Share BARTable on Facebook BARTable on Twitter Email East Bay Bakeries Roundup: These Spots Take the Cake Photo courtesy of La Farine’s Facebook.This round-up focuses on bakeries in the East Bay. If you’re in San Francisco, see our SF Bakeries Roundup: Stop and Smell the Flour feature.East Bay bakeries dutifully stamp your pastry passport with French croissants, Chinese custard tarts and Hungarian Krémes, to name a few. Take a tour of international recipes of old or try out innovative new combinations at an experimental spot. Regardless of your preference, there are sugary choices that will keep your dessert plate full, your hands sticky and your napkins busy.Hop off BART and pop into one of these aromatic bakeries in Oakland or Berkeley. You probably won’t want to leave, and when you do depart, keep your hands free to hold a box of oven-fresh sweets to go. Photo courtesy of Instagram. read more... La Farine Rockridge (Oakland) Photo courtesy of Napoleon Super Bakery’s Facebook. read more... Napoleon Super Bakery 12th St. Oakland City Center Photo courtesy of Sweet Adeline. read more... Sweet Adeline Bake Shop Ashby (Berkeley) Photo courtesy of Instagram. read more... Crixa Cakes Ashby (Berkeley) by Linda Koffman Linda Koffman is an SF-based freelance writer and editor. Also a beginner gardener by day/performing songwriter by night, she feels grateful to live a life of extremes balancing plenty of contemplative silence with rocking out in a band. When not writing, she keeps her hands busy (and dirty) with old guitar strings and soil, and enjoys engaging with the Bay Area’s diverse environmental and cultural beauty. She loves puns to a fault and shamelessly laughs at her own jokes. Subscribe. Follow. Share. Email Sign Up BARTable on FacebookBARTable on TwitterBARTable on Instagram Leave this field blank More BARTable We found groundhogs in the Bay Area BARTable by bike: Ocean Beach Yes we can-yon: Explore Glen Canyon Park Bay Area urban hikes you can get to by BART Our complete list of urban hikes BARTable Walk: Embarcadero to Presidio Tips for riding BART during COVID-19 Trending 36 minutes in Warm Springs/South Fremont Tips for riding BART during COVID-19 Moscone Convention Center BARTable This Weekend: March 5-7 Napoleon Super Bakery BARTable Subscribe Form Sign up for the BARTable This Week newsletter!Contests, events, and more-all just a BART ride away! Email Subscribe BARTable on FacebookBARTable on TwitterBARTable on Instagram Leave this field blank