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Best Wedding Cake Bakers in Chicago, IL

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Chicago, IL 60657

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4.0 (701)
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4.7 (95)

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Bittersweet is a European-style pastry shop and cafe that opened in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago in 1992. The company offers its signature wedding cakes as well as a selection of sweet table options. The company is open six days a week and offers wedding cake consultations.

Chicago, IL 60618

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4.5 (585)
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4.4 (575)
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4.0 (420)

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Lutz Cafe & Pastry Shop is a Konditorei-style bakery that opened in Chicago in 1948. The company offers free wedding cake consultations and complimentary tastings from a range of cake, filling, frosting, and flower choices. The company’s Anniversary Encore package is included with any order, with the company creating a fresh replica of the couple’s top layer on their first anniversary.

Chicago, IL 60707

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4.0 (127)
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4.7 (110)

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Reuter’s Bakery has provided pastries, bread, and baked goods for over 80 years in Chicago. The company specializes in creating wedding cakes that match the size and elegance of the event. The company works with couples who already have an idea of how they want their cake to look or need help designing their dream cake from the examples on their online gallery.

Chicago, IL 60625

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4.4 (1077)
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4.6 (831)
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4.0 (773)

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Cafe Selmarie is a bakery cafe that opened in the Lincoln Square section of Chicago in 1983. The company offers a variety of round and square wedding cakes along with signature tortes, cheesecakes, pastries, pies, and tarts. The company is open every day but Monday.

Northfield, IL 60093

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3.5 (110)
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4.5 (16)

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Three Tarts Bakery and Cafe is a bakery in Northfield. The company offers traditional butter cakes for weddings finished in buttercream or fondant, as well as floral, monogrammed, or custom-designed cupcakes. Couples can bring photos or magazine clippings to their tasting appointment, or they can peruse the company’s design books for ideas. Couples can reserve the date for their wedding cake with a $200 deposit.

Chicago, IL 60607

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4.5 (227)
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4.8 (52)

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Scafuri Bakery offers wedding cakes in Chicago and opened in 1904. The company is in the Little Italy neighborhood and offers classic Italian cookies, bread, and pastries. The company provides simple or lavish cakes, sweets tables, donuts, and guest favors for weddings. The company also prepares a complimentary 6-inch round cake in the flavor of the wedding cake for a couple’s first anniversary.

Oak Park, IL 60301

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4.0 (309)
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4.5 (50)

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Sugar Fixe Patisserie has offered authentic French pastries at locations in Lincoln Park and Oak Park since 2011. The company offers wedding cakes, cupcakes, and miniature pastries for the event. Cakes start at $5 per serving for buttercream and $6 per serving for fondant, and dessert tables start at $3.75 per guest. Couples can select up to four cake and filling flavors for their tasting appointment, with the $25 tasting fee applied to any order over $300.

Tinley Park, IL 60477

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4.5 (355)

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Creative Cakes is a bakery in Tinley Park that opened in 1989. The company has been featured on Platinum Weddings on WEtv and been honored with a WeddingWire Couples’ Choice award for seven consecutive years. The company prices its wedding cakes by the serving, from $4.50 per slice for cakes iced in real buttercream to $5.50 for rolled fondant.

Hickory Hills, IL 60457

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3.5 (27)

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Delicious Creations is a retail shop and made-to-order bakery in Hickory Hills. The company’s standard wedding cake pricing starts at $2.45 per person, and couples can have a different cake dough and filling in each tier at no additional charge. The company offers free wedding cake samples on Saturdays with at least three days’ notice. The company carries wedding cake bags and only charges a delivery fee if the reception takes place outside of the company’s normal delivery range.

Chicago, IL 60612

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4.6 (44)
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5.0 (10)

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Cake Sweet Food Chicago, better known as "Cake" is an established award winning scratch bakery serving couples from all over and most Chicagoland venues. They believe every cake is as unique as the vision they're made of. Being one of the first to design a tasting for couples, Cake offers an elaborate line of flavors and packages in a fun and welcoming environment. Their web store has an extensive line of gourmet sweets for shipping and gifting and the underground social media bakery Take the Cake offers ordering and easy pick-up. Consultations by appointment is required.

Chicago, IL 60602

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4.0 (748)
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4.8 (91)

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Toni is a European-inspired patisserie and cafe that opened in 1994 and has locations in Hinsdale and Chicago. Couples can choose from seven signature-style cakes for their wedding or can customize their cake from seven different flavors, 15 different filling options, and nine different frostings. The company offers complimentary tastings and also creates a range of favors and sweet table options to complement the wedding cake.

Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

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4.5 (271)
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4.8 (7)

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Jarosch Bakery is a bakery that opened in 1959 in Elk Grove Village. The company provides a complimentary 6-inch top tier wedding cake sample customized to a couple’s exact specifications with 72 hours’ notice. The $25 consultation fee is applied toward any order placed with the company. The company offers a range of cake flavors, fillings, and designs with both round and square tiers.

Compare our Top Wedding Cake Bakers

NameExpertise RatingAddressPromotionsLearn more
Bittersweet
Chicago, IL 60657
Lutz Cafe & Pastry Shop
Chicago, IL 60618
Reuter’s Bakery
Chicago, IL 60707
Cafe Selmarie
Chicago, IL 60625
Three Tarts Bakery and Cafe
Northfield, IL 60093
Scafuri Bakery
Chicago, IL 60607
Sugar Fixe Patisserie
Oak Park, IL 60301
Creative Cakes
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Delicious Creations
Hickory Hills, IL 60457
Cake
Chicago, IL 60612
Toni
Chicago, IL 60602
Jarosch Bakery
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007