Cupcakes
Seven signature flavours, rotating seasonal specials, and dozens of single-flavour or mixed boxes. Iced the morning of pickup.
Browse cupcakes
Southbank · Est. 2014
Small batches.
Small batches.
Big celebrations.
Cloudleaf is a quiet little bakery on Sturt Street where every cupcake is iced by hand and every cake starts as a conversation. Locally milled flour, real butter, and recipes we have been refining for a decade.
What we bake
A small menu, made well
We keep the range tight so we can give every order the attention it deserves. Browse the four corners of the menu, then tell us what you have in mind.
Celebration Cakes
Custom-designed cakes for birthdays, engagements, weddings and the small moments worth marking. Tasting consultations welcome.
Design a cake
Sweet Treats
Brookies, salted caramel slice, ANZAC cookies, lemon bars and a handful of other small-batch things we cannot stop making.
See the cabinet
Corporate Orders
Board meetings, milestone celebrations, conference morning teas. Branded dessert boxes from 12 servings, invoiced monthly.
Plan an event
The story
Founded by a baker who could never sit still
Cloudleaf began in 2014 in a one-bedroom flat in Brunswick, with one stand mixer and an old recipe notebook. Twelve years later we are a team of five in a sunlit kitchen on Sturt Street — but the rules are still the same.
Local Victorian butter. Free-range eggs from a co-op in Yarra Valley. Real vanilla beans, not extract. And every cake decorated by the person who will hand it to you.
12 yrsmaking cakes in Melbourne
5 handsin the kitchen each day
0%commercial pre-mixes
Word of mouth
What our regulars say
★★★★★
The lemon-elderflower cupcakes for my sister’s engagement were a quiet showstopper. Half the room asked where they were from before the speeches finished.
★★★★★
We have been ordering monthly platters for two years and the team has never missed a beat. They remember which of us are gluten-free without us having to remind them.
★★★★★
Ordered a small wedding cake on six weeks notice and they walked us through three tastings before we settled on pistachio with rose buttercream. Worth every cent.
★★★★★
My six year old declared the rainbow cake ‘the best cake of her life’. I am inclined to agree. Will be back for every birthday from here on.
Good to know
Questions we hear most
How far in advance should I place an order?
For cupcakes and sweet treats we ask for 48 hours notice. Custom cakes and corporate platters need 5–7 business days so we can plan flavours and decoration with you.
Do you deliver across Melbourne?
Yes — we deliver within a 25 km radius of Southbank seven days a week. Same-day pickup from the Sturt Street kitchen is available between 10am and 4pm.
Can you make gluten-free or vegan options?
Absolutely. Every menu item can be adapted to gluten-free, dairy-free or vegan diets — just mention the requirement when you enquire and we will quote any small additional cost.
How long do the cupcakes stay fresh?
Our buttercream cupcakes are at their best within 48 hours of baking. Store in a cool place and bring them to room temperature 20 minutes before serving.
Do you cater corporate events?
Yes — boardroom platters, conference catering and branded dessert boxes from 12 servings upward. We invoice monthly and can match company colours on icing or packaging.
Where are you located?
Our open kitchen and pickup window are at 142 Sturt Street, Southbank, Melbourne. Trams 1 and 12 stop right outside.
From the journal
Notes from the kitchen
Six flavour pairings we’re trying this autumn
Pear and brown butter. Fig and tahini. The combinations that are about to walk into our cupcake cabinet — and the ones that didn’t make the cut.
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A simple guide to ordering a custom cake
How far ahead to book, what to bring to your tasting, and a few questions worth asking before you commit to a design.
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Catering for an office of forty? Read this first
The mistakes we see (and the small choices that quietly impress) when teams order dessert for milestone celebrations.
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Ready when you are
Tell us about your moment
Birthdays, weddings, board meetings or a Tuesday that needs something sweet — drop us a line and we will help you build the order.
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