Berlin’s official Peach Dumpling comes from Baked Dessert Cafe and Gallery, a downtown bakery and cafe making handcrafted desserts and savory selections from all-natural ingredients. Founded around a family tradition of Sunday sweets, the shop pairs its scratch-made food with wine, coffee, local art and custom dessert service for events. Its in-house offerings include gluten-free and vegan or dairy-free choices made daily.
3 Sisters BakeshopFounded by the youngest of three Ottawa sisters in 2011, 3 Sisters Bakeshop is a family-owned Alta Vista dessert café and coffee shop making artisan cakes, fresh desserts and café fare. Its story is closely tied to gluten-free baking: owner Rosemary and her children are celiac, which led the café to develop a dedicated gluten-free selection alongside vegan and dairy-free options. The café also hosts intimate events and caters gatherings, bringing a family recipe for chili and a neighbourhood feel to celebrations across Ottawa.JAMAICA, NY
Tasty Pastry ShoppeTasty Pastry Shoppe is a Brooklyn bakery where a family of Italian culinary chefs makes custom celebration cakes and other desserts, including designs that turn children’s themes and favorite foods into edible centerpieces. Its distinctive focus is making treats accessible to more customers, with an expanding selection of sugar-free and gluten-free offerings alongside vegan and regular desserts. The bakery’s sugar-free work began with the owner and master baker’s effort to create delicacies his diabetic mother could safely enjoy.BROOKLYN, NY
Something Extra CakeryServing the Washington metropolitan area for nearly 25 years, Something Extra Cakery is led by pastry chef Sally Coldman and is known for combining baked-from-scratch quality with European-style artistry. The Gaithersburg bakery creates custom cakes for weddings and other celebrations, while also making dedicated gluten-free, peanut-free, and vegan treats in small batches.GAITHERSBURG, MD
Sans BakerySince 2010, Sans Bakery has baked craveable treats in New York City that are 100% gluten-free, with many also vegan, including its family-recipe-inspired mini banana bread. The bakery’s take on Australian lamingtons—vanilla sponge layered with strawberry preserves, dipped in chocolate, and rolled in coconut—captures its knack for making inclusive baked goods feel like an indulgence, using better ingredients and no preservatives.LONG ISLAND CITY, NY