A wedding cake is more than dessert, it’s a centerpiece that reflects your style and love story. Pittsburgh’s talented cake makers craft stunning creations that taste as good as they look, making your big day even sweeter.
Best Pittsburgh Wedding Cake Bakeries to Sweeten Your Celebration
Bethel Bakery
Recognized as “The Cake Place” in and around Pittsburgh for over 65 years, this family-owned South Hills bakery—which started as the dream of high school student Morris Walsh, who worked as a salesclerk at a bakery after becoming an orphan as a teenager—offers trademark French buttercream icing as well as exceptional service.
Alex Robba Cake
Led by a French Pastry Arts graduate, this studio creates visually stunning and delicious cakes by skillfully blending unique flavors and textures—imagine a lemon-lavender-blueberry or chocolate-stout-beer cake. Robba invites clients to trust his creative process, crafting personalized showstoppers that also showcase a couple’s unique love story.
Prantl’s Bakery
No Pittsburgh dessert spread is complete without Prantl’s. The inclusion of this locally renowned bakery at your big event is the perfect way to add a touch of local nostalgia. Favorite flavors range from the iconic almond torte to red velvet, yellow, as well as carrot cake.
Benjamin Bishop Pastries
Pastry chef Benjamin Bishop excels at the finer details of his craft, such as edible gilding, chocolate work, and pastry sculpture. If he’s in charge of your cake, you know you’re going to get not just a delicious treat but a work of art.
The Butterwood Bake Consortium
Butterwood Bake Consortium in Lawrenceville offers desserts made with Beehive flour, local butter, and also organic eggs, with plenty of allergen-friendly options. Flavor options include those reminiscent of high tea: Earl Grey, sweet potato spice, lavender, poppy rose, orange olive oil, black sesame, and others.
Sweet Treats Bakery, LLC
Jen Christy of Sweet Treats Bakery takes on only a select number of events each week to ensure that she can dedicate her full attention to her made-from-scratch creations. Using locally sourced, farm-fresh ingredients, she enhances her cakes with fresh fruits as well as delightful fillings.
Oakmont Bakery
There’s a good chance you’ve already heard of this famed local bakery and its exceptional baked goods. Booking in advance is highly recommended, and design options are limited. Still, Oakmont Bakery offers expertly crafted classic and trendy styles, and customers can customize cakes with flowers, colors, toppers, and more to match their wedding theme.
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Story by Jordan Snowden and Emma Riva
Photo by 2AM Creatives
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