Small-batch and indie bakers who take the cake

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of an impending birthday must be in want of a cake.

You could go homemade, store-bought or mainstream bakery, but there’s a certain personal touch to a custom cake from a more under-the-radar cake boss. Perks include: working one-on-one with a baker to create and design the cake, small-batch flavors with extra attention to detail and that warm, fuzzy feeling of supporting a small (sometimes one-person) local business.

Take Tiffi’s Bakery. The newly opened, family-owned bake shop on Jefferson Highway carries baked goods from cupcake bouquets to flaky pastries. But its cakes are the real showstoppers. Sculpted and three-dimensional, stacked, piped, naked or piled with decorations, there’s a cake for any taste. Find Tiffi’s Bakery on Facebook.

More small-batch and indie cake artists

Sweet Stirrings
Zachary baker Laura-Kate Amrhein can make cakes that tower high or take the shape of stacks of pancakes or cans of beer. She has a magic touch with buttercream and fondant, and flavors ranging from classic birthday cake to pecan praline to grand marnier.
sweetstirrings.com

Fairy Dust Cakes
You may have seen its wedding and groom’s cakes featured on Food Network or Martha Stewart Weddings. But this Denham Springs bake shop can also whip up a birthday cake for you on request. fairydustcakes.com

Sweet Elizabeth
Prairieville baker Holly Sigur Broussard has mastered classic fondant and gumpaste accents for classic, 3D-themed cakes. But her skill with watercolor-style frosting, abstract lines, gold-leaf accents and rock-candy crystals sets her cakes apart. sweetelizabethcakes.com

This article was originally published in the July 2018 issue of 225 Magazine.