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Bakeries and delis
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Cakes, buns and celebration bakes.

Edinburgh's small bakeries are worth seeking out. There's a green-fronted bakery on Newington Road known for celebration cakes and buns, and a family bakery with a café in the City Art Centre, famous for its traybakes. Both bake fresh every morning, so go early for the best choice. They're perfect for a treat between galleries, or a box to take home.

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Bakery of the day18 hours ago

Mimi's Bakehouse.

The City Art Centre cafe of Mimi's Bakehouse, a family bakery since 2010, known for its cakes and award-winning afternoon tea.

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From the magazine16 hours agoThe printed copy of The Best of EdinburghThe Best of Edinburgh

The cinnamon buns that sell out first at 101 Bakery, in Edinburgh's Southside, are accidentally vegan, which is what keeps them light and fluffy.

There is usually a quiet queue at the door of 101 Bakery, with people watching trays come out of the kitchen, and if you arrive late the shelves may already be cleared. Rosanna, the baker, developed the cinnamon bun recipe before she opened the shop, without knowing it would become the most popular thing she makes. As she puts it, 'they are accidentally vegan which makes them super light and fluffy'. Her own favourite is the salted chocolate chip cookie, chewy, fudgy, salty and sweet. Ask her where to take a visiting friend and her day ends with jazz on a Sunday evening at Malt and Hops.

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From the magazine11 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 12Issue 12Spring / Summer 2026

Darcie Maher, the Borders-born baker behind Lannan Bakery in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, filled her award-winning bakery with her mother's artwork and her grandmother's china.

Lannan's pastries won a prestigious La Liste World Pastry Award and have earned a cult global following, and the room they are baked in won Darcie a Gold Award in the Scottish Design Awards. She chose everything in it herself. 'When I designed Lannan I chose things that I love and that have meaning to me'. Born and raised in the Scottish Borders, she says baking is part of her culture, and although she works with French techniques, she loves making her own versions of classic Scottish pastries. In a fast-paced world of changing food trends, the magazine finds a feeling of delicious cosiness at Lannan that visitors won't forget.

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Just opened8 hours ago

The Lea Rig has opened on Easter Road in Edinburgh, a café and bakery in the corner building that was Food Story.

The head baker, Olga Loza, is Ukrainian and her partner, Sam Harvey, is American, and the counter shows both: peach pie, chestnut custard pie, cinnamon rolls.

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Somewhere to eat6 hours ago

101 Bakery, Edinburgh.

A small green-fronted bakery on Newington Road, making celebration cakes, buns and pastries, open Tuesday to Saturday.

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From the magazine1 hour agoThe printed copy of Issue 12Issue 12Spring / Summer 2026

Darcie Maher, whose pastries at Lannan Bakery in Stockbridge, Edinburgh, have a cult following, builds every bake around one star ingredient and two supporting flavours.

Seasonality sits at the core of everything Darcie bakes, and each bake starts the same way. 'I always start by choosing my main flavour then work my way out from there. As a rule, I’ll have my star ingredient then two supporting flavours'. In spring and summer, Lannan's counter fills with bakes such as her Morello cherry, woodruff and sheep's yoghurt St Honoré choux pastry. A beautiful dessert, she explains, balances creaminess, texture, something aromatic and something acidic. The pastries won a La Liste World Pastry Award and there is often a queue down the street, so you can now order in advance and collect from Lannan Pantry next door.

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Inside 101 Bakery: Southside Sweet Fix with Rosanna

Rosanna's 101 Bakery in Edinburgh's Southside, loved for its cinnamon buns and salted chocolate chip cookies, and her own picks for a good day out in the city.

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