Find a Vegan Wedding Cake in San Francisco

Finding a vegan wedding cake, even in vegan-friendly San Francisco, can be a challenge. Here is a list of places in San Francisco that will make you the vegan wedding cake of your dreams:

Cafe Gratitude (Serving San Francisco, Berkeley, and San Rafael)

Cafe Gratitude is an organic, vegan, and mostly raw restaurant. The restaurant has received numerous awards from vegan groups and magazines such as VegNews, and they support local farmers, sustainable agriculture, and environmentally friendly products. Cafe Gratitude also caters and holds health and diet workshops. Their extensive menu features everything from live pizza, to zucchini noodle lasagna, to organic cocktails. The flavors available for a vegan wedding cake are: chocolate or German chocolate, lemon poppy seed, carrot, strawberry shortcake, and tiramisu. Wedding cakes are priced at $6.50 per serving. Other catered dessert options for your wedding include pies and cheesecakes for around $5 per serving, and a "30 cookies and sweets things" platter for $75. Main location address: 2400 Harrison Street, San Francisco, California, 94110. Alternate location addresses: 1336 9th Ave., San Francisco, California, 94122; 1730 Shattuck, Berkeley, California, 94709; 2200 4th Street, San Rafael, California, 94901. For wedding cake and catering services phone: (415) 824-4652. E-mail: info@cafegratitude.com

Millennium Restaurant

Besides being one of the most well-known and celebrated vegetarian restaurants in San Francisco, Millennium Restaurant offers hosting for private banquets, vegan wedding cakes, and catering. Vegan wedding cakes are made-to-order with organic ingredients from local purveyors, and can be made with maple syrup or sucanat. The vegan wedding cake flavors available are: chocolate, chocolate almond, German chocolate, vanilla, lemon, hazelnut, almond, ginger spice, coconut, pineapple, coffee/mocha, carrot, and seasonal offerings such as caramelized fig upside-down pistachio spice. The vegan wedding cake fillings available include: white chocolate, chocolate hazelnut, raspberry, mocha mousse, and lemon curd. White chocolate and chocolate ganache are among the toppings available. Wedding cakes are priced at $5-6 per serving, are subject to a minimum total cost, and require at least 2 days advance notice. A cake tasting prior to your wedding may also be arranged. Address: 580 Geary Street, San Francisco, California, 94102. For wedding cake services phone: (415) 345-3900 ext. 21.

Vitalita Culinary Group (Serving San Francisco, Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, and Oakland)

The Vitalita Culinary Group is an organization offering free vegan cookbooks, personal chef services, catering, and vegan food consulting. VCG was formed by Mark Foy who has over 13 years of in-home cooking experience. Foy specializes in vegan food, and can accommodate other special diet considerations as well including gluten intolerance, a macrobiotic diet, soy and corn allergies, or a need for low-fat, heart healthy, and/or high fiber foods. A vegan wedding cake can be prepared by your personal chef in your home, or for pick-up or delivery. The VCG donates 15% of its income to non-profit vegan and vegetarian education groups. Address: 2150 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, California, 94705. Phone: (510) 666-8200. E-mail: mfoy@vitalita.com.

MaggieMudd (Serving San Francisco, Berkeley, Brisbane, Burlingame, Daly City, Oakland, Pacifica, Palo Alto, Redwood City, Richmond, San Bruno, and San Mateo)

If a unique vegan wedding cake is what you're looking for, how about a vegan ice cream wedding cake? Serving a ice cream cake may not seem especially practical for a wedding, but it can be done -- my sister had one for her wedding, actually. A San Francisco favorite for years, MaggieMudd is a vegan-friendly ice cream parlor serving cones, milkshakes, sundaes, and, of course, cakes. A vegan ice cream wedding cake can be made for you with your choice of 19 vegan ice cream flavors, a brownie or cookie crust, and vegan toppings. Vegan cake prices range from a 3" cake serving 1-2 people for $4.95, to a full sheet cake serving 70-110 people for $151. Cakes 6" or larger can be delivered anywhere in San Francisco for just $5. Delivery to cities surrounding San Francisco is available at an additional cost. Address: 903 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94110. Phone: 415-641-5291. E-mail: info@maggiemudd.com.