CupKates
Shop C/49 Spence St, Cairns City QLD 4870, Australia
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A highly rated cupcake bakery in Cairns City with a 4.9 rating across 63 reviews.
Practical details
Opening hours
Closed- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- 08:00 – 13:00
- Saturday
- 08:00 – 13:00
- SundayToday
- Closed
Why it's worth checking out
CupKates is a Cairns City baking business led by Kate, who turned her long-standing love of baking into a business in 2012. She continues to make traditional sweet treats for Cairns locals, with a focus on creations that suit markets, seasonal celebrations and special occasions.
The range includes carefully decorated cookies, custom cakes and cupcakes. Each batch is baked from scratch, using quality ingredients and recipes Kate has refined over the years. That made-from-scratch approach gives CupKates a clear point of difference for anyone looking for handmade sweets rather than mass-produced bakery goods.
CupKates is particularly suited to people planning a celebration or looking for a thoughtful sweet addition to an event. Its custom cakes and decorated cookies offer scope for occasion-focused orders, while cupcakes provide a familiar option for sharing. The business also appears at markets, giving Cairns locals a chance to find its baking in a more casual setting. With a 4.9 Google rating from 63 reviews, CupKates has built a strong local reputation around personal, carefully made treats.
Spot Score
The Spot Score is our composite of five signals — two about the venue's standing with visitors and three about how complete and current this listing is. It is not a visitor rating and not a verdict on the food or the experience. The 4.9 from 63 reviews is Google's visitor rating, shown separately and never altered by us.
About the venue · from Google
- ReputationGoogle star rating, smoothed for review count
- 85
- PopularityHow many Google reviews it has
- 55
About this listing · our record
- Information qualityWebsite, menu and structured details on file
- 30
- Category fitHow well it matches its listed category
- 70
- FreshnessHow recently we last checked our sources
- 30
Last checked against sources 19 June 2026.
Our independent editorial score — not a user rating.
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