Back Door Bakeshop is a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania bakery that handmakes cookies, cakes and other seasonal baked goods for community markets, festivals and events across the greater Lehigh Valley. Returned to its roots as a market vendor, the bakery sells a select daily line through Scholl Orchards and appears at weekend markets in Bethlehem and Hellertown. Gail Lehman is the proprietor, and the business also accepts private orders.
My Boy's BakingCindy and Robert Levine have grown My Boy’s Baking from a 2004 home-kitchen venture into a full-time Bethlehem bakery known for its biscotti and gift presentation. Since opening the bakery in 2006, the family business has baked to order for holidays, special occasions, and corporate gifting, with options for customized packaging and wholesale orders.BETHLEHEM, PA
Geneva BakeryGeneva Bakery grew from Linda Rannels’s childhood baking at her parents’ produce stand into an East Petersburg bakery making cakes, pies, pastries and cookies from scratch. Rannels started the bakery in 2008 after converting her home garage into an inspected commercial kitchen, then moved in 2015 into the former church building where she worshiped as a child and where her parents were married. Today, the bakery is especially known for made-to-order cakes with creamy, not-too-sweet buttercream and fresh daily baked goods.EAST PETERSBURG, PA
Cake as CanvasUnder founder Huma Usmani’s careful eye, Cake as Canvas creates made-from-scratch custom wedding and celebration cakes at its Bethlehem studio. Serving the Lehigh Valley, the studio turns each commission into an edible design shaped around the client’s story, flavors, and occasion. It also invites the community to make its own edible art through decorating workshops and private events.ALLENTOWN, PA
Cake ShottsCake Shotts is a small Dayton, Pennsylvania bakery known for custom wedding and 3D cakes, along with sweets for other celebrations. Started in 2008 after its owner began teaching cake classes at a Michael’s store in Indiana, the business grew from a home kitchen and “cake room” into a Rural Valley-area shop. It also shares its decorating skills through classes and themed birthday parties.DAYTON, PA