You get the drill, whenever you see a box of Wedding Pastries or Xi Bing (喜饼) sent to your home, you know someone in the family is getting married. Now it is your turn to tie the knot and you wonder when do you exactly send them and what options do you have? Let us tell you!
When Do You Buy Wedding Pastries?
Boxes of wedding pastries (喜饼) are gifted from the groom and his family to the bride’s family during the betrothal session (过大礼). The bride’s family will then distribute the wedding pastries to relatives with the formal invitation card. This would be the traditional way to inform everyone about the upcoming nuptials and to invite them to the celebration. Today, extra boxes of pastries will be ordered so that the groom’s family can distribute and share with their relatives too. Talk about gender equality!
Traditional wedding pastries are the “piah-s” that we see coming out of the ovens of a traditional bakery. However, to cater to modern preferences, your favourite western bakery may also be offering its own version of wedding pastries. Below, we list some places where you can order yours:
Traditional Options
603 Tau Sar Piah
603 Tau Sar Piah is a family-owned bakery, offering a taste of heritage with their classic sweet and salty Tau Sar Piahs. Having been around for over 20 years, they have established their signature flaky pastries with other traditional favourites such as the “Volcano” Chicken Char Siew Pau, Chicken Pie, Curry Puff, and Glutinous Rice.
Not the usual cakes you would expect to see in a wedding pastry box, but nobody can resist these classic treats!
Bengawan Solo
The first thing that came to mind when we think about Bengawan Solo would be kuehs!
What started as a small neighbourhood corner store on the east coast of Singapore, has grown to become an established Singaporean brand synonymous with premium quality cakes and confectionery. Bengawan Solo’s signature items include Pandan Chiffon Cake, called Singapore’s National Cake by CNN in 2017, and perhaps the widest range of kueh confectionaries in Singapore including Lapis Sagu, Ondeh Ondeh, Kueh Salat, and Pineapple Tarts.
Order the traditional cakes or opt for vouchers that your family and relatives can use to redeem their favourite kuehs and confectionaries.
Gin Thye
Gin Thye Cake Maker was inaugurated in 1964, with its flagship outlet situated along Sembawang Road. Providing various types of cakes and confectionary, from everyday favourites to custom orders for the traditional festive season such as Teochew, Cantonese and Hokkien weddings, customers can experience “variety as the spice of life” through its various offerings. Its extensive menu features western classic cakes such as black forest and miniature cupcakes, popular as takeaway gifts and home party sessions. Founder Mr Lim and his wife, married since 1971, have spent the last four decades in the baking kitchen of Gin Thye, providing many generations with their first taste of baked products.
Homies Bakery
Homies Bakery specialises in traditional cakes for Guo Da Li. Your friendly neighbourhood baker, you can expect to find nostalgic cakes and pastries that will be sure to satisfy your relatives of all ages! This heartland bakery was founded in 2017 and has expanded its bakery business to a few residential estates across Singapore.
L.E. Cafe Confectionery & Pastry
L.E. Cafe Confectionery & Pastry is one of Singapore’s oldest and finest cake and pastry shops. Their long and illustrious history (over 50 years) will attest to their reputation for the renowned quality and unique taste of their products.
The selections are 100% crafted by hand and contain no pork or lard. From award-winning pastries to customised cakes, they have something perfect for any occasion.
Lek Lim Nonya Cake Confectionery
Founded in 1968, Lek Lim Nonya Confectionery started as a humble home business with the production of kuehs from their home. 4 years later in 1972, they moved to their shop in Bedok and have been there ever since!
Their love for kuehs won them the best Nonya Kueh award in Singapore in 2013 and have been serving out plates after plates of Nonya kuehs.
Ps. Lek Lim Nonya Confectionery is Halal certified since 2011!
Neo Kian Guan Confectionery & Cakes
Neo Kian Guan Confectionery & Cake was founded in 1932 with an initial focus mainly on Hokkien confectionery. Gradually, Teochew confectionery became their secondary business as walk-in customers grew, and they now provide Cantonese and Hainanese confectionery as well.
Swee Heng
For 30 years now, Swee Heng has been baking with passion since 1989, and they are proud to be “The Bakery of The People”.
Tai Chong Kok
At Chop Tai Chong Kok, they have been making mooncakes and traditional Cantonese pastries the same way since 1935—from scratch and by hand.
For generations, they have used only premium ingredients to produce their authentic Cantonese confections. Their mooncakes are renowned for their genuine taste of tradition with the fresh lotus paste made by hand using 100% pure lotus seeds with no preservatives added. These mooncakes are still formed in the same traditional wooden moulds used at the original Sago Street store in Chinatown more than 80 years ago.
Tai Chong Kok is also famed for their traditional Chinese wedding cakes, soft flour cakes and other Cantonese confections, which are handmade and baked daily in Singapore using time-honoured recipes and quality ingredients.
The Pine Garden
The Pine Garden is a heartland-boutique bakery with more than 32 years of history, that purveys good old freshly-baked goods alongside modern creations of decadent cakes.
Their wide range of Guo Da Li packages make them one of our favourites!
Thiam Yian Confectionery
The founder of Thiam Yian discovered his love for bakes as early as 16 years old. A born Malaysian, Mr Tan Tiek Chow made his way to Singapore and started picking up his skills in baking.
In 1988, Mr Chow, together with a few relatives, started their very first flagship store – Thiam Yian Confectionery and have been serving authentic traditional baked goods to their new & loyal customers ever since then.
Thye Moh Chan
Since 1943, Thye Moh Chan has served a loyal following with its handcrafted traditional Teochew baked goods. Over the years, Thye Moh Chan continues to touch customers’ hearts with its skillfully handcrafted products made using traditional baking techniques.
Today, the veteran chefs transfer their respected skills to a new team, ensuring that these all-time favourite pastries are faithfully reproduced with time-honoured techniques, and continue to flourish and strike a chord in the hearts of generations to come.
Tong Heng
If you have been looking for traditional pastries and prefer fun and eye-catching packaging, meet Tong Heng! Tong Heng is a wonderful mesh of tradition that meets modernity. Check them out for fun and vibrancy for your wedding pastries!
Uncle Lee Confectionery
Uncle Lee started baking in 1986, bringing old-school confectionery to your doorstep.
PS. we’ve ordered the Peanuts Vanilla Cake for ourselves!
Modern Options
A.Dough
A.Dough – a little wordplay on “a dough” and “adore” – is a home-based online store that does rustic, French bakes using quality ingredients.
Catch their bake sales to pre-order their specialty pies like “Apple of my Eye” and other seasonal flavours. They also do personalised bake boxes for special occasions like guo da li, baby’s full month and wedding favours. Drop them a DM on their Instagram to enquire.
Browned Butter Bakehouse
Browned Butter Bakehouse [BBB] is a home-based business founded in 2020.
The founder is an avid foodie who loves to get her hands busy in the kitchen, always r&d-ing new recipes. Thus you can expect monthly omakase bakes that range from savoury breads to edible centrepieces. On top of that, a standard menu of desserts such as cinnamon rolls to assorted tarts are served daily.
BBB’s belief in “heart work” ensures their small batch bakes are made with love and incorporated with balanced flavours, all while playing with different textures and techniques.
Celebox
Previously known as Choz, the team at Celebox believes in crafting every cake and pastry to its best, presenting you with outstanding and high-quality treats to create lasting memories.
Their delicious cakes and pastries are freshly baked on-site daily, containing only the freshest ingredients without any additives and preservatives added, and are halal-certified.
Creme Maison Bakery
Based in Singapore, Creme Maison Bakery provides quality customised cakes, dessert tables, event styling for weddings, and more. Check out their box of 6 cupcakes for your Guo Da Li, or change things up and explore their dessert box!
Edith Patisserie
Established in 2013, Edith Patisserie is a local bakery specialising in layered cakes, brownies and tarts for birthdays, weddings, and all types of celebrations. Named in memory of Ethel’s mother, they hope that their humble philosophy makes her proud, and that their bakes bring you the warmth and comfort of family, celebration, and happy memories.
Kai’s Bakes
Kai’s Bakes was started by Kai in 2015 as a passion project, with a dream of opening her own bakery one day. In 2022, Kai decided to leave her corporate job and took a leap of faith to grow Kai’s Bakes.
As a firm believer in baking things that her friends and family enjoy, she stays true to it by innovating and improving recipes. She hopes that her bakes will bring joy and a sense of home to those who taste it.
Keong Saik Bakery
Keong Saik Bakery, born on historic Keong Saik Road in June 2017, blends tradition with innovation, stirring nostalgia with each bite.
While the flagship store has moved to Bendemeer Road, their dedication to crafting heritage-infused stories stands firm. Drop by their stores at Chip Bee Gardens, Bendemeer Road or Jewel at Changi Airport to try out their pastries!
Marvellous Rolls
Marvellous Rolls was born out of founder Anna’s passion for real food, real people. Rolls are baked daily in small quantity to maintain freshness and minimise waste, so it’s highly recommended to pre order at least 2 days prior to picking up or delivery.
Old Chang Kee
Old Chang Kee started in 1956 in a small stall in a coffee shop near the then-Rex Cinema along Mackenzie Road.
In 1986, Mr. Han Keen Juan made a pivotal decision and with whatever savings he had, he bought over the control of the Old Chang Kee business. With a clear vision, Mr. Han quickly set about modernizing and re-engineering the business, growing it into the Old Chang Kee we know today.
Pulse Patisserie
The name Pulse was founded on the premise of an old musical genre of the 90’s called trip-hop. As the rhythmic throbbing beat pulses behind the background, the whole concept and narrative of the brand started falling into place. The hauntingly dark and private mood of the song had drawn the founders to build the style around it. From how the brand looks, behaves, and even dictates the line of cakes Pulse offers.
Rich and Good Cake Shop
Serving mouth-watering Swiss Rolls and bringing home-baked goodness to everyone since 1997. We’re so excited when we hear that Rich and Good now serves out wedding packages!
Sweetest Moments
Sweetest Moments was born from the humble needs of a first-time mother who requires the perfect baby’s full-month package that comes with a fine balance between timeless tradition and that special personal touch, for she wanted only the best for her little one. They have since expanded their product range to include pastries for your wedding needs!
Wild Olive Branch
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