Dairy-Free Bakeries Near San Bernardino, CA
Only one bakery inside San Bernardino made this list: Nacho And Cookies Vegan Food And Desserts on N Stoddard Ave, an all-vegan Mexican kitchen rated 4.3 on Yelp. Every other option is a short drive out, and four of them are in Redlands, where Jenny's Donuts (4.7 stars, the only $ on the list) makes its donuts with no eggs or milk and opens at 4am.
After location, the list divides on timing. Jenny's and Loma Linda Market & Nutrition Center are where you can walk in and leave with something dairy-free the same day. Casa De Vegan in Riverside, Lulubear Bakery in Highland and Sugarbee Custom Bake Shop in Redlands all make dairy-free cakes, but only to order, so they fit a birthday or a wedding planned ahead rather than a sudden craving.
Our picks
- The only pick inside San Bernardino: Nacho And Cookies Vegan Food And Desserts. An all-vegan shop on N Stoddard Ave, so nothing on the menu contains dairy, rated 4.3 on Yelp.
- Cheapest dairy-free treat: Jenny's Donuts. The only $ price level here, with donuts made with no eggs or milk, from a counter that opens at 4am.
- Most dependable walk-in: Loma Linda Market & Nutrition Center. Gluten-free vegan cupcakes at the bakery counter plus packaged vegan baked goods on the shelf, no order needed.
- Best for a fully vegan party cake: Casa De Vegan. Everything is vegan, with no eggs, dairy or lard in its cakes, cheesecakes and cupcakes, and a 4.8 rating.
- Best for a dairy-free wedding cake: Sugarbee Custom Bake Shop. A Redlands cake studio of some fourteen years whose vegan-friendly flavours and fillings sit in the regular menu.
At a glance
| Option | Address | City | Dairy-Free Options | Bakery Type | Rating | Price Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3048 1/2 N Stoddard Ave, San Bernardino, CA 92405source | San Bernardinosource | Everything is vegansource | All-vegan shopsource | 4.3source | ||
| Highland, CA 92346source | Highlandsource | Vegan cakes to ordersource | Custom cake shopsource | 5source | $$source | |
| 11161 Anderson St Ste 100, Loma Linda, CA 92354source | Loma Lindasource | Vegan items in stocksource | Grocery with a bakerysource | 3.8source | $$source | |
| 721 Nevada St Ste 404, Redlands, CA 92373source | Redlandssource | Vegan cakes to ordersource | Custom cake shopsource | 4.1source | $$source | |
| 1711 W Lugonia Ave, Redlands, CA 92374source | Redlandssource | Vegan items in stocksource | Donut shopsource | 4.7source | $source | |
| 615 Tennessee St, Redlands, CA 92374source | Redlandssource | Vegan options listedsource | Custom cake shopsource | 3.4source | $$source | |
| 11126 Iowa St, Redlands, CA 92373source | Redlandssource | Vegan options listedsource | Farmers market bakersource | 5source | ||
| Riverside, CAsource | Riversidesource | Everything is vegansource | All-vegan shopsource | 4.8source |
Can you walk in, or do you have to order?
Bakery Type answers this better than the ratings do. Jenny's Donuts and the Loma Linda Market are the walk-in options, and Nacho And Cookies is too, though its hours start in the afternoon and it is small enough that checking before you drive is sensible. Lulubear Bakery is home-based with no storefront, so ordering ahead and arranging pickup is the whole process. Casa De Vegan also takes orders ahead for pickup or delivery, and every Sugarbee cake goes through a consultation and an order.
Cinnamon Squirrel Bakery, rated 5 stars on a short run of reviews, is mostly found at farmers-market stalls, so what you can buy depends on that week's bake.
How sure you can be that it's dairy-free
The Dairy-Free Options column is a ladder, and the bottom rung needs a phone call. Nacho And Cookies and Casa De Vegan are fully vegan, so there is nothing to ask. Jenny's Donuts and the Loma Linda Market stock vegan items you can buy that day, though Jenny's no-eggs-or-milk answer comes from a Yelp community Q&A rather than from the shop itself. Lulubear and Sugarbee make vegan cakes on request.
Michelle's and Cinnamon Squirrel only list vegan options on Yelp without saying which items, so a dairy-free order starts with a conversation. At Michelle's, rated 3.4 with the most mixed reviews here, that conversation matters more for a cake that has to be right on the day.
The options in detail
Nacho And Cookies Vegan Food And Desserts
A small all-vegan Mexican kitchen on the north side of San Bernardino, and the one fully plant-based option on this list inside the city itself. Yelp files it under Vegan and Mexican, so nothing it sells contains dairy, and the draw is comfort food and desserts rather than a bakery display case. It is a tiny operation with only a dozen reviews and afternoon-onward hours, so it is worth checking it is open before driving over.
Lulubear Bakery
A home-based custom bakery in Highland making cakes, cupcakes, cookies, macarons and brownies to order. Its own site marks gluten-friendly and gluten-friendly vegan versions across every category rather than treating dairy-free as a special favour, which is unusual for a shop this small. There is no storefront to visit: Yelp lists only the city, so ordering ahead and arranging pickup is the whole process.
Loma Linda Market & Nutrition Center
A vegetarian grocery with its own bakery counter, in a town where the Adventist community has kept plant-based eating mainstream for generations. The store advertises gluten-free vegan cupcakes among its fresh bakery desserts and also stocks packaged vegan baked goods from Muffin Top Bakery, 3 Squares and Loving Hut. Of everywhere here it is the most dependable place to walk in without an order and leave with something dairy-free the same day, though it is a market shelf rather than a pastry case.
Sugarbee Custom Bake Shop
A Redlands cake studio of some fourteen years, working mostly on wedding and occasion cakes with heavily custom designs. Vegan-friendly and gluten-friendly choices run through its cake flavours and fillings rather than sitting in a separate corner of the menu, so a dairy-free cake is specified the same way any other one is. Everything goes through consultation and an order, so it suits a planned event rather than a Saturday craving.
Jenny's Donuts
A long-running Redlands donut counter that opens at 4am, and the rare case where the dairy-free question has a short answer. Its Yelp Q&A states the donuts are made with no eggs or milk at all, and dairy-avoiding regulars treat it as a default stop rather than a place to interrogate the staff. It is the cheapest option here, and it is donuts and coffee: nobody is making you a birthday cake.
Michelle's
A long-established European bakery in Redlands built around wedding and custom cakes, with a case of miniature desserts alongside. It lists vegan options on Yelp but does not publish which items they cover, so a dairy-free order starts as a phone conversation rather than a menu pick. Its reviews are the most mixed of anything here, which matters more than usual for a cake that has to be right on a particular day.
Cinnamon Squirrel Bakery
A very small Redlands baker known more from farmers-market stalls than from a shopfront, carrying a perfect rating across a short run of reviews. It lists vegan options on Yelp, but the range is not published anywhere, so what is dairy-free depends on a given week's bake and is worth asking about first. Regulars single out the chocolate cola cake and the banana bread.
Casa De Vegan
An entirely plant-based bakery near Tyler Mall in Riverside, and the furthest drive on this list. Its own site is blunt about the standard it works to, ruling out eggs, dairy, lard and every other animal product across cakes, cheesecakes, cupcakes and cookies. Orders are placed ahead for pickup or delivery rather than bought off a shelf, and it carries the highest rating of anywhere here.
How we researched this
Every bakery here except Jenny's Donuts has its vegan offering stated by the business itself, on its own site, in its Yelp category, or in its Yelp business attributes. A customer review alone didn't count. We checked every bakery Yelp returns inside San Bernardino, including Lesley Bakery, Lupe's Bakery, Spike's Bakery and Panaderia Genesis 2000, and none listed vegan options. The Original Mommie Helen's Bakery was left out because only reviews mention a vegan peach cobbler, Good Glaze Donuts because its own Q&A answer says it has no vegan items, Mimi's Donuts because Yelp marks it closed, and Ferny's Bakery in Colton because its listing text could not be read in full.
The table tracks vegan claims, which are stricter than dairy-free, so a butter-free item that contains eggs won't show up here. The three blank Price Level cells, for Nacho And Cookies, Cinnamon Squirrel and Casa De Vegan, mean Yelp lists no price band for them. Ratings are a Yelp snapshot from September 2026. Small bakers change what they make week to week, so ask about the specific item before you order.