Founded by Denise Gause in 1991, Denise’s Delicacies is a Philadelphia bakery making handcrafted cakes and pastries for weddings, birthdays and everyday celebrations. The family tradition continued after Denise’s retirement, with her nieces Keshia Davis and Cynthia Benton leading the bakery after it rebuilt following a 2015 fire. Its wedding cakes are built around a renowned butter pound cake recipe and made-from-scratch vanilla buttercream, while the bakery also offers fresh doughnuts, breads, cookies and pies.
Brown Betty Dessert BoutiqueNamed for Elizabeth “Betty” Ruth Hnton, Brown Betty Dessert Boutique is a Philadelphia bakery founded in 2004 by mother-and-daughter team Linda and Norrinda Brown, making cakes and other desserts from family baking traditions. Betty’s Sunday biscuits, apple pies, and mile-high poundcakes inspired the recipes, while Norrinda pushed the bakery toward a modern pastry shop where special-occasion cakes are designed to look as good as they taste. The Northern Liberties confectionary was named one of Philadelphia Magazine’s best bakeries just one year after opening.PHILADELPHIA, PA
The Frosted Fox Cake ShopFounded in 2015 by Culinary Institute of America classmates Jennifer Low and Sean Williams, The Frosted Fox Cake Shop makes from-scratch artisan cakes and everyday sweets in Philadelphia’s Mt. Airy neighborhood. The couple’s shop is especially known for guiding customers through custom wedding and specialty cake designs while keeping cookies, cupcakes and other treats ready for walk-in indulgence. Its work has earned multiple The Knot Best of Weddings honors, and the team won Sugar Rush on Netflix.PHILADELPHIA, PA
Van Earl's CakesFamily-owned Van Earl’s Cakes is a Langhorne, Pennsylvania cake-art and dessert boutique creating scratch-made, custom cakes for weddings and special events across the Philadelphia-area tri-state region. Owner and Certified Executive Pastry Chef Van E. French Jr. brings more than 20 years of culinary experience, including training in Paris and service at the Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia, to designs that are made fresh for each celebration. The bakery’s work has appeared in local wedding publications and on Food Network’s “Cake Wars” and “Wedding Cake Championship.”LANGHORNE, PA
Marchiano's BakeryA female-owned, family-run Philadelphia bakery, Marchiano’s began in 1982 when Frank and Kathy Marchiano turned Nunziata’s basement recipes into a Manayunk institution. Now carried on by their daughters, the business still follows its old-fashioned methods and a specialty-bread recipe passed down through four generations. Its USDA-inspected wholesale operation extends that family tradition to retailers beyond its own shops.PHILADELPHIA, PA