If you've searched "nut-free eggless cake Sydney," here's the direct answer first: every cake at Num Num's Bakery is 100% eggless, and 13 of our 15 flavours contain no nut ingredient by recipe — but we are not a certified nut-free facility. That distinction matters more than it sounds. Being egg-free removes one specific cross-contact risk from the kitchen. It doesn't remove every risk, and we'd rather tell you that plainly than let you assume otherwise.
This guide covers both Num Num's shops — Harris Park and Riverstone — because the recipes, the flavour list, and the shared-kitchen limitations are identical at both. We'll walk through which flavours to watch, what "egg-free but not certified nut-free" actually means in practice, and exactly what to say on WhatsApp before you order.
- 13 of 15 flavours have no nut ingredient by recipe.
- Ferrero Rocher contains hazelnut — avoid for a nut allergy.
- Rasmalai's almond/pistachio garnish can be omitted on request.
- The kitchen is egg-free, not certified nut-free.
- State your allergy severity on WhatsApp: +61 425 697 725.
Is Num Num's Bakery Nut-Free?
No — Num Num's Bakery is 100% egg-free, but it is not a certified nut-free kitchen, and we won't tell you otherwise. Tree nuts and peanuts are two of the priority food allergens that Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) requires food businesses to declare, alongside egg, milk, wheat, soy, sesame, fish, crustacea and lupin. Being egg-free addresses one of those categories. It says nothing about the other ten.
Every Num Num's cake is baked in a kitchen that is 100% free of eggs — a structural claim about the recipe and equipment (FSANZ, Food Allergies, 2026). That claim doesn't extend to nuts, dairy, or wheat, so a nut-allergic customer should never read "eggless" as shorthand for "allergen-free."
We say this because the two claims get confused constantly. Why does that mix-up happen so often? "Eggless" describes what's missing from the batter. "Nut-free" is a facility-wide certification that requires dedicated equipment, air-handling controls, and third-party audits most small bakeries — including ours — don't have. We'd rather be the bakery that's upfront about the gap than the one that gets it wrong when it actually matters.
Which Eggless Cake Flavours Are Nut-Free by Ingredient?
From our internal recipe review of all 15 flavours, 13 contain no nut ingredient in the standard recipe, and 2 do: Ferrero Rocher (hazelnut praline chocolate) and traditional Rasmalai (almond or pistachio garnish). So which two need a second look before you order? This is first-party information about our own recipes, not a clinical or laboratory-tested result, and it doesn't account for shared-kitchen cross-contact.
From our own recipe audit of the full menu: 13 of 15 flavours — Chocolate, Vanilla, Red Velvet, Butterscotch, Black Forest, White Forest, Strawberry, Blueberry, Mango, Lychee, Pineapple, Tiramisu, and Cookies & Cream — don't call for a nut ingredient at all. Only Ferrero Rocher and Rasmalai's traditional garnish do, and both are easy to flag or adjust before you order.
All 15 Flavours — Nut Status by Recipe:
- Chocolate: no nut ingredient — our most-ordered flavour.
- Vanilla: no nut ingredient — classic, works for every occasion.
- Red Velvet: no nut ingredient — a subtle cocoa note with cream cheese-style icing.
- Butterscotch: no nut ingredient — warm, caramel-forward, nostalgic.
- Black Forest & White Forest: no nut ingredient — cherry-cream combinations.
- Strawberry, Blueberry, Pineapple: no nut ingredient — bright fruit flavours.
- Mango: no nut ingredient — fresh and popular through summer.
- Lychee: no nut ingredient — delicate and fragrant.
- Tiramisu: no nut ingredient — coffee-forward, sophisticated.
- Cookies & Cream: no nut ingredient — crowd-pleasing and party-friendly.
- Ferrero Rocher: contains hazelnut praline chocolate — avoid for nut allergy.
- Rasmalai: traditionally garnished with almond or pistachio — ask us to omit it.
See the full Our Cakes page for photos of every flavour. If you're weighing up options for a nut-allergic guest, our complete flavour guide is a useful companion read, and our egg substitutes explainer covers how we get texture and rise right without eggs in the first place.
The Kitchen Is Egg-Free, Not Nut-Free: Here's the Difference.
No eggs are used anywhere in the kitchen, on any equipment, in any product — that's a structural fact we can state with confidence because it's how the entire bakery was built from day one. Nuts are a different story: Ferrero Rocher chocolate and Rasmalai garnish both pass through the same shared kitchen, on shared benches, sometimes on the same day as a nut-free order.
That's not a flaw unique to us — it's the reality of almost every small bakery that isn't a dedicated, audited, allergen-free facility. So why don't more bakeries just say this outright? Certified nut-free status typically requires separate preparation rooms, dedicated utensils and ovens, and regular third-party swab testing. We don't have that setup, and rather than imply otherwise with vague marketing language, we'd rather you know exactly where the line sits.
Here's what that means in practice for a family ordering a birthday cake: if your child's allergy is mild and doctor-managed, ingredient-level information about a nut-free-by-recipe flavour like Chocolate or Vanilla may be all you need. If the allergy is anaphylactic, ingredient information alone isn't a safety guarantee — cross-contact risk in a shared kitchen is real, and it needs to be weighed against your own medical advice, not just our recipe list.
How Common Is Nut Allergy in Australia?
Peanut allergy affects around 3% of Australian infants, and challenge-confirmed tree nut allergy sits at roughly 3.3% by age six, with cashew the single most common culprit at 2.7% (ASCIA, Peanut Allergy — Fast Facts; ASCIA, Tree Nut Allergy — Fast Facts). Among school-aged children and adolescents, nut allergy prevalence climbs to around 4–5% overall, making peanuts and tree nuts among the most common food allergies in Australian classrooms and, by extension, at birthday parties. Doesn't that put the odds higher than most hosts assume?
In Australia, peanut allergy affects roughly 3% of infants and challenge-confirmed tree nut allergy reaches 3.3% by age six, rising to an estimated 4–5% among school-aged children (ASCIA, Tree Nut Allergy — Fast Facts). For a bakery serving birthday and celebration cakes across Sydney, that means a meaningful share of every party guest list carries some form of nut allergy.
A pattern we notice in WhatsApp orders: most nut-allergy questions default straight to Chocolate, Vanilla, or Butterscotch — the three flavours customers seem to intuitively trust as "plain." That instinct lines up with our own recipe review, but it's still worth confirming out loud rather than assuming, since Rasmalai's traditional almond garnish is easy to miss if you're going only by flavour name.
What Should You Tell Us When Ordering for a Nut Allergy?
Every nut allergy is different, so the single most useful thing you can do is name your specific allergen and its severity when you message us — for example, "anaphylactic to cashew and hazelnut" tells us far more than "nut allergy." Why does that extra detail matter so much? From our order history across Harris Park and Riverstone, customers who lead with that level of detail get the clearest, fastest answer about which flavour suits their event.
We'll flag anything relevant in the flavour you're considering — hazelnut in Ferrero Rocher, almond or pistachio garnish on Rasmalai — and we can leave a garnish off entirely if you ask. What we won't do is promise a guarantee we can't back up with certification. If your allergy is anaphylactic, please also follow your own doctor's advice or an ASCIA-aligned action plan — our honesty about ingredients is a starting point, not a substitute for medical guidance.
Tell us your specific allergen and severity on WhatsApp before you order. We'll flag any flavour or garnish that carries risk, and confirm everything in writing before you collect from Harris Park or Riverstone.
Does Egg-Free Mean Allergen-Free?
No — every Num Num's cake still contains dairy (milk powder and butter), and standard flavours contain wheat and gluten, so "eggless" is not shorthand for "allergen-free" (FSANZ, Food Allergies, 2026). Isn't it easy to assume one dietary claim covers every base? Under the 2026 Plain English Allergen Labelling (PEAL) requirements, individual tree nuts must now be declared by name rather than grouped under one collective "tree nuts" term — a genuine tightening of the rules that reflects how seriously nut allergy is treated in Australian food regulation.
Every Num Num's cake contains dairy, and standard flavours contain wheat and gluten — two allergen categories that egg-free status does nothing to address (FSANZ, Food Allergies, 2026). If you manage dairy or gluten sensitivity alongside a nut allergy, ask us for the full ingredient breakdown of your chosen flavour before you order, rather than assuming eggless covers every base.
If gluten is also a concern for your family, our gluten-free eggless cakes guide covers what's available. And if you're comparing eggless against other dietary framings entirely, dairy-free vs eggless cakes explains where the two overlap and where they don't.
Curious how an eggless batter comes together without eggs or nuts as a binder? Hebbars Kitchen (7.8M subscribers) walks through the technique — the same principle behind every flavour on our menu.
Where Can You Order Nut-Free-by-Ingredient Eggless Cakes in Sydney?
Num Num's Bakery operates two shops across Greater Sydney, and both carry the identical 15-flavour menu with identical nut-ingredient status — there's no "safer" location, because the recipes and the shared-kitchen limitations travel with the brand, not the address. Harris Park is at 96/96 Wigram Street, open daily 11 am–10 pm. Riverstone is at Shop 8, Riverstone Shopping Centre, open Mon–Fri 6 am–8 pm and Sat–Sun 7 am–7 pm.
Wherever you're ordering from across Sydney, the same ingredient-level honesty applies at both counters: ask about your specific allergy, and we'll answer the same way whether you're picking up in Harris Park or Riverstone. See the full Locations page for maps and directions to each shop.
How Do I Order Safely for a Nut Allergy?
From our experience taking allergy-related orders at both shops, the safest process takes under five minutes and follows the same four steps every time, whether it's a first-time customer or a regular. Why rush that conversation when it takes so little time to get right? Being specific early saves back-and-forth later, especially in the run-up to a birthday weekend.
- Name your allergen and severity: Message +61 425 697 725 on WhatsApp with the specific nut (or nuts) and how severe the reaction is.
- Pick a flavour together: We'll confirm whether your chosen flavour is one of the 13 with no nut ingredient, or flag Ferrero Rocher or Rasmalai's garnish if that's what you had in mind.
- Ask for adjustments if needed: Rasmalai's almond or pistachio garnish can be left off entirely on request — just say so when you order.
- Give at least 48 hours notice: Every cake is made fresh to order. For custom designs or festival periods, 4–5 days is safer.
Not sure what size to order for your guest list? The Order Online page has a sizing guide, and our About page has more on how the bakery is run day to day.
From the WhatsApp messages we get every week across Harris Park and Riverstone, most nut-allergy questions arrive in almost the same shape: a flavour name, followed by "is there nuts in this?" We've learned to answer with the specific ingredient list rather than a yes/no, because a flat "no nuts" answer, without the caveat about shared-kitchen cross-contact, isn't honest enough for a family managing anaphylaxis.
For readers managing egg allergy specifically rather than nut allergy, our companion guide on eggless cake for egg allergy covers that topic in full, including why an entirely egg-free kitchen matters for cross-contact risk on that particular allergen.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Num Num's Bakery safe for someone with a nut allergy?
Num Num's Bakery is 100% egg-free, and 13 of 15 flavours contain no nut ingredient by recipe — but the kitchen is not a certified nut-free facility, so cross-contact can't be guaranteed to a clinical standard. For any nut allergy, especially anaphylactic, tell us the severity on WhatsApp and follow your own doctor's or ASCIA-aligned advice.
Which flavours should I avoid if I have a nut allergy?
Avoid Ferrero Rocher, which contains hazelnut praline chocolate by recipe. Traditional Rasmalai is often garnished with almond or pistachio, so ask us to omit the garnish when ordering. The other 13 flavours — Chocolate, Vanilla, Red Velvet, Butterscotch, Black Forest, White Forest, Strawberry, Blueberry, Mango, Lychee, Pineapple, Tiramisu, and Cookies & Cream — don't require nuts as an ingredient.
Does Num Num's Bakery have a certified nut-free kitchen?
No. The kitchen is 100% egg-free, which removes the egg cross-contact pathway, but it is a shared space that also handles Ferrero Rocher and Rasmalai garnish, so it is not certified nut-free. We never claim a guaranteed nut-free status — only an honest, ingredient-level picture of each flavour.
What should I tell Num Num's when ordering for a severe nut allergy?
State your specific nut allergy and its severity when you message us on WhatsApp — for example, "anaphylactic to peanut and cashew." We'll flag any flavour or garnish that carries risk. For anaphylactic allergy, always follow your own doctor's or ASCIA action plan rather than relying solely on our reassurance.
Do Num Num's cakes contain other allergens besides nuts?
Yes. Every cake contains dairy (milk powder and butter), and standard flavours contain wheat and gluten. The bakery is egg-free only — it is not dairy-free, gluten-free as standard, or a certified allergen-free facility. Ask about a specific flavour's full ingredient list before ordering if you manage multiple allergies.
100% eggless, 13 of 15 flavours nut-free by ingredient, always upfront about what we can't certify. Message us your allergy details on WhatsApp before you order from Harris Park or Riverstone.