The Best Celebratory Cakes in Philly

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Bredenbeck’s Bakery

Bredenbeck’s originally opened its doors in the late 1800s with its Chestnut Hill store premiering a century later. With its “build-your-own-cake” service (which includes tiered, layered, or pound cakes) you can mix and match flavors like pink champagne, raspberry swirl, and traditional butter, with fillings such as espresso cream and lemon curd, and icing options like chocolate mousse or vanilla buttercream.

Night Kitchen Bakery

A Chestnut Hill bakery with a stellar reputation, Night Kitchen Bakery is a trusted choice for special occasion cakes, extending beyond adult and children’s birthdays to include creations for holidays, religious ceremonies, and graduations. Visit its website for a full menu of options, featuring cake flavors like carrot cake, funfetti, or chocolate chip yellow cake, and fillings like raspberry jam, mocha chocolate icing, and hazelnut buttercream.

The Frosted Fox Cake Shop

At Frosted Fox Cake Shop, best friends and owners Jennifer Low and Sean Williams are dedicated to creating beautiful, elegant, and original cake concepts. Through bold and meticulous artistry, all cakes here are made from scratch with opportunities to mix and match a wide array of flavors, fillings, and icings.

Crust Vegan Bakery

Crust, a woman-owned bakery specializing in vegan baked goods, is one of the few such spots in Philadelphia. They offer both standard custom cakes and wedding cake services. Among their flavors are quite a few gluten-free chocolate options, including those made with strawberry, peanut butter, or mocha.

Dreamworld Bakes

Owner Ashley Huston is known for her out-of-the-box flavors (like dark rye cake with brown sugar custard and cinnamon crumble) and flower-adorned cakes in unexpected shapes. Stop by its Fishtown bakery to grab a cupcake or slice, or check out their custom cakes fit for a birthday, wedding, or other special event.

Stock’s Bakery

This bakery’s nearly 100-year history makes it a Philly institution. Its long lines (especially on holidays) and storefront photo-ops are evidence of its stellar reputation, making it one of the top spots in Philly to get a classic cake for any occasion.

New June

There’s no celebration owner Noelle Blizzard can’t bake into a cake at the acclaimed New June. Customize cakes for everything from weddings to birthdays with seasonal flavors such as chamomile, orange, honey, and more. Place an order through New June’s website or stop into their Fairmount Bakery for a slice.

Ramona Susan’s Bake Shop

Ramona Susan’s bakery specializes in simple cakes for any occasion. Their menu of cake designs ranges from classic to modern, including artistic options like watercolor, fudge drip, pressed flowers, and ombre rosette. These cakes are available in flavors like yellow and chocolate, and can be made gluten-free or vegan.

Cake Life Bake Shop

Once you’ve been tapped to dream up a birthday cake for an someone like like Beyonce, you know you’e made it -- and that’s exactly the case for Cake Life Bakeshop. This LGBTQ and women-owned business never disappoints when it comes to creativity and with satisfying flavors like honey lavender, strawberry fields, red velvet, and vanilla latte.

Flying Monkey Bakery

An iconic destination for pies and cakes (and even pies baked into cakes), Flying Monkey Bakery in Reading Terminal Market offers a wide variety of whimsical desserts ideal for any occasion. Create your own sweet masterpiece, whether for an intimate gathering or a large crowd, with fun flavors—including vegan vanilla and chocolate—and nearly two dozen buttercream options, featuring out-of-the-box choices like creme brulee, Kahlua, and eggnog.

The Sugary

Owner Lesley McDevitt opened The Sugary in 2017, and it is now one of Rittenhouse Square’s premier bakeries. The custom cakes here are as bold as they are beautiful, a testament to her strong background in pastry arts and ability to bring your ideas to life for your events through original cakes and desserts.

Sprinkled Sweetness

Tatiana Wingate, the owner of Sprinkled Sweetness, has a superpower for brilliant cake artistry and exceptional attention to detail. Whether it’s a one-of-a-kind creation or one of her standard offerings (with flavors such as strawberries and champagne, lemon and lavender, or very vanilla) a cake from her shop is sure to be a showstopper at any special event.

Second Daughter

Though this Black-owned bakery, located on the fourth floor of the Bok Building, is renowned for its exquisite collection of baked goods (like its scrumptious Brown Butter Jawn Cookie), its Weddings by Second Daughters services remain one of its best-kept secrets. Driven by a passion for creating nostalgic and elegant cakes, get in touch for their full selection of baked options.