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Oh Mai Catering

Made for your occasion

Cakes & Desserts

A thoughtful finish to your celebration, from made-to-order cakes to miniature desserts and sweet tables.

Catering across Pretoria, Midrand, Johannesburg & surrounding areas.

Sticky malva-style puddings under warm custard on slate boards, beside small glasses of a creamy dessert and a yellow mousse topped with honeycomb

A cake to gather around, a colourful dessert table or a carefully plated final course: something sweet can bring its own sense of occasion. We help you choose a finish that suits the way you are celebrating.

Cakes

A single-tier ceremonial cake is customised to flavour, colour and topper — the cake that gets cut, photographed and remembered. Where the occasion calls for something less formal, red velvet and carrot cake both work as a cake to hand round rather than to stage.

Dessert tables

A dessert table offers a little room to explore. Our sweet canapé range includes mixed berry éclairs, triple chocolate cakes, mini Gateau Opéra, Amarula chocolate cake, mini chocolate logs, fruit and strawberry mousse verrines, mini tiramisu cups, panna cotta with fruit coulis, fruit tartlets, dark chocolate tartlets with hazelnut crémeux, mini lemon meringue tartlets, mini pavlovas with fresh fruit, peppermint macarons and flooded gingerbread cookies.

Several of them are deliberately South African rather than imported wholesale: milk tart profiteroles, mini rooibos cake, malva pudding — or mini malvas with custard — and a dikuku bucket.

Plated desserts

For a seated dinner, dessert should arrive composed rather than assembled at the table. The plated menu offers a lavender and honey dessert with lavender crémeux, mango coulis and a honeycomb tuile; crème Catalana; and a seasonal fruit salad tart. The dessert menu adds berry pavlovas and profiteroles with crème pâtissière.

Ordering

Everything is made to order and designed around the event — the flavour profile, the look, and how it has to be served. Vegetarian options are marked throughout the menu, and other dietary requirements are planned in rather than substituted at the last minute; tell us early and precisely, particularly where allergies are involved.

Cakes and dessert tables need lead time, and more of it in peak season. Tastings can be arranged by appointment for confirmed bookings or larger events.

Share your guest count, flavour preferences and any colour or presentation ideas, along with the date and how you plan to serve the desserts.

We cater across Pretoria, Midrand, Johannesburg and the surrounding areas. See the full catering menu, or talk to us about your celebration.

Let’s talk about your gathering

Tell us your date, venue, guest numbers and what you have in mind. We’ll discuss the food and service your occasion calls for.