Bake Sum

Bake Sum is an Oakland bakery at 3249 Grand Ave. offering made-from-scratch pastries with Asian-influenced flavors, voted East Bay's Best Bakery by Nosh. Bake Sum is known for items like the okonomiyaki pastry, oolong milk bun, lilikoi mochi, pandan milk bun, and yuzu meringue bun, with both savory and sweet options drawing on the team's Bay Area upbringings. Founded by Joyce, a Bay Area native and former Silicon Valley professional whose pastry work under La Chinoiserie has been covered by the SF Chronicle, NPR, and KTVU; Bake Sum launched in 2020. Located in Oakland; previously distributed through stockists in Berkeley, San Francisco, and Oakland, and available for weddings, birthdays, and catering events. Reviewers highlight the distinct flavors of specific pastries, friendly and efficient staff, and recommend arriving around 10am on busy days before best sellers sell out.