Family-owned Sweet Beginnings Bakery was opened in 2005 by Kenmore-area husband-and-wife team Darren and Jamie Wells, who bring more than 25 years of culinary and baking experience to their Tonawanda shop. Their family bakery is particularly known for hand-rolled, custom-decorated cutout cookies and distinctive wedding cakes, including chocolate chip cookie and fudge brownie designs.
Sweet Tooth CottageBorn in owner Sue Bissonnette’s home kitchen, Sweet Tooth Cottage is a family-owned Powell bakery known for its signature butter cookies, cut and decorated by hand. The bakery expanded into its current location when demand for those cookies outgrew the kitchen, and it now makes custom designs alongside cakes and other scratch-baked treats. Every item is prepared by hand with fresh, quality ingredients and buttercream frosting.POWELL, OH
Bonnie Belle’s PastriesBonnie Belle’s Pastries is a family-owned premium bakery that has made baked goods using its original family formulas since 1947. Started by master baker Richard Hawkins and his wife Bonnie Belle in a barn before opening a store in Nutter Fort, the business is now in its third generation, with those recipes still in use. It is especially known for custom wedding and celebration cakes, and says it was the first bakery in the tri-county area to put portraits on cakes.NUTTER FORT, WV
Capital City Cakes & Sweet TreatsFor more than 30 years, Sue Baisden has turned her baking and decorating work into Capital City Cakes & Sweet Treats, a family-owned-and-operated Grove City bakery known for specialty cakes, fresh baked goods and handcrafted buttercream. Sue and her husband Gary opened the first shop in 2009, later moving to Grove City in 2012, where the team creates made-to-order wedding and celebration cakes with distinctive designs. The bakery has also appeared on national television, including Netflix’s Sugar Rush Christmas, and has been named a The Knot Best of Weddings winner nine times.GROVE CITY, OH
Mama's Custom CookiesOwner-operator Debbi Donelson brings a French Culinary Institute background and more than 20 years in food service to Mama’s Custom Cookies, a Wantagh bakery known for turning celebrations and business events into edible keepsakes. The company has more than 12 years of experience creating personalized cookies for individual customers, organizations and corporate clients, with orders available for local pickup or nationwide shipping.WANTAGH, NY