Setting up shop in Springfield, 1748 Bakehouse is a hot spot for pie slices like caramel apple and lemon chess, along with cakes, seasonal fruit muffins, sticky buns, and bread. The bakery also serves breakfast and lunch so customers can pair sweets with heartier fare. Don’t miss the gift section filled with kitchen wares. Fans can also find 1748 at weekend pop-ups at Riverside Arts Market.

Sweet Girl’s Bakery is the go-to spot for decorated cookies in Jacksonville. The bakery creates everything from massive dessert tables to themed advent calendars. Beyond Instagram-worthy cookies, the menu features quarter-pound drop cookies in flavors like apple cobbler, banana pudding, and strawberry shortcake. For a serious sugar fix, try one of the massive frosting-covered cinnamon rolls.

This Guatemalan bakery is known for its freshly baked bread, including bollitos, garlic bread loaves, and gouda cheese bread. For something sweet, try the bakery’s take on the viral cookie dough croissant. Locals also love the sandwiches made with house-baked bread.

Mixed Fillings is currently partnering with local businesses for pie pop-ups around Jacksonville. Check social media for upcoming locations. Chef Natasha Burton bakes a variety of pies by the slice or whole, with flavors like key lime, pecan, and peanut butter. Can’t decide? Order a pie flight with four or six different slices.

This vegan bakery proves desserts don’t need eggs, dairy, or peanuts to be delicious. Popular items like doughnuts and coffee cake often sell out quickly, especially on weekends. Don’t miss the Yoga Pants Cake - three layers of vanilla cake with vanilla frosting, brownies, brownie crumbles, and caramel. Savory options and gluten-free treats are also available.

Though it looks like a bistro from outside, Biscottis greets guests with a large display case of towering cakes and cheesecakes. No reservations needed - desserts can be boxed to go. Popular items include German chocolate cake, salted caramel cake, and seasonal offerings like pumpkin toffee cheesecake. Whole cakes are available for larger gatherings.

Since 2008, Sivada’s has been Jacksonville’s go-to cupcake destination. Now located in Macclenny, the shop still carries dozens of flavor combinations. The creme brulee cupcake has a cult following, while the Lazy Sunday offers a classic vanilla-chocolate combo. This bakery has outlasted cupcake trends.

Known for specialty desserts ranging from cakes and tarts to cookie flights and cupcake bites, Southern Dessert Plate’s popular items include pumpkin praline cheesecake, black forest cake, and chocolate bourbon cake. Don’t miss the decadent chocolate-dipped chocolate chip cookies.

Wicked Batter Cafe specializes in keto-friendly baked goods. The bakery creates cakes, cookies, cupcakes, mini pies, and more to keto diet specifications, made with almond or coconut flour and xylitol as the sweetener. The bakery is known for its peanut butter cookies, banana cream pie, vanilla pecan mousse, and fresh raspberry crustless cheesecakes, all keto-friendly.

Since 2013, Amaretti Desserts has been serving some of Jacksonville’s most popular cookies, pies, cakes, and breakfast pastries. The lemon bars and bread pudding are worth the trip across town, and the Southern hospitality of its employees makes it feel like a home kitchen. Watch for the daily cupcakes on a rotating schedule, with flavors like German chocolate on Tuesday and chocolate peanut butter on Sunday. Cookies are also a highlight, with Italian butter cookies, ginger molasses cookies, and sugar cookies always available.

Get a taste of the South at Yum a Southern Market, part bakery and part lifestyle and home goods store. The bakery case is filled with whatever the owner and baker decides to make that day, like eclairs, cupcakes, cookies, and cake slices. Fans sometimes line up at least 45 minutes before the market opens, especially when cinnamon rolls are available, served warm first thing in the morning and topped with mounds of homemade icing.