The data behind this ranking: BestDish has scored 15 cake venues in Sunshine Coast, drawing on 6,638 Google reviews across 9 suburbs. The median venue score is 42 (out of a top score of 55); the median Google rating is 4.6★. Current #1: The Pastry Lab with a score of 55. Updated September 2026.
Score distribution — Cake in Sunshine Coast (September 2026)
Venues ranked
15
Google reviews analysed
6,638
Median BestDish score
42
Score range
24–55
Median Google rating
4.6★
Suburbs represented
9
Top movers this month
No ranking moves of 2+ places since the last snapshot — the current order held steady.
Methodology
Venues are ranked by review strength: Google rating above a 3.8 baseline, weighted by review volume (a 4.6★ with 2,000 reviews beats a 4.8★ with 60). Global fast-food and dessert franchises are excluded.
Scores and review counts on this page are computed at build time from the exact same dataset that powers the
live cake ranking — nothing here is a separate or hand-picked figure.