These businesses are the winners of Bay Area Parent’s 2025 Best of the Best reader poll for Best Place to Buy a Birthday Cake or Cupcakes. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Cupcakin’ Bake Shop. Offers cakes, cupcakes and other treats baked from scratch. Walnut Creek location. cupcakinbakeshop.com.
Silver: Cupcakin’ Bake Shop. Oakland location. cupcakinbakeshop.com.
Bronze: Cupcakin’ Bake Shop. Berkeley-Virginia location. cupcakinbakeshop.com.
Peninsula
Gold: Sibby’s Cupcakery. Old-fashioned cupcakes and cakes are baked fresh daily at this nut-free bakery. San Mateo. sibbyscupcakery.com.
Silver: SusieCakes. San Carlos location. susiecakes.com/locations/san-carlos.
Bronze: SusieCakes. Menlo Park location. susiecakes.com/locations/menlo-park.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: Noe Valley Bakery. Customers at this neighborhood bakery are treated to pies, cakes, cupcakes and other tasty baked goods. West Portal Avenue, San Francisco location. noevalleybakery.com.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Nothing Bundt Cakes. Bundt cakes in all sizes from graduation and birthday cakes to bundtinis. San Jose location. nothingbundtcakes.com.
Silver: Icing on the Cake. Los Gatos. icingonthecakebakery.com.
Bronze: Sugar Butter Flour. Sunnyvale. sugarbutterflour.com.