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The best Honey Cake in Bangalore

Also spelt honeycake, Iyengar bakery honey cake, Bangalore honey cake and honey bun cake. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.VB Bakery (VV Puram)

    VV Puram, Sajjan Rao Circle Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    Daily, about 10am to 10pm
    Where
    No. 20, Sajjan Rao Circle, VV Puram, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru 560004 (entrance to Thindi Beedi)

    Order a slice of honey cake and a Congress bun to balance the sugar. The counter is one deep queue by early evening and parking near Sajjan Rao Circle is hopeless, so walk in.

    What to orderHoney cake, one slice from the fresh tray

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  2. Number 2.Iyengars Bakery (Austin Town)

    Austin Town, Old Race Course Road MG Road and central

    Open
    Daily 7am to 10pm
    Where
    No. 45, Old Race Course Road, Austin Town, Bengaluru 560047

    The honey cake is the thing to buy, though staff will push the milk bread too. Weekend mornings bring a crowd of regulars ordering by the kilo, so expect to wait your turn.

    What to orderHoney cake by the slice, or half a kilo boxed

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  3. Number 3.Iyengar Bakery (Jayanagar 4th Block, next to Cool Joint)

    Jayanagar 4th Block Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    Daily about 7am to 9.30pm
    Where
    No. 39, 11th Main Road at 33rd Cross, 4th T Block East, Jayanagar, Bengaluru 560011 (beside Cool Joint)

    Ask for the honey cake fresh from the afternoon batch; by nine at night the tray is often bare. It sits beside Cool Joint, there is nowhere to sit, and small notes help.

    What to orderHoney cake from the afternoon batch

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  4. Sri Jayalakshmi Bakery (Lalbagh Road)

    Lalbagh Road, Sudhama Nagar Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    Daily 8am to 8pm, fresh batch about 4pm
    Where
    136/4, Lalbagh Main Road, Srinivas Colony, Sudhama Nagar, Bengaluru 560027

    Time your visit for four in the afternoon, when the honey cake comes out with the puffs. Skip the pastries, which are ordinary, and note that there is no seating at all.

    What to orderHoney cake, bought around the 4pm batch

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  5. Sri Surya Bakery (SC Road, Majestic)

    Gandhinagar, near the old Kapali theatre City Market and Chickpet

    Open
    Daily 10am to 8.30pm
    Where
    No. 50, Subedar Chatram (SC) Road, RK Puram, Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru 560009

    Two syrupy squares of honey cake and a dilpasand is the standard order here. Shutters come down around half past eight, earlier than most, and the lane off SC Road is chaotic at rush hour.

    What to orderHoney cake, one square with the jam top

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  6. Sreenivasa Brahmins Bakery (Gandhi Bazaar)

    Gandhi Bazaar, DVG Road, Basavanagudi Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    9am to 9:30pm, Monday to Saturday
    Where
    Shop No. 125, Abalashram Building, DVG Road, Gandhi Bazaar, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru 560004

    Buy the honey cake, then a packet of Congress kadlekai for the road, since that is what the family is known for. Evenings are shoulder to shoulder on DVG Road.

    What to orderHoney cake slice, with Congress kadlekai to carry

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  7. New Janardana Bakery (Malleswaram)

    Malleswaram, Coconut Avenue Road Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    9:30am to 9pm daily
    Where
    168, Coconut Avenue Road, behind the old Big Bazaar building, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560003

    Ask for honey cake and a khara bun; the trays have fed Malleswaram since 1962. Opening times are not published anywhere reliable, and it sits tucked behind the old Big Bazaar building.

    What to orderHoney cake with a khara bun

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  8. Pooja Bakery (RT Nagar)

    RT Nagar 1st Block Hebbal and the north

    Open
    Reported daily 7.30am to 10.30pm
    Where
    638/A, 1st Block, 5th Cross Road, RT Nagar, Bengaluru 560032 (near V Care Hospital)

    Get the honey cake with an egg puff, both fresher after four. Hours are inconsistent between listings, so ring ahead, and the counter gets three deep with office crowds by six.

    What to orderHoney cake with an egg puff

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  9. Thom's Bakery (Frazer Town)

    Frazer Town, Wheeler Road Frazer Town and Cantonment

    Open
    Daily 8am to 9.30pm
    Where
    1/2, Wheeler Road, near Vinod petrol bunk, Frazer Town, Bengaluru 560005

    Honey cake here is softer and less syrupy than the Iyengar version, worth knowing before you go. The plum cake dominates from December, when queues run out of the door.

    What to orderHoney cake slice from the pastry counter

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