The Cheesecake Shop Sunnynook is a cake shop on Sunnynook Road in Auckland's North Shore, part of the well-known franchise built on cheesecakes and made-to-order celebration cakes, and it holds a 4.2 Google rating. A good cake shop does two jobs at once: the counter of ready slices and whole cakes for same-day treats, and the custom work — birthdays, weddings, work dos — that needs ordering ahead, with weekend and holiday slots filling early. Regulars know to book custom cakes a week or two out, and to ask what can be adapted, whether that's a less-sweet filling, a gluten-free base or an edible photo on top. Cheesecakes have their own quiet virtues: they travel well, keep for days in the fridge and freeze happily, which is why many people order a spare. For Sunnynook and the surrounding North Shore suburbs, it's a handy local stop for a birthday cake or a slice with coffee.