This list is a work in progress, detailing all of the wonderful bakeries (and profiling specific pastries) from bakeries we've visited and loved--or in some cases, trusted reviews of bakeries from sites which CakeSpy has deemed deserve a big thumbs-up.
If you'd like to contribute a bakery review, please email it (along with pictures!) to jessieoleson@gmail.com.
Alabama
Birmingham
Edgar's Old Style Bakery (from gastronomy blog)
Klinger's
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Alaska
Fairbanks
Juneau
Ranting Raven
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Arizona
Glendale
Phoenix
Barb's Bakery
Karsh's Bakery
Urban Cookies
Tammie Coe Cakes
Scottsdale
Chocolate Star Bakery
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Arkansas
Benton
Family Pie Shop
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California
Los Angeles:
Roundup: Cakewalk in Los Angeles
Auntie Em's
Cake Monkey
Crumbs Bake Shop
Jack N Jills
Joan's on Third
OP Cafe
Randy's Donuts
Sprinkles
Sweet Lady Jane
Vanilla Bakeshop
Orange County
Meringue Bake Shop (custom-order); interview here.
San Diego
San Francisco / Bay Area
Cakewalk in San Francisco From Cake Gumshoe Chris
Cakewalk: A Long, Sweet Weekend in San Francisco
Arizmendi Bakery
Cako Bakery
Clairesquares
Cynically Delicious
Gelato Classico
Happy Donuts
Humphry Slocombe
Italian French Baking Company
La Boulange
La Copa Loca
La Farine
Love at First Bite
Magnolia
Miette Patisserie
Pebbles Donuts
Smitten Bake Shop (custom order only / no retail storefront)
Smitten Ice Cream
Stella Bakery
Teacake Bake Shop
Tartine (and again)
Carmel Valley / Environs
Big Sur Bakery
Carmel Bakery
Earthbound Farms
Wild Goose Bakery Cafe
Santa Cruz
The Buttery
Cafe Delmarette
Gayle's Bakery
Hoffman's
Kelly's French Bakery
Marinis
Original Sin Desserts
Pacific Cookie Company
Penny Ice Creamery
Solvang:
Danish Mill Bakery
Mortensen's Danish Bakery
Olsen's Danish Village Bakery
Solvang Bakery
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Colorado
Boulder
Breckenridge
Roundup: Cakewalk in Breckenridge with Rainy Day Gal
Denver:
Roundup: Cakewalk in Denver with Cake Gumshoe Laurel
Big Fat Cupcake
Happy Cakes
Hope's Country Fresh Cookies
Lovely Confections
The Shoppe
Yum Yums
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Connecticut
Bantam
Danbury
Stew Leonard
Litchfield
New Milford
Salem
Yalesville
Neil's Donut and Bake Shop
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Delaware
Middletown
Bing's Bakery
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District of Columbia
Baked and Wired
CakeLove
Red Velvet Cupcakery
Sticky Fingers Bakery
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Florida
Boynton Beach
Miami
BunnieCakes (custom order, retail location coming soon!)
Michael's Kitchen
Yellow Submarine (mobile truck)
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Georgia
Atlanta
Henri's Bakery
Highland Bakery
La Dolce Lulu (custom order)
Piece of Cake
Roswell
Alpine Bakery
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Hawaii
Leonard's (mentioned in this article)
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Idaho
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Illinois
Chicago:
Roundup: Cakewalk in Chicago
Alliance Bakery
Angel Food Bakery
Babushka Bakery
Bleeding Heart Bakery
Chimney Cakes
Floriole
La Patisserie P
Letizia's bakery
Molly's Cupcakes
More Cupcakes
Sprinkles
Sweet Mandy B's
Swirlz Cupcakes
Twisted Sister Bakery
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Indiana
Lafayette
The Yellow Bowl Bakery
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Iowa
Cakewalk in the Ames Area (includes the places mentioned below)
Center Grove Orchards
Dutch Oven Bakery
Iowa City
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Kansas
Laura Little's Candies
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Kentucky
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Cafe Du Monde (mentioned in this article)
Sucre
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Maine
Fat Cat Bakery
Fields of Cake (Custom order only)
Wicked Whoopie Pies
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Maryland
Baltimore
Cakewalk in Baltimore with Cake Gumshoe Bmoresweet
Cacao Lorenzo
Cake Love
Charm City Cupcakes
Charm City Cakes
Dangerously Delicious Pies
Louis J. Rheb
Patisserie Poupon
Perfect Cupcakes
Piedigrotta Bakery
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Massachusetts
Boston:
Cakewalk in Boston with Cake Gumshoe Phuong
Martha's Vineyard
Mini Cakewalk / Martha's Vineyard
Eat Cake!
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Michigan
Detroit:
Just Baked
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Farmer's Market
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
A Baker's Wife
Cake Eater Bakery
Cocoa & Fig
French Meadow Bakery
Isles Bun & Coffee
Turtle Bread Company
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Mississippi
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Missouri
Kansas City
The Upper Crust at Pryde's Old Westport
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Montana
Bozeman
Missoula
Bernice's Bakery
Black Cat Bake Shop
St. Regis
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Nebraska
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Nevada
Las Vegas:
Cupcake Lane
Freed's Bakery
Mad Hatter Cupcakes
Retro Bakery
Sugar's Bakery
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New Hampshire
Canaan
Ceres Bakery
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New Jersey
By the Shore
Cakewalk in Bruce Springsteen Country
Freedman's Bakery
Hoffman's Ice Cream
Ocean Grove Bake Shop
Scone Pony (Spring Lake)
What's for Dessert (Spring Lake Heights)
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New Mexico
Roundup: Just about every bakery in Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Pie Town
Santa Fe
El Tesoro (not a bakery but homemade baked goods)
French Pastry Shop and Creperie
Jambo Cafe (not a bakery but has great dessert)
The Pantry (homemade Tres Leches!)
Tecolote Cafe (for breakfast and pancakes)
Taos
Taos Cow
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New York
New York City
Bronx
Conti's Bakery
Enrico's
Morris Park Bake Shoppe
Morrone Bakery
Brooklyn
Peter Pan Donuts
Sweet Melissa
Van Leeuwen
Manhattan
Anneliese's Pastries
Alice's tea Cup
Amy's Bread
Bee Desserts
The Best Chocolate Cake in the World
Bouchon Bakery
Butch Bakery
Carrot Top Pastries
Chokolat Patisserie
Cognac
Compres Bakery Corp.
Corner Bakery
Corrado Pastry
Cupcake Crew
Dean & Deluca
Delicious Bread House
Donut Pub
Doughnut Plant
Dylan's Candy Bar
Estrella's Bakery Corp.
Financier Patisserie
Grandaisy Bakery
Hill Country Fried Chicken
Hungarian Pastry Shop
La Dona Carmen Bakery Cafe
La Tropezienne
Levain
Le Pain Quotidien
Locanda Verde
Magnolia Bakery
Max Brenner
Momofuku Milk Bar
Mondel Chocolates
Muffins Cafe
Panaderia Las Americas
Make My Cake
Shake Shack
Silver Moon Bakery
Soutine
Stick&Pop (online only)
Tanteo Dolce
Three Tarts
Treats Truck
Two Little Red Hens
William Greenberg's
Zabar's
Zesty's (pizza place, but good zeppole)
Queens
Pleasantville
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North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Amelie's French Bakery
Terrace Cafe
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North Dakota
Bismarck
The Donut Hole
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Ohio
Columbus
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams (multiple locations throughout the state)
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
Albany
Rocket Queen Cupcakes (custom-order)
Azalea, OR
Newport
Portland
Cakewalk Special: 36 Hours of Sweetness in Portland, OR
Cakewalk in NW Portland
Crema Bakery
Cupcake Jones
Kenny & Zuke's
Mother's Bar and Bistro
Papa Haydn
Pine State Biscuits
Saint Cupcake
Voodoo Donut
Whole Foods
Willamette Valley Confectionery (online)
Frills
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Cakewalk in the Reading Terminal Market
Ants Pants Cafe
Baker Street Bread
Bredenbeck's
CakeCraft (custom-order)
Deliliah's
Flying Monkey Patisserie
Metropolitan Bakery
Ms Goody Cupcake
Nook Bakery and Cafe
Tartes
Termini Bros. Bakery
Wish-Cake (custom order)
Pittsburgh
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Puerto Rico
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Rhode Island
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South Carolina
Toffino's: A CakeSpy reader suggestion. Suggested sweet: the sfogliatelle!
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Wall
Wall Drug
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Tennessee
Memphis
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Texas
Austin
Sugar Mama's Bakeshop
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Utah
Salt Lake City
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Vermont
Mount Holly
Gill's Deli
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Virginia
Alexandria
Roanoke
Bubblecake Bake Shop
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Virgin Islands
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Washington
Bellingham
Mallard Ice Cream
Mount Bakery
Ralf's
Rocket Donuts
Sweet Art
Bellevue
Cle Elum
Leavenworth
The Danish Bakery
Via Dolce Gelato
Mill Creek
Frost Doughnuts
Seattle
Cakewalk in Wallingford, Seattle
Bakery Nouveau
Cafe Besalu
Columbia City Bakery
Cupcake Royale
Essential Baking Co.
Grand Central Baking Co.
Heavenly Pastry and Cakes (Special order and Farmer's markets only)
Honore
Kingfish Cafe
Macrina Bakery
Nielsen's Pastries
Old School Frozen Custard
Poppy
Snacks!
Street Treats
Trophy Cupcakes
Volunteer Park Cafe
Wink Cupcakes
Yellow Leaf Cupcake Co.
Sultan
Vashon Island
Monkey Tree (via reader suggestion)
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West Virginia
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Wisconsin
Madison
Osseo
Milwaukee
Alterra Coffee
C. Adams
Canfora Bakery
Fratello's
La Tarte
Lehmann's Bakery
Cafe Lulu
National Bakery
Peter Scortino's
San Angel Panaderia
Simma's Bakey
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Wyoming
Jackson Hole
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Online Bakeries
Dough Raise Me
Sara Snacker Cookie Co.
Simply Divine Brownies
Tatte Cookies
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International
Australia
Cakewalk in Sydney
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Canada
Duc de Lorraine
Patisserie Kouign Amann
Le Fromentier
Olive + Gourmando
Cafe Myriade
Premier Moisson
Claude Postel
Cocoa Locale
Boutique Point G
Vancouver
A La Mode
Anna's Cake House
Butter
Chocolatas
Coco Et Olive
Granville Island Public Market
La Baguette
Lee's Donuts
Liberty Bakery
The Milk Man
Muffin Granny
Olde World Fudge
Pizza Pzazz
Roger's Chocolates
Savary Island Pie Co.
Seb's
Stuart's Bakery
Terra Breads
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Germany
Cakewalk in Berlin, Germany (Vegan and a few non-vegan choices)
Cakewalk in Munich (Oktoberfest!)
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France
Paris
Auguste Palus
Berkus
Berthillon
Cafe Angelina
Dalloyau
Hotel Cadran
Laduree
Legay Choc
Lenotre
McDonalds
Maison Julien
Pain de Sucre
Patisserie Des Reves
Pierre Herme
Levallois
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Sweden
Stockholm
Cafe Saturnus
Gateau
Lux Dessert och Choklad
Per Olsson
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United Kingdom
Harrods
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