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
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
Allie's Sweet ToothFounded by Allison Zajaros-Adams in Cleveland in 2008, Allie’s Sweet Tooth is a Sharon, Pennsylvania specialty cookie bakery making custom-decorated cookies and other handmade desserts for celebrations and wholesale customers. Its wedding-table cookies draw on family recipes and the German, Hungarian, and Slovak food traditions of the Rust Belt, connecting each bake to the region’s steel-mill heritage. The family-run bakery serves the Pittsburgh, Erie, and Cleveland areas while wholesaling nationwide.MERCER, PA