10 Gorgeous and Great-Tasting Cakes to Give Mom This Mother's Day

(SPOT.ph) Mom deserves the best—and that includes the best desserts! Cake is a close-to-foolproof way to anyone’s heart, and Mom is no exception. We round up swoon-worthy options (from old and new dessert shops around the Metro!) that are bound to sweep Mom off her feet.

Also read: The SPOT.ph Guide to Cake

Show Mom your love with these stellar cakes for Mother’s Day:

Cupid’s Strawberry Chantilly Creme Cake from Butternut Bakery

Sweet and delicate is the name of the game for Butternut Bakery’s Cupid’s Strawberry Chantilly Creme Cake (P390/baby cake, P1,950/whole cake). The tang and rounded creaminess of berries and vanilla, respectively, are interlaced in every slice as fluffy vanilla cake alternate with a soft strawberry cream. A crown of fresh berries and flowers—arranged to resemble a lush garden—help seal the deal.

For preorders, send a message to Butternut Bakery on Facebook or Instagram.

Lychee Rose Cake from B Bakery

There’s something especially mesmerizing about desserts with fruit or other components suspended within gelatin, in that they resemble jewels encased in glass. B Bakery’s Lychee Rose (P950) is one such example—it’s got juicy, tropical-tasting lychees in a translucent pink jelly subtly tinged with rose for a light yet satisfying treat that’s perfect after a heavy meal.

For orders, send a message to B Bakery on Facebook and Instagram.

Le Café Noisette from Ooh La La! by Rebecca Disini

If Mom’s the type who can’t live without her a.m. cup of joe, this stunning entremet is just the thing to make her feel special. The combo of gluten-free chocolate and coffee genoise, roasted hazelnut praline, and 100% Arabica coffee mousse make for a robust-meets-nutty symphony before the cake is cloaked in a café au lait glaze that’s so smooth and glossy, you could just about see your reflection on its surface.

For orders, visit Rebecca Disini’s website.

Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cake from Monique Cakes

Chocolate is always a crowdpleaser of a dessert flavor—and whereas most chocolate cakes go for a dark, brooding visual (which also has its place!), Monique Cakes goes for a daintier look in the Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cake (P3,000). Cloaked in a stark-white vanilla bourbon cream and adorned with flowers (an optional add-on, but don’t you dare skip it!), it’s as picturesque as can be—yet inside you’re met with decadent layers of Belgian dark chocolate mousse and raspberry coulis.

For orders, visit Monique Cakes’ website.

Crema de Fruta from Half Saints

Mom’s all-time favorite crema de fruta gets a modern update in Half Saints’ version (P1,800). For starters, it uses fresh fruit—kiwi, pomelo, and mangoes to be exact—in a refreshing coconut water-calamansi liqueur gelée. Underneath you’ll find vertical layers of sponge cake, yema custard, and diplomat cream to round out the fruits’ vivacity. Fancy-schmancy as it all sounds, everything comes together for a balanced, light-meets-creamy whole that’s at once novel yet familiar.

For orders, visit Half Saints’ website.

Ube Cloud Cake from Tigre y Oliva

Trendy as ube has become in recent years, for us Filipinos, it's also one of those OG dessert flavors that never goes out of style. In local bean-to-bar chocolate brand Tigre y Oliva's Ube Cloud Cake, the purple yam's nuttiness is matched by the caramelized depth and richness of leche flan. A slathering of vanilla frosting plus shavings of the brand's own white chocolate help turn the decadence up several notches further.

For orders, send a message to Tigre y Oliva on Facebook or Instagram.

Marion from Bizu

Is Mom watching her sugar? That doesn’t mean she can’t join in the Mother’s-Day dessert fun—not when you can gift her with Bizu’s Marion (P3,100). A sugarfree milk-chocolate ganache, gluten-free dacquoise crust, and fresh berries make sweet love in this confection before the whole round is enrobed by stuck-on shards of sugarfree white chocolate.

For orders, visit Bizu’s website.

Brazo con Caramel Cake from Pasteleria Manila

There’s expressing your love with words, and then there’s expressing your love with cake. You can hit both birds with one stone by way of dedication cake, like the Brazo con Caramel (starts at P1,080/eight-inch round) by Pasteleria Manila. Not only does it combine the best of brazo de mercedes and caramel cake—two timeless desserts in their own right—it can also be personalized with your own message, and/or embellished with added decor for a small fee.

For orders, visit Pasteleria Manila’s website.

Mango Entremet from Leonisa’s Kitchen

Remember the good ol’ mango float Mom probably used to make? Perhaps inspired by that, Leonisa’s Kitchen takes the nostalgic combo of the fruit, graham, and cream and reimagines it in an elegant light. The resulting dessert—dubbed the Mango Entremet (P2,050/seven inches)—is as stunning on the outside as it is on the inside, boasting layers of a mango cream-cheese mousse, mango compote, fresh mango chunks, a butter graham base, a chocolate glaze in a bright-yellow hue, and heart-shaped “Mom” decor.

For orders, send a message to Leonisa’s Kitchen on Facebook or Instagram.

Pistachio Raspberry Cake from The Daily Knead

Pistachio + raspberry is a curious combo; distant as they are in taste (and color!), they come together for a nutty, earthy, tangy, ultimately dreamy whole. Try them together with The Daily Knead’s newest dessert darling, the Pistachio Raspberry Cake (P1,700/midi, P2,600/grand), which has layers of pistachio chiffon and chantilly cream (infused with their own pistachio paste!) alternating with a bright raspberry compote and chopped pistachios.

For orders, visit The Daily Knead’s website.

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