Crumbcoat Confections creates scratch-made custom cakes and teaches home bakers how to make beautiful desserts, with buttercream flowers at the heart of its work. Founded by self-taught baker Holley Brashear, the business draws on her more than 25 years of hands-on experience in grocery-store bakeries, bakeries, a storefront and home kitchens. Brashear was a 2022 Cake Masters Awards finalist in the Buttercream category, and her approach has also been featured in Pastry Arts Magazine and American Cake Decorating.
Flour & Sugar CakeryInspired by her grandmother’s holiday baking lessons, Cranberry Township native Andrea Lutz runs Flour & Sugar Cakery in Seven Fields, making custom cakes and small-batch treats from scratch. The cakery is especially known for buttercream design and uses ingredients such as Madagascar vanilla, Belgian chocolate and European-style butter, with old-fashioned baked goods made without preservatives.SEVEN FIELDS, PA
Jjsweettooth bakeryIn Chester, Jjsweettooth Bakery turns custom cake ideas into celebration desserts, with owner Mikeysha Crawford—known locally as “Cakebossofchester”—bringing a pastry education from the Art Institute of Philadelphia to each order. Crawford says she began baking about 10 years ago and builds cakes around the customer’s style, from special-event designs to familiar favorites such as 7Up pound cake and pineapple cake.CHESTER, PA
BCakeNYFounded by chef and cake artist Miriam Milord, BCakeNY is a Brooklyn bespoke cake studio creating custom cakes and treats that turn celebrations into edible works of art. Milord’s designs draw on Brooklyn’s art, people, and cultures, while the studio also hosts tailored cake-decorating classes and parties. The team brings two decades of cake artistry to its signature designs, including custom image cookies and sculpted celebration cakes.BROOKLYN, NY