Maroondah and the surrounding MX coverage area have a surprisingly deep bakery culture—from traditional suburban bakehouses and shopping-centre bakeries to cake makers, wedding specialists and wholesale producers.
This first version maps the scale of that network. It is a starting point for visits, photographs, local recommendations and business stories rather than a claim that every record is a walk-in bakery.
What the first count shows
36 bakeries
Businesses whose primary Google category was Bakery.
46 records
The broader working group also includes cake shops, wedding and wholesale bakeries and related specialists.
Croydon and Ringwood
Each currently has about ten records in the broader bakery and cake grouping.
The current working count
Croydon
10 bakery and cake-related records
Ringwood
10 records
Kilsyth
7 records
Vermont
3 records
Croydon South
3 records
Ringwood East
3 records
Ringwood North
3 records
Help us build a useful bakery trail
Which bakery is part of your routine—and what do you buy there? We are looking for the local details a database cannot provide: the pie people drive across suburbs for, a family business with a long history or the cake maker neighbours recommend.
Email hello@themx.com.au with a recommendation or correction.
Database snapshot checked: 16 July 2026. Counts will change as records are verified and businesses open, close or change category.