The New Way to Shop for Dessert

Occasion

The right dessert depends on the event. Wedding cakes and tiered designs usually book weeks or months ahead, while birthday cakes, cupcakes, and decorated cookies can often be ordered days out. These pages collect the bakeries that specialize in each occasion, so you're browsing bakers who already do this work every week — not just any shop that happens to sell cake.

Dietary

Vegan and gluten-free baking is a craft of its own, and the difference between a bakery that offers one gluten-free option and one that specializes shows up in the first bite. Each page below lists independent bakeries with real vegan or gluten-free menus. Baking practices vary, so if you have a food allergy rather than a preference, confirm ingredient handling with the bakery directly before ordering.

Delivery

You don't have to live near a great bakery to order from one. Cookies, brownies, bundt cakes, and artisan bread all ship remarkably well, and hundreds of the bakeries on Doughful mail their desserts anywhere in the country — usually baked the same day they ship. Browse by dessert type below, or see every bakery that ships nationwide in one list.