Shops / Austin, TX / Home bakers
Small bakers in and around Austin, Texas, most of them working from home, selling what they bake to order. What each one makes, and how to reach them.
Jump to: Celebration and custom cakes 19 · Sourdough and bread 11 · Cookies, brownies and decorated sets 5 · Macarons and pastry 3 · Conchas and pan dulce 1
Cakes are quoted rather than listed, because the number depends on tiers, servings and how much of the design is piped by hand. Give the date, the number of people and a budget in the first message and you will usually get one reply instead of five.
Makes cake pops, chocolate-covered pretzels and Rice Krispie treats in Cedar Park, Texas, with a self-serve weekend cart at N. Lynnwood Trail and Peyton Place where flavors rotate from zebra cake to blueberry muffin. Faith Rodriguez also takes custom birthday and office orders.
Cake pops $3 · Blueberry Muffin cake pop $3 · Mystery flavor cake pops $3
Posted prices from $3
Orders by message. @mindys_bakery on Instagram.
Custom cake maker based in Austin, offering heart cakes, mini bento cakes, birthday designs and tiered wedding cakes. Seasonal specials like pan de muerto appear in the fall, with orders taken by message or the link in the bio.
Three-tiered wedding cake · Pan de muerto artesanal · Strawberry cake
Cedar Park, TX
Orders by email. Find them at @basilflowerpatisserie on Instagram.
A seasonal home bakery near Austin making small-batch celebration cakes, including eggless options, and French macarons finished with fresh garden flowers. Orders are taken by email or DM for local pickup.
Mini gulab jamun cake · Mini mango pavlova · Eggless cardamom vanilla mango mini cake
Takes orders on Nilfpay, pay by card at checkout.
I bake fresh bread and pastries made to order. Stop by and see what's warm from the oven today.
Chocolate Cake
Orders through their form. Find them at @cakedbyabi_ on Instagram.
Abi started this Austin home bakery as a UT student, making custom cakes for birthdays and gender reveals along with tres leches and red velvet cake pops. Orders come through DM or her order form, with pickup only.
Custom celebration cake · Rainbow pastel cake · Lavender and butterfly cake
Cake Wars winner and two-time Food Network competitor Kass builds custom cakes in Hutto, Texas, also taking orders from Round Rock and Pflugerville. Recent work includes first-birthday and graduation cakes and a four-tier cinnamon roll cake, alongside homemade s'mores.
Custom celebration cakes · Cinnamon roll cake · 8" party cake
Orders by email. Find them at @cakesby_vivi on Instagram.
Bakes custom wedding and celebration cakes in Austin, from wafer-paper designs to a burnt-orange Bevo cake, with work at venues like The Addison Grove, Villa Antonia and Canyonwood Ridge. Orders are placed by email, Wednesday through Sunday.
Wedding cakes · Custom decorated cakes · Wafer paper design cake
Round Rock, Texas is home base for Manju, who takes cake orders by direct message and bakes for baby showers, first birthdays and weddings around Austin: rose sponge with lychee filling, butterscotch layers, and fondant themes from Barbie dresses to butterflies.
Rose sponge wedding cake with lychee filling · Barbie theme fondant dress cake · Baby shower cake
Find them at @fondantwonders on Instagram.
Custom fondant cakes and macarons made in Austin by an award-winning cake artist, who also teaches hands-on and online decorating classes covering buttercream, chocolate ganache, berry and butterscotch fillings, and fondant toppers, with sessions held in Austin and Frisco.
Custom celebration cake · Macarons · Vanilla cupcakes
Find them at @geminicakedesign on Instagram.
Decorates custom cakes in Austin, Texas, where cat cakes come up most often alongside heart, floral and disco ball designs, including a one-off made for Ella Mai. Orders open month by month, with pickup in south Austin, delivery for an added fee and no shipping.
Cat birthday cake $70 · Disco ball cake · Heart-shaped cake
Posted prices from $70
Orders by email. Find them at @hooniecakes on Instagram.
A one-person Austin micro bakery specializing in made-to-order olive oil cakes, including vegan and gluten-free options. Cakes are available for local pickup or delivery, plus pop-ups and markets, with orders taken by message or email.
Vegan lemon olive oil cake $40 · Holiday seasonal cakes · Champagne cake
Posted prices from $40
Custom cakes from Kassandra in Kyle, Texas, from Jellycat and Snoopy designs to nostalgic carousel tiers and confetti cake with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream. Orders open month by month, with delivery to surrounding areas.
Jellycat character cakes · Cowboy Yoshi themed cake · Snoopy cake
Posted prices from $125
Find them at @kelleycakesco on Instagram.
Cakes get picked up around Austin, TX, where Kelley bakes custom orders for weddings, birthdays, gender reveals and engagement parties. Recent work includes seashell and heart cakes, a farmers market–themed design, and red velvet cookies with cream cheese frosting.
Wedding cake · Gender reveal cake · Seashell cake
Find them at @kitchen.elf on Instagram.
$30 king cakes that feed about twenty, including a gluten-free option, come out of this Austin cottage bakery in the weeks before Mardi Gras. The rest of the year brings custom birthday cakes, decorated cookies, macarons and holiday treat boxes, with dietary restrictions worked around.
1/4 sheet American flag tres leches $45 · Chocolate cupcakes (1/2 dozen) $9 · Mini ice cream cone cake pops (1/2 dozen) $12
Posted prices $9 to $45
Orders by message. @obsessivecompulsivebaker on Instagram.
Bakes fudgy brownies and custom celebration cakes in Austin, from character themes like Bluey and Tow Mater to vanilla sponge layered with almond praline. Holiday cupcakes come out each December, and orders are arranged by direct message.
Fudgy brownies · Christmas cupcakes · Vanilla almond praline layer cake
Bakes Filipino sweets from a Georgetown, Texas home kitchen, from ube caramel cakes and sansrival to silvanas, cheese rolls and macarons. Kat also makes custom birthday cakes and focaccia, with pickup and local pop-ups.
Ube Caramel Cake · Cheese Rolls · Sansrival
Orders by message. @sidepiece_atx on Instagram.
One Austin baker, no repeated designs: Ella Tasso Adams makes salted dark chocolate cakes and vanilla bean layers with raspberry preserves and lemon buttercream, with the jams, syrups and dyes made in her own kitchen. Cakes are arranged by DM, and she ships them frozen.
Salted dark chocolate cake · Meyer lemon lavender cake · Shipped frozen cake
Find them at @theanicakesco on Instagram.
Anika has been decorating cakes since 2010, making custom Austin birthday cakes like a Ferrari-red racecar and a tres leches soccer cake, plus s'mores cookies and focaccia. She pops up at 512 Vintage Market and Mercer St. Taproom and teaches short buttercream piping classes.
S'mores cookie (protein version) · Custom birthday cakes · Funfetti cake with cherry filling
Orders by message. @whiskedawaybykatiemae on Instagram.
Bakes s'mores cookies, flower-piped cupcakes, and baby shower cakes in Austin, Texas, with orders taken by direct message. Savory items show up too, from homemade rolls and garlic knots to pizza crust.
S'mores cookies · Decorated flower cupcakes · Homemade rolls, garlic knots and pizza crust
Bread is baked in batches, so what you can get depends on the week rather than on a menu. Ask what is coming out and when.
Orders by message. @brookes.microbakery on Instagram.
Brooke bakes small batches of sourdough breads and sweet treats from her home kitchen in the Austin and Round Rock area. She takes orders by message, sets up at local markets, and also leads beginner sourdough classes.
Sourdough loaves · Pumpkin Cinnamon Swirl loaf · Pumpkin Chocolate Chip loaf
Find them at @baustinbagels on Instagram.
Boston-style bagels with a serious chew, made in Austin and sold at markets around town, including Saturdays in Georgetown. Monthly flavors rotate, like the corn bagel, and pre-orders, catering, and wholesale are handled directly.
Corn bagel (monthly special)
Find them at @bread4thepeople on Instagram.
A one-person sourdough operation in Austin, baking naturally leavened loaves from freshly milled Texas flour. Loaves can be reserved for porch pickup or a weekly subscription, and are also dropped off at a local grocer several days a week.
Sourdough loaf $10 · Weekly bread subscription · Assorted baked goods
Posted prices from $10
Find them at @getbreadish on Instagram.
Small Austin bakery making gluten-free breads, pastries and doughnuts from scratch with natural ingredients. Find their weekly selection at the Mueller and Bell farmers markets.
Sourdough boule · Multi grain sourdough breakfast bread · Bagels
Find them at @everything.sourdough.atx on Instagram.
Weekend coffee runs in Austin come with sourdough chocolate chip and matcha white chocolate cookies from this baker, sold at pop-ups with Noble Joe's and Lau Lau. Weekly granola drops at the Noble Joe coffee truck, plus pre-order cakes and cookies for Valentine's and Christmas.
Sourdough chocolate chip cookie · Weekly granola · Valentine's cake with blooms
Find them at @getbaked_sourdough on Instagram.
Una microbakery casera en Austin dedicada al pan de masa madre, con hornadas frecuentes y pedidos por mensaje directo. Ofrece hogazas, pan de molde para sándwiches y bagels recién horneados.
The OG loaf · Sourdough sandwich bread · Sourdough bagels
Find them at @love_my_loaf on Instagram.
Friday bread runs in the Austin area often end with a kalamata olive loaf or maple spelt made from grain milled in-house. Loaves show up at Home Grown in Dripping Springs, Jovie Belterra, and the Steiner Ranch farmers market on the first and third Thursday, plus Wednesday local drops.
Kalamata Olive sourdough loaf · Sourdough Maple Spelt loaf · Rye sourdough
Orders by message. @dough_bafett on Instagram.
Lydia bakes sourdough in Austin under the name Lydia's Loaves, from jalapeño cheddar and caramelized onion with smoked Gouda loaves to cinnamon rolls, English muffins by the half or full dozen, and pecan bites. Orders go through her Bakesy page or a DM.
Sourdough loaf · Sourdough cinnamon rolls · Jalapeño cheddar sourdough
Find them at @moonflowerbakesaustin on Instagram.
A one-person micro bakery in Austin turning out naturally leavened sourdough using freshly milled local grains. Loaves rotate with the seasons and recipe experiments, from seeded breads to sweet and savory specialty bakes.
Whole wheat baguettes · Maple, pecan and chili sourdough loaf · Seeded sourdough loaf
Find them at @sourhoe_sourdough on Instagram.
A tiny Austin bakery turning out naturally leavened breads made with just flour, water, sea salt and starter. Expect country loaves, vegan sourdough biscuits and focaccia, available for local pickup, delivery and weekend markets.
Jalapeño cheddar sourdough loaf · Classic sourdough loaf · Texas Hoe Biscuits
Every Saturday at the Lago Vista Farmers Market outside Lago Vista Brewing Co, Jess sells sourdough baked at home in Lago Vista, Texas: original loaves, soft sandwich sourdough, jalapeño cheddar and cinnamon raisin, plus brown butter chocolate chip cookies.
Original sourdough loaf · Soft sandwich sourdough loaf · Everything bagel with sharp white cheddar sourdough
The end of the trade that scales to a party: boxes, decorated sets for a shower or a first birthday, single flavour batches. A custom set needs more notice than a plain one.
A small-batch home bakery serving the Austin area with handmade Persian-inspired sweets, cookies, macaroons and nut brittle. Orders are arranged by direct message, with local pickup or delivery around Pflugerville.
The Almond Queen · Blueberry almond flour cookies · Tabrizi Cookies
Bella M. bakes gluten-free cinnamon rolls, ginger molasses cookies, rosemary iced oatmeal cookies and custom birthday cakes from her cottage kitchen in the North Austin area, with organic ingredients and orders taken by DM. She also sells at pop-up markets around Liberty Hill.
Cinnamon rolls · Classic chocolate chip cookie · Ginger molasses cookie
Find them at @kakepopshop on Instagram.
Orders open in short windows, and that's when Keora Williams bakes her oversized Kakepops in Austin: Nilla, strawberry, red velvet, pumpkin, and lemon cream cheese pound cake. She delivers locally, ships, and brings pop-ups to classrooms, offices, and birthday celebrations.
Pumpkin Kakepop · Nilla (Vanilla) Kakepop · Reese's Pieces Kakepop
Find them at @tatticookies on Instagram.
Bakes thick stuffed cookies in Austin, from triple chocolate and cookies 'n cream to pistachio and a chewy brown butter banana chocolate chip. Available for Austin pickup, with shipping anywhere in Texas.
Triple chocolate loaded cookie · Brown butter banana chocolate chip cookie · Cookies 'n cream stuffed cookie
Orders by message. @wallflourcookies on Instagram.
Decorates custom sugar cookies in Austin, Texas: first-birthday sets with bees or Texas bluebonnets, hand-painted designs built around someone's favorite things, paint-your-own Easter eggs, and a stackable Christmas tree set. Orders are arranged by direct message.
Custom sugar cookie sets · Variety baker's dozen Christmas cookies · Stackable Christmas tree cookie set
Macarons, tarts, croissants and the fiddlier baking, usually sold by the box in flavours that change.
Find them at @dame.otro on Instagram.
Bakes organic sourdough in Austin, from blueberry crumble and cookies-and-cream cinnamon rolls to everything bagels and pepperoni pizza rolls. Vero and Yadi sell at Lakeline and Arboretum markets on Saturdays and Bee Cave Farmers Market on Sundays.
Blueberry Crumble Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls · Classic Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls · Sourdough Brioche Blueberry Danish
Find them at @goodbakeatx on Instagram.
A longtime pastry chef baking from her home kitchen in southwest Austin, offering naturally leavened breads and sweet pastries. Loaves and treats are sold at a weekly Saturday farm market, with pre-orders for pickup and limited local delivery.
Cinnamon sugar cream scones · Cinnamon rolls · Rye pain au chocolat
Orders by message. @takemymacaron on Instagram.
Olena bakes macarons in flavors like mango passionfruit, champagne pistachio and strawberry, plus honey cake and custom cakes for weddings and birthdays. Ukrainian-rooted baking made by hand in Austin, with orders taken by direct message.
Mango passionfruit macarons · Raspberry cake · Champagne pistachio macarons
Mexican sweet bread, made at home and sold by the piece.
Find them at @panamorarteatx on Instagram.
Conchas here come in matcha, blueberry, chocolate chip, vanilla-cinnamon, and red velvet, each $5.50, baked for a weekend pop-up at 2806 Manor Rd on Austin's east side with pre-orders taken during the week. The baker is on a short break for now.
Blueberry concha $5.50 · Matcha concha $5.50 · Chocolate chip concha $5.50
Posted prices from $5.50
What these bakers have actually posted for it, in their own words:
Seasonal work books out first, so this is the part of the year to ask early rather than to ask around.
Baking at home for money is legal in Texas under the cottage food law, and the rules changed recently: Senate Bill 541 took effect on 1 September 2025 and rewrote how it works. It used to be a list of twenty permitted items. Now it is the opposite, everything is allowed except six categories: meat and poultry, seafood, ice and ice cream, low acid canned goods, anything containing CBD or THC, and raw milk. Refrigerated baking is in for the first time, so a cream pie or a cheesecake is now legal, and an operation selling one has to register with the state, keep it cold in storage and in transit, and label it with the date it was made.
Two things follow that are worth knowing before you order.
The label has to tell you it was not inspected. The wording is set by the statute, and this is it:
This product was produced in a private residence that is not subject to governmental licensing or inspection.
That sentence is not a warning about the baker. It is the deal: no permit, no inspection, no commercial kitchen rent, and in exchange a cap on how much can be sold, currently $150,000 a year in gross sales and now index linked. The operator has to hold a food handler certificate, and since September 2025 they can register with the state and print a registration number instead of putting their home address on your box.
They cannot post it to you. A Texas cottage food operation may sell online only if the operator, an employee, or someone in their household hands the food to you in person. SB 541 struck mail order out of the law entirely, and the permission it grants is for sales inside Texas. So expect to collect, or to be met somewhere. Anyone offering to ship you a cake from a home kitchen in Texas is either not a cottage operation or is not following this rule.
Sources: SB 541 (89R, 2025), Texas Health and Safety Code ch. 437, and the DSHS cottage food page. Read on 5 October 2026. This describes what the law asks of sellers. We have not checked any individual seller's compliance and we are not in a position to.
Not better or worse, different in ways that decide whether one suits what you need.
| Home baker | Commercial bakery | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection | None, and the label has to say so | Permitted and inspected |
| What they can sell | Everything but the six excluded categories | No categorical limit |
| Scale | Capped at $150,000 a year in gross sales | Uncapped |
| Getting it | In person, from them, inside Texas | Counter, delivery or post |
| Prices | Mostly quoted per order, 7 of these 39 have posted any price | Listed on a menu |
| When | Baked to order or in weekly batches | Made daily, ready when you walk in |
| Who you talk to | The person who bakes it | Whoever is on the counter |
Every baking listing we hold in the Austin metro is on this page: 39 of the 78 sellers we have in and around the city, the rest of whom make things other than food. 10 of the 39 are in the towns around Austin rather than in it, and their card says which. Compiled on 18 August 2026 from what these bakers had already posted publicly, and rebuilt from the directory every time this page loads, so a baker who has claimed their page shows as taking orders rather than as a page we made for them. 283 products are listed across the 39, in their own words, and the most recent baker here was added on 4 October 2026. Nothing here is ranked, nobody paid to be included, and nobody can.
Nothing here is ranked, so the choosing is yours. Four things on this page are worth reading as signals, and all four are visible on the cards above.
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