New Orleans, Louisiana

Cake & Desserts

In New Orleans: Two local traditions worth knowing. Doberge is the New Orleans cake — thin layers, lemon or chocolate custard, a poured icing — and asking for it marks you as someone who did the reading. The groom's cake is taken seriously here, often themed and often chocolate, and it is a genuine second dessert rather than a formality. If you are marrying between Twelfth Night and Mardi Gras, a king cake on the dessert table is the cheapest bit of local colour available to you. Practically: buttercream and this climate do not agree outdoors, so talk to your baker about a fondant or a stabilised finish for any cake that will sit in the heat, and settle who is refrigerating and delivering it.

12 listings · checked August 2026

• BATTER a bakery — New Orleans · eatbatter.com · (504) 324-0341
• Gambino’s Bakery — Metairie · gambinos.com · (504) 885-7500
• Just Eat Me Sweets — Metairie · justeatmesweets.com · (504) 354-8360
• La Louisiane Bakery — New Orleans · lalouisianebakery.com · (504) 734-9188
• Laura’s Candies — New Orleans · laurascandies.com · (504) 582-9651
• Leah’s Pralines — New Orleans · leahspralines.com · (504) 523-5662
• Nola Snow Snoballs — New Orleans · nolasnow.com · (504) 373-6555
• Nonna Randazzo’s Bakery — Mandeville · nonnaskingcakes.com · (985) 893-1488
• Southern Candymakers — New Orleans · southerncandymakers.com · (504) 523-5544
• SugarLove Snowballs — Slidell · sugarloveslidell.com · (985) 265-4146
• Sweet Generations — Westwego · sweetgenerations.net · (504) 328-4166
• The Peach Cobbler Factory — New Orleans · peachcobblerfactory.com · (504) 874-9766

Details change constantly — confirm directly before booking. Something wrong? Update or remove a listing.