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What a bakery is can mean different things depending on who you ask. Many of us are conjuring images of a Iowa store filled with freshly baked breads, pastries, cookies, and cakes. While others are envisioning formal wedding cakes and bouquets of roses made out of gum paste or fondant. Both can apply and both require a high level of excellence. You want the best bakers in Iowa working on your baked goods whether you need a pie for dessert, a baguette for dinner, or a wedding cake that your guests will remember 50 years from now. The wonderful bakeries in Iowa can meet your needs and your tastes and we have the list to help you find the one that is perfect for you.

You can spend hours doing the research, sifting through reviews, comparing menu items, etc. Or you can use our handy list as a starting place in your quest for the best Iowa bakery. Then, let us know which was your favorite, which had the best customer service, and which one went above and beyond for you. It may be the bakeries goal to have the best tasting, freshest baked goods around but you can never underestimate the importance of customer service. If you know of an amazing bakery that didn’t make the list, give them a shout out to us. It is possible we don’t know about them or they just need more feedback to make the list. Because that is what this list of Iowa area bakeries is all about, delivering you a list of the best, and as always America Top 10 will never charge you to see our lists.

Crème Cupcake + Dessert

Des Moines, IA

Crème started as a cupcake shop in Des Moines in 2010 providing over 36 cupcake varieties. Since then, they have expanded their menu to include custom cakes, cookies and other treats, available both in the store and for catered events. One of the biggest features has been the evening dessert lounge, offering specialty desserts and cocktails after 5pm.

The Pastry Parlor

Sioux City, IA

The Pastry Parlor is owned and operated. They specializes in European pastries such as apple strudel, black forest cake and cannolis, however, they also offer traditional cupcakes and sheet cakes. They are a proud member of The Siouxland Chamber of Commerce.

The Bakery of Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids, IA

The Bakery Cedar Rapids is a family-owned and operated business. They are proud to offer “All Natural, No Preservatives” high quality breads, pastries, and cafe menu items. Their breads and pastries are made fresh daily, and their cafe menu items are prepared fresh to order.

Scenic Route Bakery

Des Moines, IA

Scenic Route Bakery is a bakery and café, that serves breakfast pastries, Intelligentsia coffee and espresso drinks, lunch and all kinds of sweets. They also have a selective list of beer and wine.

Van Hemert’s Dutch Oven Bakery

Ames, IA

Van Hemert’s Dutch Oven Bakery is a full-line scratch bakery offering a variety of delicious pastries and other baked goods. Family-owned and operated since 1983, they are famous for our Dutch Letters, Dutch Apple Bread and their award-winning wedding cakes.

Eastern Iowa Baking Company

Eldridge, IA

The Eastern Iowa Baking Co. started in 2008, and still holds to their original idea, no matter how many changes happen over the years. Their still about the idea that good baking shouldn’t be hard to find, and that they and their products should be as much a part of the community around them as they can be.

East Mill Bakeshop & Catering

Dubuque, IA

From breads to buns, cookies to confections, sandwiches to scones, pies to pastries, you’ll find them all at their Bakery & Café on South Grandview. It’s all great food made with the highest quality ingredients they can find.

Main Street Cafe & Bakery

Ankeny, IA

Main Street Cafe & Bakery is the latest venue in Ankeny to fuel up your day with unique breakfast options served all day long, including fresh and wholesome sandwiches, soups, and paninis, all coming together in a comfortable venue for family and friends. The secret to making life better can be found right at Main Street Bakery Cafe where their top-of-the-line service has a mission to make you feel right at home.

Habitue Coffeehouse and Cakes to Remember

Le Mars, IA

Habitue Coffeehouse and Cakes to Remember, is a Coffeehouse & Bakery that has been focused on excellence in customer service and doing their very best in whatever it is that you want and need.

Kathy’s Pies

Cedar Rapids, IA

At Kathy’s Pies, they are dedicated to bringing you and your family some of the best products in Eastern Iowa. They invite you to check for yourselves, their extensive selection of pies, cakes, cookies, bars, cupcakes, cheese cakes and, just added, their new Caramel Apple Walnut Bundt Cake, available in slices or you can purchase the whole cake.