A friend’s cookie lesson turned Carlene’s longtime cake-baking passion into a locally owned Natrona Heights bakery devoted to handmade ladylocks. She bakes the flaky, cream-filled pastries fresh daily and also takes special orders for celebrations and fundraisers.
Baked Blessings by LisaMorton’s Baked Blessings by Lisa is a locally owned custom-order bakery creating hand-decorated sugar cookies and other sweets for special occasions. Owner and baker Lisa, a former nurse and self-taught cookie decorator, grew the business from a personal outlet into a bake shoppe focused on sharing treats and giving back through donations. Orders are made for local pickup and tailored to each celebration.JACKSON, OH
Geneva BakeryGeneva Bakery grew from Linda Rannels’s childhood baking at her parents’ produce stand into an East Petersburg bakery making cakes, pies, pastries and cookies from scratch. Rannels started the bakery in 2008 after converting her home garage into an inspected commercial kitchen, then moved in 2015 into the former church building where she worshiped as a child and where her parents were married. Today, the bakery is especially known for made-to-order cakes with creamy, not-too-sweet buttercream and fresh daily baked goods.EAST PETERSBURG, PA
Kake KornerSince 1973, Kake Korner has been a Laurel landmark baking custom cakes and cupcakes for celebrations, along with daily treats for spontaneous sweet cravings. The small, family-owned bakery is known for bringing customers’ designs to life, from themed birthday cakes to wedding and graduation desserts, while offering grab-and-go cakes for last-minute occasions.LAUREL, MD
Jjsweettooth bakeryIn Chester, Jjsweettooth Bakery turns custom cake ideas into celebration desserts, with owner Mikeysha Crawford—known locally as “Cakebossofchester”—bringing a pastry education from the Art Institute of Philadelphia to each order. Crawford says she began baking about 10 years ago and builds cakes around the customer’s style, from special-event designs to familiar favorites such as 7Up pound cake and pineapple cake.CHESTER, PA