Since Henry Kretchmar Sr. purchased a Beaver bakery in 1960, Kretchmar’s Bakery has built its name on scratch-made baked goods and carefully decorated cakes. Now in its third generation of family ownership, the bakery remains known for its specialty tortes—especially the Toasted Almond Torte—while blending long-standing recipes with new ideas under Lincoln Kretchmar. Its roots reach back to Henry Sr.’s first bakery work in West Virginia in 1925, giving this Beaver County shop nearly a century of family baking history.
Resch's BakerySince Wilhelm Resch and his uncle opened their first Columbus bakery in 1912, Resch’s Bakery has made from-scratch cakes, donuts and other baked goods for the community. The family tradition now spans six generations of Resch bakers, with custom wedding and celebration cakes remaining a central specialty. The bakery continues to use time-tested recipes and bake, frost and decorate each cake one at a time.COLUMBUS, OH
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
Bethel BakeryFounded in 1955 from three garages on South Park Road, Bethel Bakery is a family-owned Pittsburgh-area bakery known for scratch-baked goods and beautifully decorated cakes. Now in its third generation of Walsh family ownership, the bakery continues to make its signature French Buttercream and custom wedding cakes for celebrations across the South Hills. With locations in Bethel Park and North Strabane, it remains a neighborhood tradition built around bringing families together.NORTH STRABANE, PA
Party Cake ShopSince Jack Dolan started Party Cake Shop in 1961, the Brookline bakery has been making fresh cakes, breads, pastries and other baked goods for Pittsburgh. Now owned by Brookline natives Michelle and Zachary Zebrowski, it is known for its Paczki and Burnt Almond torte while carrying on a bakery tradition that began in the building in 1910. Party Cake Shop remains a neighborhood institution with more than 60 years under its name.PITTSBURGH, PA