From picture-perfect traditional white wedding cakes to bright and bold statement cakes – your wedding cake may be the sweetest part of your wedding, but choosing the right cake can seem daunting. With wedding trends changing so rapidly, planning is more chaotic than ever, but finding the right bakery for you can quickly turn this stress into an experience you and your soon-to-be spouse will never forget. Here is a guide to the best of the best in the wedding cake industry in Northern Virginia!
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Amphora Bakery
Located in Herndon, Virginia, Amphora is a full-service bakery that offers a variety of wedding cakes and other desserts for your special day. These cakes have an Italian inspiration and are beautiful traditionally tiered cakes with amazing attention to the details, specified for each wedding’s unique personality. The bakers will help you through the tasting, and ultimately deciding what cake would be perfect for you and your wedding.
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Crumbs and Crumbles
Dakota Carden and Shanna Avila run this fully custom bakery in Winchester, Virginia. They specialize in personalized custom cakes for all occasions, and their gallery of wedding cakes on their website speaks for itself. They work with you through decorating the cake of your dreams, and have done everything from a lego wedding cake to wedding macaroons, but their gallery shows mostly classic white cakes with beautiful accents and flowers. Crumbs and Crumbles offer a myriad of both cake and filling flavors to taste and try out, and also offer vegan and gluten free options.
Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe
This traditional German bakery in Arlington is another perfect spot to check out on your wedding cake search. They make beautiful tiered cakes, along with other desserts and groom’s cakes as well. This family-owned business has been making gorgeous cakes with a traditional German twist for over 40 years, and they offer a personalized and hands-on experience to help you create your perfect cake.
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Cakes by Linda
Linda has been baking and decorating cakes since 1979, and is a gem of the wedding cake scene, located in Falls Church, VA. She makes cakes to your specifications with a variety of flavors and fillings. Her ample cake decorating experience makes her the perfect bakery choice, especially if you are looking for a more hands-on approach!
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Simply Desserts
Simply desserts is a bakery specializing in wedding cakes, offering new and unique flavors and fillings to make each cake personal to your wedding. Simply Desserts owner Kimberly McDonald started out making cakes for fundraisers, but her talent and passion for cakes grew into a star wedding bakery in North Virginia.
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XoXo Cake Boutique
What started as a hobby for XoXo Cake Boutique owner Heather has turned into a career specializing in baking and decorating wedding cakes in the DMV area. Her tiered cakes are very modern and chic, spanning from minimalist boho to shining and sparkly statement cakes. She adds a personal touch to each cake experience, to make sure the cake not only matches your wedding aesthetic, but also tastes amazing.
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