Sugar Pine Cakery & Cafe — Restaurant in Tahoe City

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 MUST-VISIT ALERT! 🍩☕

If you’re in Lake Tahoe and you haven’t been to Sugar Pine Cakery & Café, you’re seriously missing out on one of Tahoe’s best-kept, most delicious secrets! 🍪🎂 Nestled just outside Tahoe City, this spot is a true hidden gem—not just for the pastries but for the incredible service too.

🚀 Gracie was absolutely fantastic—welcoming us with a warm smile and world-class knowledge about everything they serve! 🌞💛

🔥 What we tried & LOVED: ☕ Drip Coffee—For the price? A steal. Super strong, bold, and flavorful. Reminds me of Seattle’s Best but has its own Tahoe twist—possibly from a local roaster like Honey Sunrise Coffee. 🐝🌄 🍪 Chocolate Chocolate Chip Butter Cookie—Rich. Buttery. Decadent. 🤤💯 🍩 Super Stacked Chocolate Donut—Topped with coarse salt for that perfect sweet-savory balance! 😍👨‍🍳 🥐 Apricot Jelly Danish—Flaky, fruity perfection! 🍑

💡 PRO TIP: You know a place is amazing when there’s a line of people outside waiting to get their hands on these heavenly treats! 🙌🏽

☕ NEXT TIME: We’re trying the Immunity Rooster 🐓 (a savory bone broth drink) & the Butter Coffee 🧈☕—sounds like a game-changer!

💥 If you’re visiting Tahoe, FIND THIS PLACE & experience pastry paradise. Trust me, Gracie & the team will treat you right! 🙏🏽✨

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Found this place while searching on Yelp for vegan & gluten-free baked goods, and I was glad to find there were items here that I could eat!

I'm not sure if their baked goods in their display cases change from day to day, but they had a blueberry banana bread and a grain-free chocolate chip cookie that were both vegan and gluten-free, so I got one of each. The cookie wasn't bad, but it wasn't spectacular either. But the blueberry banana bread was so good - super moist and very flavorful.

There were a few other items that were clearly labeled as gluten-free, or dairy-free. There was also a gluten-free vegan cupcake, but I ended up not getting it. Maybe next time. They also seem to make breakfast burritos, breakfast sandwiches, quiche, and frittatas if that's your sort of thing. Also various coffee and tea drinks, too.

A couple more vegan and gluten-free items would be nice, but even as it is, I would come back and have that blueberry banana bread again, and maybe try that cupcake and...

If you are getting married in the Lake Tahoe area and are looking for a wonderful bakery to make your wedding cake, please let me recommend Allison at the Sugar Pine CAKERY (not Bakery) on N. Lake Forest Road in Tahoe City.

The quality of this bakery’s products are phenomenal and the wedding cakes are not only beautiful but also fabulous!!! Allison, the owner, is amazing, talented and ever so customer focused.

Our daughter-in-law is gluten intolerant so we needed a gluten-free wedding cake. Allison came to the rescue with a very delicious chocolate gluten-free wedding cake with homemade butter cream icing that simply melted in your mouth. Her cake was such a beautiful addition to our son and daughter-in-law’s wedding day. Thanks to Allison from the...