How it works
From your card abroad to a cake at their door.
1
Tell us where it's going
Your family or friend's address in India. We reach 500+ cities.
2
You pick a bakery near them
We show the local bakeries close to your recipient, not a warehouse. You choose. Baked fresh, hand-delivered.
3
Pay with your own card
Any international card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. No Indian bank, UPI, or SIM.
4
We deliver and keep you posted
We place the order with the bakery and email you a tracking link when it is on its way.
Real local bakeries
A cake from a bakery near them, not a box in the post.
Theobroma. Bakingo. Merwans. Bikanervala. Or the neighborhood bakery your family already trusts.
The exact bakery depends on their address. We order from what's open and close to them, so the cake arrives fresh. You see what's available as soon as you enter their address.
A bakery cake, not a shipped box
Baked locally and delivered the same day, not couriered in a carton over several days.
Order with your own number
The phone number you already have. No Indian SIM, OTP wall, or borrowed local number.
Pay from anywhere
Any card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay, from 190+ countries.
Same-day or planned
Order now if it is between 8 AM and 10 PM in India, or schedule a day and an exact delivery time, in 30-minute slots from 8 AM to 10 PM IST.
Any occasion
Birthdays, anniversaries, or just to say you're thinking of them.
Birthdays
Their favorite cake at the door for the day, even when you can't be there for it.
Anniversaries
Mark your parents' anniversary with a cake that just shows up. No reminder needed on their end.
Graduations
Your niece finished her degree? Send a cake to the celebration from wherever you are.
Happy birthday, Mumma!
You choose the words. Add your message in the note at checkout and the bakery ices it on the cake.
Sending from your country
Wherever you are, the cake still shows up in India.
From the USA
Order in dollars with any US card. India runs about 9 to 13 hours ahead, so an evening order lands in time for a morning surprise.
From Canada
One of our most-requested routes. Schedule it for their morning while it's still last night for you.
From Australia
Pay with your Australian card. Australia sits a few hours ahead of India, so a same-day cake is easy to time.
From the UK
India is a few hours ahead of the UK, so an afternoon order can still arrive the same evening.
Questions
Sending a cake to India, answered.
How can I send a cake to India from abroad?
Order online at FoodToIndia from anywhere in the world, pay with any international card, and we deliver a fresh cake the same day from a local bakery near your recipient. You don't need an Indian phone number, UPI, or bank account, and nothing is shipped, so it arrives fresh.
Can I send a cake to India from the USA, Canada, Australia, or the UK?
Yes. Order from any country with your own phone number and card. No Indian phone number, OTP, UPI, or Indian bank account is needed on your side, and none on your recipient's side either.
Is it a real bakery cake or a boxed cake shipped over days?
A real cake from a local bakery near your recipient, made fresh and hand-delivered the same day. It's not a packaged cake couriered across the country.
Which bakery will the cake come from?
It depends on your recipient's city. Near many homes that's a well-known name like Theobroma, Bakingo, Merwans, Monginis, Bikanervala, Nanak Sweets, or Flower Aura, and elsewhere it's the neighborhood bakery your family already knows. We order from what's open and close to them, so it arrives fresh. You see what's available as soon as you enter their address, before you pay.
What kinds of cake can I order?
Whatever the bakery near your recipient already sells. You see their real menu and prices for that area before you pay, so there is no guessing. Common choices are black forest, butterscotch, red velvet, pineapple, chocolate truffle, and cheesecake, usually in half-kilo and one-kilo sizes, and eggless cakes and pastries appear on plenty of menus. We order from the menu as it stands rather than commissioning anything special.
Can I send an anniversary or graduation cake?
Yes, and it's the same order either way. Pick a cake from the bakery near them and put the message you want in the note, and they write it on. The occasion changes the message, not the process.
Can I order a cake to India on Swiggy or Zomato from abroad?
Usually not. Both want an Indian phone number for the OTP, and international cards are commonly declined because Indian card payments expect a local bank's verification step. FoodToIndia orders from the same local bakeries and needs neither, so you pay with your own card and your recipient needs no app.
How far ahead should I order?
The same day is fine, and often within a couple of hours. If the bakery near them has closed by the time you order, or you want it to land at a particular moment, schedule a day and an exact 30-minute delivery slot instead.
Do you offer same-day cake delivery in India?
Yes. Same-day is what we're built for. Order now and a nearby bakery makes and delivers the cake today, often within a couple of hours, without the steep same-day surcharge the big gifting sites add. Prefer a set time? Schedule a day and an exact 30-minute slot instead.
Can I put a message on the cake?
Yes. Add the words you want on the cake in the note to the restaurant, like 'Happy birthday, Mumma!', and the bakery writes it on. The same note works for anything else the delivery should know.
Can I send flowers too?
Yes, as a separate order. Enter their area, then search flowers in the shop list, the same way you would search for a bakery. We deliver those exactly the same way. Cakes and flowers go as two separate orders, not one combined package.
How do I pay?
Cards from 190+ countries via Stripe, plus Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Stripe Link. No Indian bank account or UPI needed.
Send a cake to India today.
Order from anywhere with your own card. We handle the bakery and the delivery.