Best Dessert Shops in Bath

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Go Slow and Enjoy Bath Rivers Street specialty coffee and seasonal cake — a quality specialty coffee paired with a seasonal cake at Rivers Street Place BA1, a quality Bath neighbourhood café in this stunning Georgian city

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Italian cannoli — crisp fried pastry tubes piped to order with sweetened ricotta, studded with pistachios and candied orange peel in the traditional Sicilian style

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Bertie's Knickerbocker Glory — a towering glass of Bertie's house ice cream layered with fruit coulis, wafer biscuits, fresh cream and a cherry on top, a seaside classic done with flair

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Original flapjack on Pulteney Bridge — the Flapjackery's buttery, chewy original flapjack served from one of Bath's most photographed spots, a perfect combination of great food and great views

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Matcha soft serve — a vivid green ceremonial matcha soft-serve ice cream in a cone or cup, made with high-grade Japanese matcha for a deep, slightly bitter flavour

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Custom celebration cake — a bespoke, fully hand-decorated cake built to the customer's brief, from intimate birthday sponges to sculpted novelty showstoppers with personalised designs

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Bath bun — a traditional sticky, sugared yeasted bun with a rich, slightly sweet dough, currants and a crunchy sugar nib topping, one of Bath's most iconic baked treats

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Seasonal choux bun — perfectionist choux pastry from Orlando Murrin; six rotating flavours plus a weekly special; sells out fast

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Baklawa — layers of paper-thin filo pastry filled with crushed pistachios and walnuts, soaked in rose and orange blossom syrup, sold fresh from the counter by the piece

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Clotted cream scone — a generously risen, golden-crusted scone served warm with Devonshire clotted cream and strawberry jam, the quintessential West Country treat done properly

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Fresh cream Bath bun — Twerton's take on the local classic: a soft, sugar-dusted yeasted bun split and filled with fresh whipped cream and strawberry jam, sold warm from the counter

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Sourdough loaf — a naturally leavened, stone-baked loaf with a thick, crackling crust and creamy, open crumb, made using organic flour and a live starter that's been maintained for years

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Cardamom bun — a slowly proved Scandinavian-style bun fragrant with crushed cardamom and cinnamon sugar, baked until deeply golden and finished with pearl sugar

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Carrot 'salmon' toast — plant-based showstopper on sourdough; so good regulars return daily; Bath's best vegan café by a wide margin

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Neuhaus pralines — handcrafted Belgian pralines made to the original 1857 recipe, with smooth ganache fillings in flavours from raspberry to dark coffee, the originals of the filled chocolate tradition

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Everything bagel — a hand-rolled bagel coated in sesame, poppy seeds, dried garlic and onion, boiled then baked for a chewy crust, served with cream cheese and smoked salmon

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Clotted cream vanilla ice cream — Kelly's signature Cornish dairy ice cream made with real clotted cream for an extra-rich, deeply creamy texture, the gold standard of British seaside ice cream

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Triple chocolate cookie — Ben's most iconic creation: a thick, bakery-fresh cookie packed with dark, milk and white chocolate chunks, with a crisp outer edge and a warm, gooey centre

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Cookie dough skillet — a warm, indulgent skillet of unbaked cookie dough baked to order with a gooey molten centre, served with vanilla ice cream and chocolate drizzle

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Fresh gelato scoop — artisan Italian gelato churned on site in rotating flavours, scooped generously into a cone or cup with silkier texture and more intense flavour than standard ice cream

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Pistachio gelato — multiple Great Taste Award winner; rich, nutty, authentically Italian; rivals the best gelato in Italy according to regulars

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Original flapjack — a thick, chewy slab of oat flapjack made with butter, golden syrup and a pinch of salt, the simple recipe that built this Bath institution's reputation

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Yum yum doughnut — a twisted, iced doughnut with a flaky, layered texture and a crisp sugared glaze, an overlooked British bakery classic that Dough does exceptionally well

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Clotted cream fudge — silky, rich, made fresh in-store in view of the counter; next to Bath Abbey and one of the city's most beloved sweet stops

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Cookie dough pot — a generous portion of warm, customisable cookie dough with your choice of base and mix-ins, baked to order and served with a scoop of ice cream

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Hand-pulled fudge — made fresh in the shop using the traditional copper pan method, the San Francisco Fudge Factory's signature is its silky smooth, melt-in-the-mouth texture in classic and seasonal flavours

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Soft serve swirl — a creamy, generous soft-serve ice cream in a waffle cone, made with high-quality dairy and available in seasonal flavours with a choice of toppings

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Sourdough miche — a large, naturally leavened country loaf with a dark, crackled crust and an open, creamy crumb, made using heritage grain flour and a long cold fermentation

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Swedish cinnamon bun — a soft, pillowy yeasted bun generously filled with butter and cinnamon sugar, shaped in the traditional Swedish knot style and topped with pearl sugar

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Classic hot chocolate — Hotel Chocolat's signature Velvetiser drinking chocolate, made with their own cocoa-rich pellets melted into steamed milk for a thick, intensely chocolatey drink

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Original glazed doughnut — Krispy Kreme's legendary ring doughnut with a whisper-thin glaze that shatters on the first bite to reveal a cloud-soft, lightly yeasted interior

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Coffee babka — rich, swirled and deeply flavoured; from Richard Bertinet, one of the UK's most celebrated bakers and teachers

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Cardamom bun — a fragrant, soft Scandinavian bun swirled with cardamom butter and cinnamon sugar, baked fresh daily and best eaten warm with a flat white

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The Sally Lunn bun — Bath's most iconic food; a huge, pillowy brioche-like bun served sweet or savoury in the oldest house in Bath (1482); a once-in-a-visit must

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Turkish eggs (çılbır) — silky poached eggs on labneh with chilli butter; a beautifully executed brunch dish in this relaxed Walcot Street café-bakery

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Cornish pasty — a classic D-shaped shortcrust pastry filled with beef skirt, swede, potato and onion, crimped by hand and baked until golden, exactly as made in Cornwall

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100% cacao hot chocolate — intense, pure, for serious chocolate lovers; choose your cocoa percentage from 28% to 100% across their signature range

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Hot chocolate with handmade truffles — a luxuriously thick drinking chocolate made with single-origin cocoa, served alongside two house-made chocolate truffles in seasonal flavours

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Classic 70% dark hot chocolate — Knoops' signature intensely dark blend, made with 70% single-origin cocoa stirred into steamed milk, rich and deeply satisfying without sweetness

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Pulteney Bridge Coffee Shop Bath artisan doughnut — a quality artisan doughnut alongside specialty coffee at Pulteney Bridge BA2, one of the world's most spectacular coffee shop settings on this unique bridge lined with shops

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Handmade fudge — rich, creamy fudge made in small batches using traditional copper pan methods, available in rotating flavours from salted caramel to clotted cream vanilla

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Afternoon tea — multi-tiered, beautifully presented, with bottomless tea; one of Bath's most beloved spots for a proper British treat

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Galaxy cheesecake waffle — a golden Belgian waffle topped with a slice of Galaxy chocolate cheesecake, ice cream and chocolate sauce, the ultimate dessert-on-dessert combo

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Iced finger bun — a soft, yeasted bun topped with white glace icing and filled with fresh whipped cream, a nostalgic British bakery classic made fresh daily

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Cornish Bakehouse Bath Lower Borough Walls Cornish pasty — a hand-crimped shortcrust pasty at Lower Borough Walls BA1, a West Country classic in the heart of one of England's most beautiful and historic cities

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Cornish pasty — a hand-crimped shortcrust pastry packed with beef skirt, potato, swede and onion, made fresh daily from a time-honoured Cornish recipe and sold warm from the oven

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Soft serve ice cream — rich, creamy soft-serve made from premium Sunny and Sunshine dairy, served in a waffle cone or cup with a choice of flavours and toppings in a scenic Bath location

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Traditional Cornish pasty — a hand-crimped shortcrust pastry packed with seasoned beef, potato, swede and onion, baked fresh throughout the day and served piping hot

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Cookie dough sundae — a warm cookie dough base loaded with vanilla soft serve, hot fudge sauce and whipped cream, Sweet Spot's most-ordered crowd-pleaser for dessert fans in Bath