Dairy-free bakeries near San Bernardino, CA

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.