Do you make everything at Crixa Cakes?

Yes, everything is scratch-baked on-site. Scratch-baked means our cakes are made from flour, sugar, butter, oil, chocolate, or whatever basic ingredients they require - not from a package cake mix. It also means that we make all of our own doughs, like puff pastry, danish, strudel and pie doughs, rather than purchasing them ready-made.

Does Crixa Do Wedding Cakes?

Yes, our elegant and tasty special occasion cakes are often used for weddings. Crixa cakes are scratch-baked using high-quality ingredients from around the world. Our Special Order large-size 12" round cakes will serve up to 40 people. Many customers choose a variety of our cakes, along with an assortment of pastries, for their wedding events.

Does Crixa ship its products?

No. Crixa does not currently ship its products.

Does Crixa use organic ingredients?

Crixa's use of pure ingredients and slower hand-made processes isn't new or trendy - it's the way our better tasting baked goods have traditionally been produced. Crixa uses organic ingredients whenever they meet our quality standards and are not price-prohibitive.

How Do I Request a Crixa Cakes Donation?

Please send us your request for a Crixa Cakes donation at least one month before your Not-for-Profit organization's event. Please include your organization's Tax-ID.

Crixa Cakes donations are in the form of $30 Crixa Gift Cards.

We will choose a limited number of Not-for-Profit organizations for donations each year.

How do I place an Advance Order?

Advance Orders for items from our Advance Order Menu must be placed by noon, no later than 2 business days before your pickup date.

Advance Orders for weddings, large events, and items from our Special Order Menu must be placed by noon, no later than 5 business days before your pickup date.

Some items are available for pick-up only on certain days of the week.

We recommend placing your Advance Order early for best selection. Dates often get booked up.

We require a minimum 50% deposit on all Advance Orders. We require a 100% deposit on all wedding, large event, and Special Order Menu Advance Orders. Deposits are non-refundable for orders canceled within 2 or 5 day production windows.

What are the most popular Crixa items?

We are often asked what our most popular items are. Here is our Crixa Top Ten List.

What does Crixa mean?

Crixa is lapin for crossroads. Lapin is the language of the rabbits in Richard Adams' novel Watership Down. In the book Crixa is the center of Efrafa, the rabbit warren. It is located at the crossing point of two bridle paths.

In Berkeley, Crixa Cakes is at the crossroads of Adeline Street and Shattuck Avenue on the site of an old horse stable.

What does the orange button mean?

The button on the Crixa home page allows you to subscribe to our RSS News Feed. For more information on RSS, see this BBC article, RSS Feed (Really Simple Syndication), or this Wikipedia article, RSS (file format).

If you have a My Yahoo web page, you can also add our feed to it using the button. For more on Yahoo's RSS Newsreader, see their RSS FAQ.

What forms of payment do your accept?

Crixa Cakes accepts cash, Visa and MasterCard credit and check cards, and American Express credit cards for payment. We do not accept checks.

When is Crixa Cakes open?

Crixa Cakes is open

Tuesday through Saturday from 9 AM to 6:30 PM

Crixa Cakes is closed Sunday and Monday.

We will be open for Valentine's Day, Sunday February 14, 2010, from 11 AM to 5 pm.

Where is Crixa Cakes?

Crixa Cakes Bakery and Cafe is located in Berkeley, California.

Crixa Cakes is one block north of the Berkeley Bowl Marketplace and across the street from the Any Mountain outdoors store. Our address is,

2748 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703