Dessert for Weddings in San Pablo: 10 Bay Area Bakery Picks
Ten wedding dessert orders for a San Pablo or East Bay reception: jumbo cookies and cookie bites, truffle cakes, mini eclairs, mochi donuts, and buttercream or fondant cake by the slice, with prices checked October 20, 2026.
TL;DR
Dessert for weddings in San Pablo and across the East Bay can be booked online as ten priced orders from four Bay Area bakeries: jumbo cookies and cookie bites from Discovery Bay, truffle cakes and mini eclairs from Castro Valley, mochi donuts from Hercules, and cake by the slice and cupcakes from Palo Alto. Prices start at $4.00 a cupcake and were checked against the live Events in Minutes listings on October 20, 2026.
- A cookie table: 200 jumbo cookies for $460.00, or 240 two-ounce cookie bites for $300.00.
- Pastry with no slicing: 24 Belgian chocolate truffle cakes for $220.00, or 48 mini eclairs for $140.00.
- Dessert that doubles as favors: 192 regular mochi donuts for $675.00, with a gluten-free preparation available.
- Wedding cake by the slice: buttercream at $5.00, fondant at $7.00, or cupcakes at $4.00 each, with a tasting and setup included.
- Every order is request to book, so the bakery confirms your wedding date before the booking is final.
Last updated: October 2026
Which dessert for weddings in San Pablo and the East Bay can you book online?
Ten wedding dessert orders from four Bay Area kitchens on Events in Minutes fit a San Pablo or East Bay reception, from a 50-guest welcome table to a 400-guest spread; we read each listing in full on October 20, 2026. Three kitchens are in the East Bay (Discovery Bay, Castro Valley and Hercules), and a Palo Alto cake bakery includes delivery and setup at your venue. For every option in the category, browse bakeries and wedding dessert catering serving the East Bay on Events in Minutes.
The cards are grouped by kitchen. Units differ, so using the piece count each listing states (or its per-slice or per-cupcake price), the ten orders (n = 10) cost $1.25 to $9.17 per piece, with a median of $3.41, checked October 20, 2026.
Wedding cookie catering: jumbo cookies and mini bites from Discovery Bay
All three cookie orders come from one owner-operated home kitchen in Discovery Bay that bakes to your date from a rotating menu of 35 recipes and treats mixed flavors as standard. Jumbo cookies work as a welcome-table centerpiece or a favor; two-ounce bites suit a grazing table guests return to. Another jumbo tier, Custom Cookies for Events and a Dessert Table at a Wedding (150 cookies, $375.00 fixed price), is also listed.
Wedding Dessert Table Cookies by the Maker, Discovery Bay
Two hundred jumbo cookies, five and a half ounces each, baked to your date in a Discovery Bay home kitchen. The listing pitches this count for anchoring a wedding dessert table, and for welcome bags, late-night snacks and favors. Flavors come from a rotating 35-recipe menu with mixed boxes welcome, and vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and nut-free versions are baked on request. The cookies are freshest within a few days of delivery or pickup.
Book nowCustom Cookies for Events from a Wedding Dessert Table Team
Twenty dozen two-ounce cookie bites, 240 pieces and about thirty pounds, which the listing calls its largest mini bite order for a wedding dessert table. It is built for dessert that lasts from the cocktail hour to the end of the night: keep part boxed to refill the table, then fill favor boxes with what is left. Macarons and other mini desserts can join the order, and weekend dates in season go first.
Book nowCustom Cookies for Events and a Wedding Dessert Table Spread
Fifty jumbo cookies at five and a half ounces each, just over seventeen pounds, from the same Discovery Bay kitchen. The listing suggests it for a wedding welcome table with one large cookie per guest, or for welcome bags and favors. It is typed for 50 to 200 guests, but fifty cookies is one each for fifty people, so treat it as a welcome-table or favor order rather than the whole dessert.
Book nowTruffle cakes and mini eclairs from a Castro Valley pastry shop
A Castro Valley shop makes individual desserts guests eat without a knife, useful at a standing reception. Both listings price per boxed order, offer pickup in Castro Valley or paid delivery, and sell add-ons such as a setup service and display stands.
Belgian Chocolate Truffle Cake
Twenty-four individual Belgian chocolate truffle cakes per order, one per guest, so nobody waits for slicing. The Castro Valley shop lists wedding receptions among its uses and suggests fewer cakes when other desserts share the table. Paid delivery covers East Bay cities including Hayward, San Leandro, Oakland, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore, Fremont and Union City. Add-ons include fresh flowers ($50.00) and a setup service ($200.00).
Book nowMini Chocolate Eclair
Forty-eight mini eclairs: choux pastry filled with vanilla custard and finished in Belgian dark chocolate. The Castro Valley shop counts one order as about 24 guests at two pieces each, and for weddings suggests more than two per guest. They arrive boxed with no cutting needed, but they are filled to order, so schedule pickup or delivery close to serving time and keep them refrigerated until shortly before they go out.
Book nowMochi donuts for a wedding dessert table and favors
A home bakery in Hercules makes rice-flour mochi donuts in boxed counts sized by guest range; both listings say they double as wedding favors. Curbside pickup is free, and delivery across the Oakland and East Bay area is priced by distance.
Regular Mochi Donut Dessert Box for Big Party Dessert Bars
Sixteen dozen regular-size mochi donuts, 192 in all, sized for roughly 96 to 192 guests. The rice-flour donuts come in up to four flavors, a gluten-free preparation is available, and the listing says they double as wedding favors. The typed price is $675.00, while the description prices three or four flavors at $750, so confirm with the vendor. Curbside pickup from the East Bay home bakery is free.
Book nowBite Size Mochi Donut Dessert Box for Large Event Catering
Four hundred bite-size mochi donuts for roughly 200 to 400 guests, packed in a presentation box ready for a dessert table, from the same East Bay home bakery. The description prices one or two flavors at $700 and three or four at $800. A gluten-free preparation is offered, curbside pickup is free, and delivery is priced by distance. Pick it when the guest list runs past 200.
Book nowWedding cake by the slice and wedding cupcakes from Palo Alto
If you still want a cake to cut, a Palo Alto bakery prices custom wedding cakes per slice, so you pay for the servings you need. Its three listings include a consultation, a private tasting, and delivery and setup; the bakery is on the Peninsula, so confirm delivery to your East Bay venue.
Custom Buttercream Wedding Cake with Consultation and Delivery
A custom buttercream wedding cake at $5.00 a slice before tax, from a woman-owned Palo Alto bakery that bakes from scratch. The price covers a design consultation, a private tasting, delivery and setup at your venue, and a cake stand. Past cakes include red velvet, tiramisu and a drip wedding cake, and gluten-free, vegan and lactose-free versions are available. No delivery radius is stated, so confirm your East Bay venue.
Book nowCustom Fondant Wedding Cake with Tasting, Delivery and Setup
The same Palo Alto bakery's fondant cake, at $7.00 a slice before tax, for a smooth finish with clean edges, sharp tiers and sculpted details. It includes a consultation, a private tasting, delivery and setup, and a cake stand. Priced per slice, a 60-slice cutting cake comes to $420.00 before tax, leaving room for a cookie or pastry table around it.
Book nowHandmade Wedding Cupcakes with Gluten Free and Vegan Options
Handmade cupcakes at $4.00 each before tax, offered as wedding cake cupcakes in place of a tiered cake or as a tower beside a small cutting cake. The order includes a consultation, a private tasting, custom decoration, and delivery and setup. Plan one per guest when they replace the cake, and mix two or three flavors so a gluten-free, vegan or dairy-free option sits beside the classics.
Book nowWedding dessert catering in the East Bay: all ten compared
The table repeats the card facts in the same order, so you can match each order's guest range and price to your reception.
Swipe the table sideways to see every column.
| Activity | Location | Duration | Group | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedding Dessert Table Cookies by the Maker, Discovery Bay | Travels to You | 1 hour | 50–200 guests | $460.00 fixed price |
| Custom Cookies for Events from a Wedding Dessert Table Team | Travels to You | 1 hour | 1–240 guests | $300.00 fixed price |
| Custom Cookies for Events and a Wedding Dessert Table Spread | Travels to You | 1 hour | 50–200 guests | $165.00 fixed price |
| Belgian Chocolate Truffle Cake | Travels to You | Flexible | 24–500 guests | $220.00/24 truffle cake |
| Mini Chocolate Eclair | Travels to You | Flexible | 25–500 guests | $140.00/48 mini eclair |
| Regular Mochi Donut Dessert Box for Big Party Dessert Bars | Travels to You | 1 hour | 96–192 guests | $675.00 fixed price |
| Bite Size Mochi Donut Dessert Box for Large Event Catering | Travels to You | 1 hour | 200–400 guests | $700.00 fixed price |
| Custom Buttercream Wedding Cake with Consultation and Delivery | Travels to You | Flexible | 1–200 guests | $5.00/slice |
| Custom Fondant Wedding Cake with Tasting, Delivery and Setup | Travels to You | Flexible | 1–200 guests | $7.00/slice |
| Handmade Wedding Cupcakes with Gluten Free and Vegan Options | Travels to You | Flexible | 1–200 guests | $4.00/cupcake |
How to plan a wedding dessert table in the East Bay
How much dessert per guest at a wedding?
The listings give their own rules of thumb: two mini eclairs per guest, more for weddings (Castro Valley); one cupcake per guest when cupcakes replace the cake (Palo Alto); one truffle cake per guest at a cocktail-style event, fewer beside a full dessert spread; and 192 regular mochi donuts for roughly 96 to 192 guests (Hercules). Our guide to how much dessert per guest covers the math for other formats.
What a 150-guest wedding would spend
Three worked examples, before delivery, taxes and fees. Cake for everyone: 150 slices of buttercream at $5.00 is $750.00, or $1,050.00 in fondant at $7.00. Cupcakes instead of cake: 160 cupcakes (150 guests plus ten extras) at $4.00 is $640.00. A small cake plus a cookie table: a 50-slice buttercream cutting cake ($250.00) and 240 cookie bites ($300.00) come to $550.00 for 290 pieces.
How to choose custom cookies for a wedding
Start with the job. For a welcome table or favors, pick jumbo five-and-a-half-ounce cookies; for an all-evening table, two-ounce bites let guests come back for more. Then choose mixed flavors, send dietary needs with your headcount, and book early: the 240-bite listing notes that weekend dates in season go first.
Gluten-free, vegan and dairy-free guests
Three of the four kitchens offer dietary versions (see the FAQ below for each). The Castro Valley listings list milk, eggs and wheat or gluten and do not describe a gluten-free version, so pair them with another kitchen if a guest avoids gluten, and label each flavor on the table.
Delivery, setup and timing on the day
All ten listings show Travels to You, which here means delivery or pickup. Setup at your venue is included on the three Palo Alto listings; the Castro Valley shop sells setup as a $200.00 add-on, and the cookie and mochi orders arrive boxed, ready to set out. Their 1-hour duration is a handoff window, so confirm drop-off time with the vendor. For styling ideas, see our Bay Area event dessert tables guide, and for the savory menu, our best wedding catering in the Bay Area picks.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does dessert for a wedding in San Pablo or the East Bay cost?
Dessert for a wedding in San Pablo or the East Bay starts at $4.00 a cupcake or $5.00 a slice of buttercream cake across the ten orders on this page, checked October 20, 2026. Fixed-count orders run from $140.00 for 48 mini eclairs to $700.00 for 400 mochi donut bites. Cost per piece runs from $1.25 to $9.17 (median $3.41), before delivery, taxes and fees.
What can I serve at a wedding instead of a traditional cake?
Cookies, cupcakes, individual truffle cakes, mini eclairs and mochi donuts can all stand in for a tiered cake at an East Bay wedding. The Palo Alto bakery on this page suggests cupcakes beside a small cutting cake, so you keep the cake-cutting moment.
How much dessert per guest should I plan for a wedding?
Plan about one slice, cupcake or individual cake per guest when one dessert carries an East Bay wedding, and two or more small pieces per guest for a mini dessert table. The Castro Valley shop counts 48 mini eclairs as about 24 guests and suggests more than two per guest for weddings.
How do I choose custom cookies for a wedding?
Choose custom wedding cookies by format: jumbo five-and-a-half-ounce cookies for a welcome table or favors, or two-ounce bites for a table that runs all night. The Discovery Bay kitchen on this page bakes both from a rotating 35-recipe menu and makes vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and nut-free versions on request.
Do these bakeries deliver to a wedding venue in San Pablo?
Delivery to a San Pablo wedding venue depends on the bakery, so confirm it when you request. The Hercules bakery lists the Oakland and East Bay area, with delivery priced by distance; the Castro Valley shop delivers within its standard service area for a fee; the Discovery Bay kitchen offers local delivery, pickup or shipping; and the Palo Alto listings include delivery and setup without stating a radius.
Are there gluten-free or vegan wedding desserts in the East Bay?
Yes. The Palo Alto bakery offers gluten-free, vegan and lactose-free cakes and cupcakes, the Discovery Bay kitchen bakes vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and nut-free cookies on request, and the Hercules mochi donuts come in a gluten-free preparation. The Castro Valley listings list milk, eggs and wheat or gluten and do not describe a gluten-free version.