In Cincinnati’s Northside neighborhood, Happy Chicks Bakery is an independent vegan bakery creating custom cakes and pastries for weddings, birthdays and other celebrations. Its handmade work pairs unusual, seasonal flavors with artistic presentation, while the shop also serves rotating sweet treats and light café fare. The bakery sources organic, local ingredients from Cincinnati-area farms and operates in a dedicated dairy- and egg-free kitchen.
Fatcat Baking LLCBorn from Megan Mills’s furlough-era decision to pursue baking full time, Fatcat Baking is a small-batch Syracuse bakery making 100% vegan pastries and custom cakes. The Jewish, woman-owned business was incorporated in January 2020 and has grown from a home kitchen into a commercial operation supplying vegan pastries to local businesses while also meeting customers at pop-ups and markets. Named for the household cat Loki, Fatcat aims to make plant-based pastry inviting to everyone from committed vegans to the merely curious.SYRACUSE, NY
Sweet Girlz BakerySweet Girlz Bakery grew from Kari’s homemade-jam business into an Easton bakery making from-scratch cakes, cupcakes and other treats, with cake pops becoming a fan favorite in 2010. Kari opened the commercial kitchen in December 2011, and new owner Andriana Gionis joined the business in 2022 after five years working there. The bakery is known for highly customized celebration desserts, including wedding cakes, and offers gluten-free and vegan options alongside its regular creations.EASTON, PA
Rose Valley CakesRose Valley Cakes is a family-owned and operated Queens bakery that began in a family kitchen and has served the New York City area for over ten years. Led by owner and head pastry chef Kamla Maharaj with owner Balbir Tandon, it is known for creative vegan baking and custom celebration cakes.JAMAICA, NY