Founded by Barbados native Angela Price in 1987, The Black Cake Company is a Brooklyn-based mail-order bakery that makes Caribbean black cake and rum cake for celebrations and gifting. Price began by sharing the fruit cake tradition of the Caribbean through catalogs and Black Expos, and the company now ships its cakes worldwide. Its signature cakes are also shaped into wedding favors and customized corporate gifts, carrying a distinctly Caribbean tradition beyond the holiday table.
Gifted Hands Creations by JMPartycakesRooted in the baker’s childhood in rural Jamaica, Gifted Hands Creations by JMPartycakes grew from family recipes and holiday traditions into a Concord bakery known for personalized celebration cakes. After completing Wilton decorating courses, the founder began shipping her fruit cakes around the world in 2000 and later earned a Baking and Pastry Arts diploma in 2021. Today, she brings that Jamaican heritage to custom orders for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and other milestones.SLATE HILL, NY
Royal Caribbean BakeryFounded in 1978 by Jamaican-born Vincent and Jeanette HoSang, Royal Caribbean Bakery makes Jamaican breads, buns and cakes for New York-area retail and wholesale customers. Its original 3,000-square-foot Bronx bakery remains a retail location, while production and distribution operate from a 20,000-square-foot facility in Mount Vernon. The bakery is also an official distributor of Caribbean Food Delights Jamaican-style patties.MOUNT VERNON, NY
Smith Island Baking CoFrom a tiny converted grocery store on Smith Island, Brian and Joy Murphy founded Smith Island Baking Company in 2009 to make and ship Maryland’s signature thin-layered Smith Island Cakes. The family bakery now sends its made-from-scratch cakes and other treats to customers across all 50 states and around the world, keeping alive a tradition that island women began in the 1800s for Chesapeake watermen.CRISFIELD, MD
Lloyd's Carrot CakeLloyd’s Carrot Cake has been baking from scratch in New York since Lloyd Adams opened his Riverdale storefront in 1986, built around a carrot-cake recipe he adapted from his mother. After Lloyd’s death, his wife Betty carried on the bakery before their children, Lilka and Brandon, took the helm following her passing. The family-run bakery now serves its signature carrot cake and other baked goods from locations in the Bronx and East Harlem, and is certified kosher dairy.RIVERDALE, NY