5 Favorite Local Bakeries in and Around Riverside, CA

Riverside, CA is a town filled with art, innovation, and an expansive variety of things for you to do. Whether you decide you want to learn something new at the March Field Air Museum, go for a scenic stroll in UC Riverside Botanic Gardens, or simply want to check out a new place to eat, you’re sure to stay entertained. If you find yourself in the mood for a treat, be sure to also check out some of the town’s great local bakeries.

1. Uncle Chuang’s Bakery

Uncle Chuang’s Bakery has been open since 2013 and sells its baked goods at the lowest price possible to give back to the community and make sure everyone can enjoy its treats.  The bakery strives to bring together Taiwanese and American cultures together, and its menu includes bread, toast, cookies, pastries, and cakes. Some of the shop’s great pastries you should consider trying to include its candied puff pastry, its walnut cake, and its lotus yolk cake.

2. Cupcakes and Curiosities

Cupcakes and Curiosities is open Tuesday-Sunday and sells a mix of cookies, cakes, specialty cakes, and curiosity cakes. Available specialty cake flavors include peanut butter and chocolate, chocolate caramel crunch, and Boston cream pie. Available curiosity cake flavors include strawberry lemonade, lemon blueberry, chocolate overload, and creme brûlée. If you find yourself more in the mood for a cookie, consider ordering the shop’s lemon cookie.

3. Baguette Bakery and Cafe

Baguette Bakery and Cafe boasts a fun and energetic environment that is filled with an assortment of French and Italian pastries. The shop’s business motto is “refreshingly different”, and as soon as you step inside you will notice a difference between Baguette Bakery and Cafe and other shops. The shop’s dessert options include goodies like chocolate scones, chocolate chip peanut butter cookies, brownie yogurt parfaits, and a fresh berries yogurt parfait bar.

4. Riverside Cookie Shoppe

Riverside Cookie Shoppe bakes its cookies fresh daily and is open Tuesday-Saturday. The shop strives to bake the perfect good that all can enjoy and wants to spread its love of cookies. Available cookie flavors include peanut butter crunch, salted caramel Nutella, oatmeal chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, and cocoa puff. For those who want a treat that doesn’t include animal products, Riverside Cookie Shoppe also sells a vegan chocolate chip cookie.

5. Yvette’s Bakery

Yvette’s Bakery is open daily and sells a wide variety of baked goods, licuados, and jugos naturales. The shop’s bakery menu includes conchas, flan, croissants, donuts, and churros. If you find yourself in the mood for a natural juice to pair with your treat, consider trying the shop’s carrot or green juice. 

Once you’ve found your baked good of choice, take advantage of the opportunity to keep your day going strong by searching for the new car you’ve been wanting. Stop by Fritts Ford today and have a look at our inventory of new and pre-owned Ford vehicles! 

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