Ginger Cakes Bake Shoppe grew from Meg Cooksey baking a friend’s wedding cake in a Florida hotel kitchen in 2012 into a farmers-market bake shop serving Fairfax County. The shop makes baked goods for special occasions or everyday treats, working closely with customers on custom orders and using locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. After starting at the Romney Farmers Market, Ginger Cakes moved to Fairfax County markets in 2016.
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
Cakes to CrumbsBorn from a sister’s lovingly made wedding cake, Cakes to Crumbs is a North Potomac cottage-law bakery creating custom cakes, cupcakes and other baked goods for special occasions. The bakery was founded in 2008 in honor of Lista, who taught its creator the craft while undergoing chemotherapy, and each made-to-order cake continues that personal legacy. Cakes to Crumbs was also recognized as the 2018 Cupcake Wars DC People’s Choice winner.NORTH POTOMAC, MD
All Good BakersAll Good Bakers, founded by Nick and Britin Foster after they began baking for regional farmers’ markets in 2004, runs Albany’s farm-to-bakery café with from-scratch breads, baked goods and casual meals. The shop helped launch the Capital Region’s first Community Supported Bakery in 2010 and builds its menu around seasonal ingredients, sourcing about 90% of them from vendors at the nearby Delmar Farmers Market from spring through late fall. Its Delaware Avenue kitchen also serves as a co-op workspace for other small local food producers.ALBANY, NY
TC BakeryFounded by Tallahassee native Jennifer Young during her father’s hospitalization, TC Bakery makes Southern Bundt and layer cakes rooted in nostalgic childhood flavors. Now operating in the exact Southside location of her parents’ former Ma Mary’s restaurant, the bakery carries that family legacy into custom celebrations and everyday treats. Young’s recipes and more than a decade in the food industry shape the bakery’s distinctly personal take on familiar sweets.SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY