Cakes By Neh
Delicious, compassionate and purposefully sustainable.
Fully vegan custom cakes for life's special occasions, crafted from scratch with plant-based ingredients and South Asian flavour traditions. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Cakes By Neh
Delicious, compassionate and purposefully sustainable.
Fully vegan custom cakes for life's special occasions, crafted from scratch with plant-based ingredients and South Asian flavour traditions. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Cakes By Neh
Delicious, compassionate and purposefully sustainable.
Fully vegan custom cakes for life's special occasions, crafted from scratch with plant-based ingredients and South Asian flavour traditions. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Our Rooted Tale
Where care becomes the recipe
Before Cakes By Neh, Neha Shetty stood at the front of classrooms teaching English and Social Studies. She was good at it. She cared about it. But the teaching sector didn't make it easy to stay: permanent positions were scarce, and the uncertainty of not knowing what came next wore on her in ways that were hard to name. She kept showing up anyway, filling supply roles, waiting. The stability she had worked toward kept moving.
What she did have, in the margins of that difficult stretch, was a kitchen. And in that kitchen, she baked.
A teacher between uncertainties
Cakes as something to hold onto
Every recipe earned the hard way
2024: a decision for the next generation
Our Rooted Tale
Where care becomes the recipe
Before Cakes By Neh, Neha Shetty stood at the front of classrooms teaching English and Social Studies. She was good at it. She cared about it. But the teaching sector didn't make it easy to stay: permanent positions were scarce, and the uncertainty of not knowing what came next wore on her in ways that were hard to name. She kept showing up anyway, filling supply roles, waiting. The stability she had worked toward kept moving.
What she did have, in the margins of that difficult stretch, was a kitchen. And in that kitchen, she baked.
A teacher between uncertainties
Cakes as something to hold onto
Every recipe earned the hard way
2024: a decision for the next generation
Our Rooted Tale
Where care becomes the recipe
Before Cakes By Neh, Neha Shetty stood at the front of classrooms teaching English and Social Studies. She was good at it. She cared about it. But the teaching sector didn't make it easy to stay: permanent positions were scarce, and the uncertainty of not knowing what came next wore on her in ways that were hard to name. She kept showing up anyway, filling supply roles, waiting. The stability she had worked toward kept moving.
What she did have, in the margins of that difficult stretch, was a kitchen. And in that kitchen, she baked.
A teacher between uncertainties
Cakes as something to hold onto
Every recipe earned the hard way
2024: a decision for the next generation
Bestseller Spotlight
The cake people keep coming back for
Rooh Afza Kulfi Cake
The Rooh Afza Kulfi Cake pairs two distinct South Asian traditions. The sponge uses Rooh Afza, a syrup of rose, fruits, and herbs that has sat on South Asian tables for over a century. The filling draws from kulfi, made here with pistachio, saffron, and cardamom. The result is floral and rich at once, fragrant before the first bite and layered well after the last.
Neha built this cake from flavour memory, not novelty. Rooh Afza is not an obscure ingredient to those who grew up with it. Pairing it with kulfi was a deliberate act: two beloved dessert traditions brought together in a form that sits at a Halifax celebration table.
For those who grew up with those flavours, the response is recognition, not politeness. For first-timers, the complexity holds their attention in a way that straightforward sweetness does not. Customers come back for it — and they bring people with them.
Bestseller Spotlight
The cake people keep coming back for
Rooh Afza Kulfi Cake
The Rooh Afza Kulfi Cake pairs two distinct South Asian traditions. The sponge uses Rooh Afza, a syrup of rose, fruits, and herbs that has sat on South Asian tables for over a century. The filling draws from kulfi, made here with pistachio, saffron, and cardamom. The result is floral and rich at once, fragrant before the first bite and layered well after the last.
Neha built this cake from flavour memory, not novelty. Rooh Afza is not an obscure ingredient to those who grew up with it. Pairing it with kulfi was a deliberate act: two beloved dessert traditions brought together in a form that sits at a Halifax celebration table.
For those who grew up with those flavours, the response is recognition, not politeness. For first-timers, the complexity holds their attention in a way that straightforward sweetness does not. Customers come back for it — and they bring people with them.
Bestseller Spotlight
The cake people keep coming back for
Rooh Afza Kulfi Cake
The Rooh Afza Kulfi Cake pairs two distinct South Asian traditions. The sponge uses Rooh Afza, a syrup of rose, fruits, and herbs that has sat on South Asian tables for over a century. The filling draws from kulfi, made here with pistachio, saffron, and cardamom. The result is floral and rich at once, fragrant before the first bite and layered well after the last.
Neha built this cake from flavour memory, not novelty. Rooh Afza is not an obscure ingredient to those who grew up with it. Pairing it with kulfi was a deliberate act: two beloved dessert traditions brought together in a form that sits at a Halifax celebration table.
For those who grew up with those flavours, the response is recognition, not politeness. For first-timers, the complexity holds their attention in a way that straightforward sweetness does not. Customers come back for it — and they bring people with them.
More from the kitchen
Variety of flavour combination that stops people mid-bite
Chocolate Lovers
Vanilla Raspberry
Popular Choice
More from the kitchen
Variety of flavour combination that stops people mid-bite
Chocolate Lovers
Vanilla Raspberry
Popular Choice
More from the kitchen
Variety of flavour combination that stops people mid-bite
Chocolate Lovers
Vanilla Raspberry
Popular Choice
Meet the Chef
Teacher turned vegan baker
Neha Shetty
Neha spent years in front of classrooms before she spent them in front of an oven. After earning her Bachelor of Education in Halifax, she taught in Mumbai, India, where managing a classroom of 77 students taught her patience, adaptability, and the quiet art of helping people feel seen. Those instincts never left her. They simply found a new place to belong.
Baking began as a hobby, became a profession, and eventually became a way of expressing the values she wanted to live by. After becoming a mother to twin boys, her perspective shifted toward planetary health, compassion, and the future she hopes the next generation will inherit. Choosing to build a fully plant-based bakery was not following a trend—it was a decision rooted in those convictions.
Neha approaches baking with the same care she once brought to teaching. Vegan pastry leaves little room for shortcuts, so she has spent years testing recipes, refining techniques, and drawing inspiration from the countries she has called home. Every cake reflects both technical precision and a belief that food can bring people together in moments of celebration.
She speaks often about how fortunate she feels to create those moments for others. Behind every cake is someone who has built a business one order at a time, balancing ambition, motherhood, and purpose while remaining grateful for the opportunity to do work she genuinely loves.
Meet the Chef
Teacher turned vegan baker
Neha Shetty
Neha spent years in front of classrooms before she spent them in front of an oven. After earning her Bachelor of Education in Halifax, she taught in Mumbai, India, where managing a classroom of 77 students taught her patience, adaptability, and the quiet art of helping people feel seen. Those instincts never left her. They simply found a new place to belong.
Baking began as a hobby, became a profession, and eventually became a way of expressing the values she wanted to live by. After becoming a mother to twin boys, her perspective shifted toward planetary health, compassion, and the future she hopes the next generation will inherit. Choosing to build a fully plant-based bakery was not following a trend—it was a decision rooted in those convictions.
Neha approaches baking with the same care she once brought to teaching. Vegan pastry leaves little room for shortcuts, so she has spent years testing recipes, refining techniques, and drawing inspiration from the countries she has called home. Every cake reflects both technical precision and a belief that food can bring people together in moments of celebration.
She speaks often about how fortunate she feels to create those moments for others. Behind every cake is someone who has built a business one order at a time, balancing ambition, motherhood, and purpose while remaining grateful for the opportunity to do work she genuinely loves.
Meet the Chef
Teacher turned vegan baker
Neha Shetty
Neha spent years in front of classrooms before she spent them in front of an oven. After earning her Bachelor of Education in Halifax, she taught in Mumbai, India, where managing a classroom of 77 students taught her patience, adaptability, and the quiet art of helping people feel seen. Those instincts never left her. They simply found a new place to belong.
Baking began as a hobby, became a profession, and eventually became a way of expressing the values she wanted to live by. After becoming a mother to twin boys, her perspective shifted toward planetary health, compassion, and the future she hopes the next generation will inherit. Choosing to build a fully plant-based bakery was not following a trend—it was a decision rooted in those convictions.
Neha approaches baking with the same care she once brought to teaching. Vegan pastry leaves little room for shortcuts, so she has spent years testing recipes, refining techniques, and drawing inspiration from the countries she has called home. Every cake reflects both technical precision and a belief that food can bring people together in moments of celebration.
She speaks often about how fortunate she feels to create those moments for others. Behind every cake is someone who has built a business one order at a time, balancing ambition, motherhood, and purpose while remaining grateful for the opportunity to do work she genuinely loves.
When people support my business I hope they feel that they're supporting a passion, a hope for a better future and respect for our local talent.
To those who have and will continue to support my business I am so grateful for your trust in my capabilities and for choosing to spend your hard earned money on a vegan product. You are making a positive difference in our world through your purchasing power and it’s my pleasure to make a delicious plant based cake for your special occasions.
If you haven't ordered yet, I would love to make a cake for your next occasion. Find me at https://cakesbyneh.com, on Instagram at cakes_by_neh, or reach me at cakesbyneh@gmail.com.
With gratitude,
Neha
A heartfelt Note
When people support my business I hope they feel that they're supporting a passion, a hope for a better future and respect for our local talent.
To those who have and will continue to support my business I am so grateful for your trust in my capabilities and for choosing to spend your hard earned money on a vegan product. You are making a positive difference in our world through your purchasing power and it’s my pleasure to make a delicious plant based cake for your special occasions.
If you haven't ordered yet, I would love to make a cake for your next occasion. Find me at https://cakesbyneh.com, on Instagram at cakes_by_neh, or reach me at cakesbyneh@gmail.com.
With gratitude,
Neha
A heartfelt Note
When people support my business I hope they feel that they're supporting a passion, a hope for a better future and respect for our local talent.
To those who have and will continue to support my business I am so grateful for your trust in my capabilities and for choosing to spend your hard earned money on a vegan product. You are making a positive difference in our world through your purchasing power and it’s my pleasure to make a delicious plant based cake for your special occasions.
If you haven't ordered yet, I would love to make a cake for your next occasion. Find me at https://cakesbyneh.com, on Instagram at cakes_by_neh, or reach me at cakesbyneh@gmail.com.
With gratitude,
Neha
A heartfelt Note
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