Gourmet Bake Shop has been making breads, pastries, and cakes from scratch in New Hyde Park since the 1940s. The neighborhood bakery is especially known for custom cakes, including wedding designs and children’s cakes, while its daily case also features hand-baked treats made with carefully selected ingredients.
E & L BakerySince June 1977, family-run E & L Bakery has been hand-baking cakes, Italian pastries, cookies and other daily treats in the Bronx. The bakery is especially known for turning celebrations into custom cake designs, from wedding centerpieces to colorful drip cakes, while continuing its nearly five-decade neighborhood baking tradition.BRONX, NY
Martha’s Country BakerySince 1969, Martha’s Country Bakery has baked cakes, pies, and other desserts for special occasions and everyday sweet cravings. With locations across Queens and Brooklyn, the bakery draws on recipes perfected over time and serves its treats in a warm, neighborhood coffeehouse setting. It describes its approach as bringing the family’s table to its customers, with classic specialties such as tres leches and layered cakes.BAYSIDE, NY
H.F. Hornberger BakeryMore than a century of baking has made H.F. Hornberger Bakery a Bensalem institution for scratch-made pastries, cookies, cakes, and other fresh treats. Now in its fourth generation of family ownership, the bakery carries forward homemade recipes while creating custom celebration and wedding cakes with guidance from its bakers and decorators.BENSALEM, PA