Since 1986, The Bake Shop in Ghent has supplied Northeast Ohio with made-from-scratch bakery treats, including custom cakes and ice cream cakes. Housed in a century home in the historic hamlet of Ghent, the shop is owned and operated by direct descendants of one of Bath Township’s original settlers, and also serves homemade soup and sandwiches for lunch.
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
Gourmet Bake ShopGourmet Bake Shop has been making breads, pastries, and cakes from scratch in New Hyde Park since the 1940s. The neighborhood bakery is especially known for custom cakes, including wedding designs and children’s cakes, while its daily case also features hand-baked treats made with carefully selected ingredients.NEW HYDE PARK, NY
Kretchmar's BakerySince 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.BEAVER, PA
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