Lana Cake Shop

Lana Cake Shop
Lana Cake Shop in 2025
Restaurant information
Established	1975;50 years ago (1975)
Owner	Jason Kwan
Location	36 Greenwood Avenue, 289239, Singapore
Coordinates	1°19′55″N103°48′23″E / 1.331844°N 103.806457°E / 1.331844; 103.806457
Website	https://www.lanacakes-since1964.com/

Lana Cake Shop, also known as Lana Cakes, is a cake shop on Greenwood Avenue in Singapore. The shop sells various cakes, but is most known for selling fudge cakes. ^[1]

History

The shop was opened in 1975 by Violet Kwan, who had begun selling cakes from her home in 1964. ^{[2] [3]} Kwan learned the cake's recipe from her sister-in-law, Lani. ^[4] The shop is named after Lani. ^[5] Kwan put the shop up for sale in 2016 as she wanted to retire. ^{[6] [7]} By September, she had received numerous offers, but she had not accepted any, as she believed that she had not yet found a good match. ^[8] However, instead of selling the shop, Kwan decided to pass ownership to her son, Jason Kwan, who was previously a banker working in Tokyo, and reopened the shop in March 2019. ^[9]

Reception

Tan Hsueh Yun of The Straits Times ranked the store as having the best chocolate fudge cakes among the top 10 fudge cakes in Singapore in 2016, giving it a score of 16.7 out of 25. ^{[10] [11]} Delfina Utomo of Time Out included the shop in her 2019 list of the 8 best traditional bakeries and cake shops in Singapore. ^[12] Dolly Dai and Ho Guo Xiong included the shop in their 2021 list of where to get the best and most indulgent chocolate cakes in Singapore. ^[13]

References

1. Goh, Kenneth (6 March 2016). "There's no fudging a winning recipe". The Straits Times . Singapore. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
2. Chan, Boon (16 September 2007). "Familial feel to the place". The Straits Times . Singapore.
3. "Share Mrs Kwan's recipe for success". City Weekly. Singapore. 19 May 1998.
4. Yip, Jie Ying; Fong, Florence; Tan, Anette (7 March 2016). "10 Lana-Style Chocolate Fudge Cakes, Ranked From Worst To Best". 8 Days . Retrieved 26 March 2019.
5. Oon, Violet (20 May 1984). "It's a piece of cake for Mrs Kwan". Singapore Monitor. Singapore. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
6. Tan, Hsueh Yun (25 February 2016). "Lana Cake's Violet Kwan, 88, is retiring". The Straits Times . Singapore. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
7. Tan, Rebecca Lynne (28 February 2016). "Keep Lana Cake artisanal". The Straits Times . Singapore. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
8. Leow, Annabeth (14 September 2016). "Four famous recipes up for sale: Have they found a buyer?". AsiaOne . Singapore. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
9. Tan, Hsueh Yun (6 March 2019). "Lana Cake Shop stays in the family". The Straits Times . Singapore. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
10. Goh, Kenneth (6 March 2016). "Which is Singapore's best fudge cake?". The Straits Times . Singapore. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
11. Goh, Kenneth (7 March 2016). "Top 10 Chocolate Fudge Cakes In Singapore Reviewed". Her World . Retrieved 9 May 2022.
12. Utomo, Delfina (15 July 2019). "The best traditional bakeries and cake shops in Singapore". Time Out . Retrieved 9 May 2022.
13. Dai, Dolly; Ho, Guo Xiong (5 April 2021). "Where to get the best, most indulgent chocolate cakes in Singapore". AsiaOne . Singapore. Retrieved 9 May 2022.