Whether it's winter, summer, spring or fall, this Corktown spot sweetens life with eclairs, tarts, ice cream and tiny, luscious caramels you can (though maybe shouldn't) eat by the dozen. Seasonal treats rotate but buttery cookies, layered cake cups and a host of confections are always on offer.

Fans of giddy decorations, and the type of nostalgic Italian sweets nonna herself would be proud to serve will find their nirvana at this Etobicoke bakery and café. The vast selection jumps from cannoli and cakes to donuts and cornetti zhuzhed up with all manner of sticky, sweet fillings and frostings.

Anyone who can top ginormous dessert pizza with flawless, mini versions of their sweet treats clearly knows their way around a kitchen. At this Scarborough bakery, said slices and the team's kamikaze approach generate all the buzz, but the full-sized pies, cakes, sfoglia cannoli and bomboloni flirting from the display case deserve equal praise.

Yes, this East York spot is home to Ontario's best butter tart but the hits don't stop there. Led by a passionate team, every cruffin and croissant, scone, bun and craggy, golden, sugary strawberry rhubarb crumble pie is as full-flavoured and satisfying as the best butter-based food aspires to be.

This bakery and café, with locations in Leslieville and at Yonge & Lawrence, is awash in pastels — inside and out. Buttercream whorls top downy cupcakes, sugar cookies boast surgical icing application, caramel popcorn glints from cellophane bags, and blinking does nothing to dispel what feels like a dream.

At this cozy East York pastry shop, East meets West in harmonious pastry paradise. Classic French desserts are dolled up with Japanese flavours, from sakura and hojicha to yuzu, lychee, and more. In each flaky layer and ephemeral sponge, the team's deft touch is abundantly clear.

Join the weekend lineup outside this Harbord Village bakery, and be rewarded with home-style pies, textbook layered cakes, and chubby croissants in flavours from pistachio to peach maple pecan.

Locals flock to this mini-chain (with locations in Queen West, the Financial District and Etobicoke) for chocolate chip cookies that are squishy with a just-baked edge, buttery, warm and fat with dark chips. Still want more? They also bake up classic French treats, from croissants to financier.

Staunchly French, this is Scarborough's safest bet for traditional sweets with Gallic flair. Inside, customers find meticulously assembled fruit tarts and exquisite mousse cakes alongside a host of laminated temptations, from cruffins to pain au chocolat.