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Trays of pastries on the counter at the Babyfaced Baker, among them pistachio croissants, banoffee danishes, cardamom buns and sea salt dark chocolate cookies.
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The Babyfaced Baker

A takeaway bakery on Leith Walk, open since 2021, with a weekly changing counter of buns, pastries and cookies, much of it vegan, made in its open kitchen.

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Follow the smell of fresh baking along Leith Walk and you'll find the Babyfaced Baker, a little takeaway bakery that opened its doors here in September 2021.

This is where everything is made, by hand, in an open-plan kitchen, so you can watch the bakers at work while you wait for your coffee. The counter changes every week and much of it is vegan: think pistachio croissants, banoffee danishes, cardamom buns and sea salt dark chocolate cookies. The week's menu goes up on its Instagram and Facebook, so you can see what's coming before you go, and if you want the full choice, come down first thing. There's nowhere to sit, so take your paper bag of bakes with you and enjoy them on the way. A second shop in Portobello sells the same bakes, carried fresh from the Leith kitchen every day. It opens from Thursday to Sunday, from breakfast until four.

Close bySicilian Pastry ShopA family-run Italian bakery on Albert Street, off Leith Walk, open since 1979, with cannoli, rum babas, arancini and celebration cakes to take away.2 min by roadSee itThe Sicilian Pastry Shop's front on Albert Street, its sign in looping script with Est. 1979 above the awning.
Before you go

Takeaway only, Thursday to Sunday.

The menu changes every week and goes up on its Instagram and Facebook; come first thing for the full selection.

Where
341 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8SD.
Open
Thursday and Friday 8am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4pm. Closed Monday to Wednesday.
Takeaway
Takeaway only; there is no seating.
Also
A second shop at 219 Portobello High Street, with the same bakes.
Access
A wheelchair-accessible entrance.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
8am–4pm
Friday
8am–4pm
Saturday
9am–4pm
Sunday
9am–4pm

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Where it is

On Leith Walk at number 341, EH6 8SD.

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