Bakes by Fira

People in Greater Malé who want a kanamadhu cake, or a dessert that uses that nut in a less usual way: blondies, a tart, a crepe roll. Also useful if you need a chocolate celebration cake — Lindt, Toblerone or Ferrero — and you can order ahead.

She has been baking under this name since 2016. In February 2026 Lonumedhu marked ten years, and quoted her on still serving customers from the first year.

Lonumedhu’s 1 February 2026 anniversary piece lists what grew out of the original kanamadhu cake:

• Kanamadhu cake — the 2016 signature. Kanamadhu is sea almond.
• Kanamadhu toffee, blondies, babka, pretzels, brownie cake and caramel cookies
• Gluten-free chocolate tart, and gluten-free kanamadhu tarts made with dhiyaa hakuru (coconut honey) and kanamadhu praline — Lonumedhu, 28 January 2024
• Kashikeyo (screwpine) crepe rolls with kanamadhu filling
• Her own chocolate cakes, including Toblerone, Ferrero and Lindt, plus decorated cakes with free-hand buttercream pointillism. Lonumedhu says Toblerone UK noted the Toblerone cake on their site in 2021. We did not re-check that page.

The same 2026 piece says she was introducing three further kanamadhu products that month. It does not name them.

A December 2017 interview also mentions cookies, carrot cake, red velvet, chocolate cake and almond cake. Treat that as what she was making then, not a current menu.

Prices: not published. Ask on Instagram.

• Message @bakesbyfira. That is the contact Lonumedhu gives.
• Lonumedhu’s 16 August 2026 chocolate-cake roundup lists her Lindt, Toblerone and Ferrero cakes, with custom decorations, among Greater Malé cakes available for pre-order.

No public phone, street, delivery map or lead time. In 2017 she told Lonumedhu the cake was also served at Thyme, Akoya, Café Lavaala and Barcelos. That stockist list is nine years old — check with her before you go looking for a slice.

Lonumedhu has written about her four times we could find: the 2017 kanamadhu interview, a 2024 gluten-free roundup, the February 2026 anniversary, and the August 2026 chocolate-cake list. The through-line is the kanamadhu flavour, and customers who stayed.

In 2017 she told Lonumedhu she started baking after becoming a stay-at-home parent, working from recipes and family feedback, and that she sorts kanamadhu by hand because the quality of the nut matters to the cake. She gets the nuts from the local market and from islands.

• Order ahead for a celebration cake. The August 2026 piece is about pre-order, not a walk-in counter.
• Name the nut if you want kanamadhu specifically. She also makes chocolate cakes that are not kanamadhu.
• Gluten-free is real but specific. Lonumedhu has described a gluten-free chocolate tart and kanamadhu tarts. Ask which current items are gluten-free rather than assuming the whole menu is.

• A published price list
• A phone number or a street address
• Which island she bakes from, beyond Greater Malé as the area Lonumedhu uses
• Whether the 2017 café stockists still carry the cake
• The names of the three kanamadhu products she planned for February 2026
• Current Instagram follower or post counts — the public profile payload did not load on 25 September 2026

If you have ordered and can fill a gap, tell us. A receipt photo is the most useful thing.