Cake makes everything better.

I always have time for a good piece of cake.  I am picky, however, but there are enough choices here to satisfy my preferences.  Cakes freeze well, and a delicious cake is always good to have in the freezer in case of dessert emergencies.

We Take The Cake makes beautiful cakes, Bundt cakes and cupcakes using top quality ingredients. The layer cakes are 6” in diameter and serve 8-12. They are $83.00 – $85.00.  The Bundt cakes are 7” D and serve up to 8.  They are $42.00. An 8-pack of assorted cupcakes is $65.00. They also have vegan and gluten-free options.  www.wetakethecake.com

Mother Myrick’s Lemon LuLu cake is a classic.  It is a light lemon pound cake that is moist, delicious, and it freezes well. I always have one in the freezer for unexpected dessert emergencies. A small cake serves 8 and is $36.95.  A large cake serves 14 and is $47.95. No customization is offered.

Bake Me A Wish! Will send any of their bakery items to you overnight anywhere in the 50 states.  The cakes and cheesecakes can be personalized and look delicious. There are dozens of cakes to choose from and there are gluten-free options. The cakes are 7” in diameter and serve 6-8. $48 – $130 for personalized sheet cakes.

Milk Bar made the ‘naked cake’ famous.  Pictured here is their vanilla Funfetti Naked Cake.

A 6” diameter cake is $62.00 and serves 8-12.  A 10” diameter cake is $140 and serves 20-30. Their flavors are traditional with a few surprises.  They deliver nationwide in one or two days.  There are gluten-free options.  Milk Bar

Harry & David delivers to all 50 states plus Canada, Germany and the U.K.  They offer a wide variety of flavors, and gluten-free options. There seems to be minimal personalization. Starting price is $45.00 and goes to $80.00.   Harry & David

Ina Garten’s coconut cake from Goldbelly’s  $100                                                             Ina Garten’s chocolate cake from Goldbelly’s $100

Goldbelly’s has a large assortment of cakes from all over the country.  Prices start at $45.00 and go up to $130.00.  They can send a cake from almost any well-known bakery or celebrity chef and ship it.  Deliveries are made to all fifty states. I was delighted to learn I could buy an Ina Garten cake!  https://www.goldbelly.com/search?q=cakes

Another bakery I want to highlight that ships through Goldbelly’s is Sugar Avenue Bakery from Memphis.  We were sent two of their cakes last Christmas and they were SO delicious! We had the coconut cake and the caramel cake, pictured above.  The cakes serve 6 – 8 and are $79.95. Sugar Avenue Bakery

Carousel Cakes are 7” in diameter and can serve 6-10. The cakes freeze well up to 3 months.  There are over six chocolate cake varieties to choose among and many other flavors.  The starting price is $60.00.  There are no gluten-free or vegan options and no customization.  Deliveries are made to all fifty states.

Many people prefer cupcakes to cake and Georgetown Cupcake has a wide selection to choose from. These cupcakes are delicious, and they use the best ingredients like European-style sweet butter good chocolate Valrhona cocoa. There are gluten-free options.  Their starting price is $42 per dozen, and they deliver to 48 states.  Customization is possible.

Karma Baker is a vegan bakery that makes its baked products with plant-based gluten-free products.  The starting price $120.95 per cake, they will customize and ship overnight anywhere in the U.S. Shipping is restricted to Monday – Thursday.

Caroline’s Cakes is an old favorite.  It’s a family-run company and has been around forever.

Their seven-layer cakes are my favorite, especially the caramel and the coconut cloud.  Cakes also come in four-layer and most cakes are 9” in diameter.  The starting price is $70.00.  There is no customization.  I always have one in my freezer, and they never fail to delight. A seven-layer 9” diameter Caroline’s Cake serves 14 – 20 people!

William’s Sonoma makes ordering a cake from some of the best bakeries including its own, easy.  Choose from We Take the Cake, Georgetown Cupcake, Flour Shop and Williams Sonoma’s own in-house bakery. The above cake is a William-Sonoma, a four-layer vanilla cake, 6” diameter and serves 8 – 10.  It is $89.95.

Magnolia Bakery uses a delicious buttercream on their cakes that I love. Their cakes are 6” diameter and three layers that serve 6 – 8, and a 9” diameter and three layers that serves 25 – 28. 6” diameter cakes start at $50.00 and the 9” diameter start at $60.00. They will inscribe a cake, and ship nationwide.

Send a Cake’s Famous Explosion Box Cake is a fun idea. Customers select a box design, select a cake flavor, and select as many fun surprises as desired to fill the box. The cakes are individual 3” diameter cakes. Prices start around $50.00.

Their large cakes are 10” diameter, weigh 7.2 lbs. and serve 14.  They are shipped frozen with dry ice.  They will last 3-4 days at room temperature, up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator and up to 3 months in the freezer. $70.00.   https://sendacake.com/

Mrs. Fields makes a giant custom cookie cake.  It is 12” in diameter and will serve 12.  Choose from among nine color choices for the color of your top and bottom icing.  The cookie cake will last up to two weeks if stored in an airtight container at room temperature or frozen up to six months.  $50.00.

This is the famous coconut layer cake from the Peninsula Grill in Charleston.  It is delicious and well worth the calories.  The cake is expensive, but one cake serves 18-20 people and weighs 12 pounds.  The cake is sent FedEx to arrive the day after you place the order.  Bon Appetit called the cake “One of the South’s Grand Desserts”. $270.00.