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.

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 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.

No. Crixa does not currently ship its products.

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.

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.

The best way to get the Crixa Cakes pastry, cake or pie that you really want, when you want it, is to order it. Most items on our current menu can be ordered with an advance notice of one to four days.

Our Daily Specials can also be ordered for pick-up the same day (until sold out).

If you want a particular type of cake on a particular day, we ask that you place an advance order.

Only whole cakes from our Advance Order and Birthday Cake menus can be advance ordered.

Only whole cakes from our New Years Advance Order Menu can be ordered for pickup Tuesday and Wednesday December 30 and 31 and Friday January 2.

6-inch and 9-inch Cakes

• Advance orders for 6-inch and 9-inch cakes must be placed at least 2 days in advance, and no later than noon. We recommend placing your order early for best selection.


• We require a 50% deposit on all 6-inch and 9-inch cake advance orders.


• Deposits are non-refundable for orders canceled within 2 day production window.

12-inch Cakes, Pavlovas, and Large Orders

• Advance orders for 12-inch cakes and large advance orders must be placed at least 4 days in advance, and no later than noon. We recommend placing your order early for best selection.


• We require full payment on all 12-inch cake, pavlova, and large advance orders.


• Payment is non-refundable for orders canceled within 4 day production window.

Cupcakes

• Advance orders for cupcakes must be placed at least 4 days in advance, and no later than noon. We recommend placing your order early for best selection.


• Minimum order: Standard-size - 12, Large-size - 10


• Quantities: Standard-size - 12x, Large-size - 10x


• Maximum number of cupcakes per advance order: Standard-size - 48, Large-size - 50


• We require full payment on all cupcake advance orders.


• Payment is non-refundable for orders canceled within 4 day production window.

Availability of cakes with fresh fruit may be limited due to fruit quality.

Cake advance orders for delivery require full payment.

If you want a particular type of pie on a particular day, we ask that you place an advance order.

• Only whole pies from our Advance Order Menu can be ordered.


• Only whole pies from our New Years Advance Order Menu can be ordered for pickup Tuesday and Wednesday December 30 and 31 and Friday January 2.


• Our pies vary according to season and from week to week, depending upon availability and quality of ingredients.


• Advance orders for pies must be placed at least 24 hours in advance, and no later than noon. We recommend placing your order early for best selection.


• Earliest pick-up time for pies is 11:30 AM.


• Daily Special pie by the slice - maximum of 4 slices per customer.


• We require a 50% deposit on all pie orders.


• Deposits and payments are non-refundable for orders canceled within 24 hour production window.


• Pie orders for delivery require full payment.

We are no longer taking Advance Orders for Tuesday December 23 through Saturday December 27.

Only whole pies from our New Years Advance Order Menu can be ordered for pickup Tuesday and Wednesday December 30 and 31 and Friday January 2.

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

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.

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).

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

Crixa Cakes is open

Tuesday through Saturday from 9 AM to 6 PM

Crixa Cakes is closed Sunday and Monday.

We will be closed for a short winter break, Tuesday January 6 and Wednesday January 7, 2009.

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