Road, Toorak
Piccolina's The Golden Bauble
Love snickers? You'll love Piccolina's dreamy 'The Golden Bauble' is a sight for Santa's (and our) eyes. Featuring peanut butter stracciatella gelato layered with caramelised white chocolate aero and caramelised peanut, dulce de leche gelato layered with chocolate fudge brownie, peanut torrone centre, a crispy chocolate base, topped with dark chocolate sauce and a golden peanut popping candy bauble.
The ultimate sweet indulgence, but also the perfect gift this Christmas. Buon Natale!
Limited numbers available
Order here (waitlist only)
Multiple locations around the city
Festive Eastern-European Treats: Monarch Cakes
Monarch Cakes is something of legend and their tradiitonal, expertly-crafted delicacies are exactly the type of heartwarming desserts you want filling your belly this festive season. Pretend you're Christmas-ing in a magical, snow-laden village in Germany or Poland, as you savour Monarch's delightfully addictive chocolate kooglhoupf, or famous traditional plum cake. They also have a winner of a vanilla slice, which doesn't hurt to try no matter the day, month or year!
Order online here
103 Acland Street, St Kilda
Looking for more great things to do this festive season? Find the perfect present with our Melbourne Christmas shopping guide, make merry with these festive cocktail recipes or book in a last-minute Christmas lunch at one of these great Melbourne restaurants.
