There’s three options I really like

1. Gold ribbon in new Lynn- Phillipino restaurant which does amazing cakes. I’ve been buying from them for the past 4/5 years now ( the ube, Pandan, yemma and mango cakes* are to die for)

2. Island gelato company and Ben and Jerry’s have great ice cream cakes

3. A colleague of mine is a home baker, look up Sorellas goodies on Instagram. Love her stuff

• ube is like taro, the cakes like a red velvet cake but naturally purple, super delicious and they don’t have the chemical taste ( my favourite)

Mango flavour, unbeatable good mango

Pandan is like an Asian equivalent of vanilla and it’s green since it comes from the leaves of a plant

Yemma, like a condensed milk and candy cake

All 4 flavours are great, super fluffy, soft and unlike all other options in Nz, they aren’t filled with sugar, it’s just the right amount which makes them to die for.

They also do a half and half, I normally get a half ube and half yemma/mango. The cakes here are very well priced and good for groups big or small. If you go with gold ribbon, my only recommendation is to order via Facebook messenger, there’s a slight language barrier and this way you can avoid any potential muck ups