Hartford, Connecticut

Cake & Desserts

In Hartford: Bakeries in the Hartford metro cluster around Old Saybrook, Plainville CT, West Hartford and Windsor Locks, and dessert has stretched well past a tiered cake — dessert tables, pie stacks, doughnut walls, individual sweets, and cheese-and-fruit boards are all standard on Connecticut menus now. Do a tasting, confirm delivery and setup with the baker in writing, and — this is a summer-and-early-fall specific — ask what the setup and hold plan is for an outdoor Connecticut ceremony in July or August, because a soft buttercream in ninety-degree humidity is a photograph nobody wants. If the budget is tight, a small cake purely for the cutting photograph with a sheet cake or a curated dessert spread served to the room is a clean save, and nobody at the reception is any the wiser.

12 listings · checked September 2026

• Adam Ice Cream Truck — Windsor Locks · adamicecreamtruck.com · (860) 324-7055
• Bridgewater Chocolate — West Hartford · bridgewaterchocolate.com · (203) 775-2286
• Chimirri's Italian Pastry Shoppe — Wethersfield · chimirrispastry.com · (860) 529-2527
• Dagmar's Desserts — Old Saybrook · dagmarsdesserts.com · (860) 661-4661
• Giuseppina's Italian Bakery — South Windsor · italianbakerysouthwindsor.com · (860) 432-0251
• Modern Pastry Shop Inc — Hartford · modernpastryshop.com · (860) 296-7628
• Moneta Moments — Windsor CT · monetamoments.com · (860) 298-0202
• Nonnie's Italian Bakery — Plainville CT · nonniespies.com · (860) 793-9167
• Perfect Poundcakes — East Hartford · perfectpoundcakes.org · (860) 834-2229
• Pursuit of Pastry — Old Saybrook · pursuitofpastry.com · (860) 391-8687
• The Mochi Donut Cafe&Bakery — Plainville CT · www.themochidonutcafe.com · (860) 846-8002
• The Sweet Baker, LLC — Killingworth · thesweetbaker.biz · (860) 227-4312

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