10+ places you can cure your hot cross bun cravings in Canberra
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Is it too early to be writing about hot cross buns? Maybe. Do we care? Not at all. It’s hot cross bun season, baby!
The Easter long weekend might feel like a distant dream (four days off? Bliss), but for those who want to get into the season early, there are plenty of local bakeries serving up hot cross buns in Canberra.
All baked fresh and best enjoyed slathered in butter, hop to it!
The Bakehouse Mitchell (Mitchell)
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The Bakehouse Mitchell gets top billing on this list because here you can find not one, not two, but FIVE different flavours of hot cross buns. Just a warning: if you’re a traditionalist when it comes to this Easter treat, you might want to look away.
While they do have the classic flavour on offer, here you can also try the Hot Cross Finger Bun, the Matcha and White Chocolate Bun, the Red Velvet Bun (filled with cream cheese icing) and the Hot Cross French Toast, which looks as good as it sounds – complete with blueberry compote, fresh berries, yoghurt, maple syrup and peanut butter. Drooling yet?
83/81-101 Lysaght Street, Mitchell | thebakehousemitchell.bitebusiness.com
Lolo and Lola (Watson)
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Oh. My. Ube. Who would say no to purple yam and jackfruit hot cross buns? Pop in store or order them online before they disappear.
3 Watson Place, Watson | loloandlola.com.au
Sapori Lab (Kingston and online)
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This micro bakery has been treating tastebuds to traditional, freshly made maritozzo for months, but now they’re adding hot cross buns to their offering for a limited time.
Opening pre-orders (which will be cut off on Wednesday 9 April at 4 pm), they’ll deliver freshly made buns to your doorstep on Sunday 13 April and Thursday 17 April, so you don’t even need to leave the house.
All made from scratch, they will also have some limited quantities available at their pop-up at the Handmade Markets on Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March – it’s first in, best dressed so you better be quick!
Danny’s Bakery (Narrabundah)
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Something of a local legend when it comes to hot cross buns, as soon as March hits Danny’s Bakery is the place to be. As big as your head, vegan and so fluffy they melt in your mouth, try one for yourself to see why they have a cult-like status.
6 Iluka Street, Narrabundah | @dannysbakery
Three Mills Bakery (Majura, Fyshwick, Woden, Belconnen and City)
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Soft, spiced, and oh-so-perfect when served with a slather of butter, you can pick up a box of hot cross buns from Three Mills from any of their six locations. The winner of a silver medal at the Sydney Royal Fine Food Show in 2024, they’re baked fresh and ready to eat. We dare you not to devour one on the spot…
Various locations | threemillsbakery.com.au
Sweetbones Bakery (Scullin)
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This vegan café and bakery makes some delicious sweet treats, so you’ll want to hop to trying one of their hot cross buns. Take some home for later or eat it there on the spot with whatever you’re craving – whether it’s just butter, Nuttlex or peanut butter and jam.
Scullin Shops, 3 Scullin Place, Scullin | sweetbonescompany.com
Sweet Business Healthy Living (Belconnen)
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You won’t find a subpar gluten-free hot cross bun here. You can find Canberra’s own gluten-free patisserie in Belconnen – and they have all of your sweet treat cravings sorted. Releasing gluten-free hot cross buns ahead of Easter, these buns are free from gum, additives, preservatives, seed oil and refined sugar.
Made with their own blend of gluten-free flours and spices with a little twist of the cross on top, it’s the perfect gluten-free Easter treat.
10 Market Street, Belconnen | sweetbusinesshealthyliving.com.au
L’épi Artisan Bakery Café (Kambah and Chisholm)
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A favourite of southsiders, L’épi Artisan Bakery is known for its good coffee and French-inspired baked goodies. Selling both chocolate and traditional buns, L’épi bakes everything fresh on site, you can literally grab them and go. And they also have a gluten-free traditional option!
8 Marconi Crescent, Kambah and 60/62 Halley Street, Chisholm | lepibakery.com
Crust Bakery (Fyshwick)
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Located in the Fyshwick Markets, Crust is the sister bakery to L’épi and is also selling freshly baked buns – including chocolate and gluten-free options. Only available from Thursday to Sunday, your run to the markets just got a whole lot better.
6 Mildura Street, Fyshwick | crustbakerycanberra.com
Origin Bake (City)
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Handmade with a blend of buttermilk, orange juice, wholemeal flour, their signature spice mix, and the juiciest fruit mix, the hot cross buns at Origin Bake sound hard to beat.
Located on the ANU campus, grab one and enjoy.
3/35 Childers Street, City | originbake.com.au
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Baked fresh from the brilliant minds that brought us Bombolini donuts, it’s easy to get egg-cited about a trip to Hall for some hot cross buns.
2/4 Victoria Street, Hall | @kynefin
Little Sutton Bakehouse (Sutton)
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If you’re passing through Sutton (or looking for an excuse to get out of Canberra) it’s worth stopping at this bakery for some fresh hot cross buns. Stay a while or take your goodies to go – either way, you’ll enjoy every bite.
1 Victoria Street, Sutton | littlesutton.com.au
Feature image via @littlesuttonbakehouse
