Black Currant Bakehouse is a modern American craft bakery serving Harbor Country, Southwest Michigan, and Northwest Indiana! With over a decade of cake decorating under our belt, you can trust us to make the wedding cake experience carefree and delicious. We cater to most dietary needs. We also offer desserts beyond traditional, like donuts, tarts, cookies and cupcakes. Get in touch with us today for more information and to reserve your date!
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Cake Tastings
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Dairy Free
Gluten Free
Nut Free
Vegan
Vegetarian
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12/14/2021 • Nathan B
Black Currant Bakehouse was the PERFECT choice for our wedding bakery, as we used them for both the cake and dessert. Their owner, Katie, was extremely helpful with all our questions, and provided lots of helpful detail to help us narrow down our selections. They had amazing flavors for all their desserts, both regular and Gluten-Free/Vegan options that we got amazing reviews from our guests. You will not be disappointed if you go with Black Currant for your wedding or any other events!
8/12/2024 • Sarah L
Black Currant Bakehouse did the dessert table from our wedding and did an amazing job. Guests consistently came back for more and raved about the variety, flavor, and presentations. Thank you so much!
7/21/2024 • Erin R
We cannot rave enough about the cupcakes, cookies, macaroons and cake from Black Currant!!! Our guests kept coming up to my husband and i asking where these goodies were from because they were so impressed with how amazing they tasted! Not only were they tasty treats, but the presentation that they created was nothing short of spectacular!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!
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10/22/2023 • Mackenzie P
Katie was amazing in walking us through the tasting to delivery and decorating our wedding cake and donuts. Everyone thought the cake was beautiful, and the donuts were eaten before dinner!
7/29/2023 • Paige D
Such a good experience working with Black Currant! We exchanged many emails and everyone was incredibly responsive. Loved our classic wedding cake (it was delicious too!)
6/08/2023 • Michelle M
We had a wide variety of desserts at our wedding (cake, cupcakes, donuts, tarts). Everything was great and the cake was perfect! We also have had several other desserts outside of our wedding and everything has been so yummy!
1/29/2023 • Katie F
Black Currant Bakehouse made our cake and desserts for our wedding. They were the perfect choice for our day! Katie was beyond helpful with helping us choose our selections and suggestions on how much to order. The flavors are amazing and our guests are up every single item on our dessert table! Do yourself a favor and reserve Black Currant Bakehouse for your day. You won’t regret it!
12/28/2022 • Natalie H
Black Currant Bakehouse did an INCREDIBLE job preparing and delivering the most delicious treats and cake for our wedding day! Would highly recommend them for your big day or next catered event!
12/27/2022 • Danielle H
Black Currant Bakehouse is absolutely amazing. Katie is great to work with and so accommodating. My 3 tier cake and donuts exceeded my expectations in both taste and design. Made my winter wedding come to life!
11/16/2022 • Erika W
Katie at Black Currant was awesome to work with! She was super helpful every step of the way and the cake was delicious. They made an entirely gluten free cake for us and I can say that as the bride and groom we had to fight over the two pieces left over at the end of the night because our guests enjoyed it so much.
11/16/2022 • Lindsey A
We had Black Currant Bakehouse do our wedding desserts, and they were amazing! Katie was so great to work with through the whole process, and her desserts are delicious! We did a sweets table with a Small 2-tiered cake, macarons, cookies, and cupcakes, and it came together beautifully! She arrived on time for setup, and we received so many compliments on the desserts from our guests! Would highly recommend!
11/15/2022 • Janine H
We couldn't be happier with the cake and desserts the Black Current Bakehouse team provided for our wedding! The cake design turned out exactly as expected, and everything was absolutely delicious. Our guests raved about the sweets!
Communicating with the team was easy, and they were always professional. We also found prices to be very reasonable and loved the option to try an assortment of desserts before selecting flavors.
8/26/2022 • Terra F
We used Black Currant Bakehouse for our wedding cake and desserts, as well as Sunday brunch. All of the food was incredibly delicious . The cake was stunning - just as we had pictured. Katie and her team were a pleasure to work with - incredibly helpful and responsive in the planning and delivery. Thank you!!
Highly recommend!!
7/14/2022 • Nicole A
I highly recommend using Black Currant Bakehouse as your wedding baker. Our cake and assorted desserts were delicious and the guests raved about them! Katie was so easy to work with and made the planning process seamless.
6/18/2022 • Jonathan R
They did a great job on the cake and desserts for our wedding! The elderflower cake tasted so good and our guests are all the other desserts before we could get to them!!! Thanks for making our special day so tasty :)
5/23/2022 • Lia K
A little late posting this but they were AMAZING!!! Katie was so nice and she did exactly what we envisioned! The cake and desserts were so delicious and beautifully placed and decorated too. Highly recommend!!!
3/30/2022 • Alyssa L
Katie crafted the most beautiful and delicious cake for our wedding. It was so perfectly decorated and exactly what I had envisioned. Walking into the reception and seeing our cake was, by far, one of my favorite parts of the day.
I am also super grateful that we didn't have to coordinate much of anything--our cake seemingly magically appeared at the reception. All of it was taken care of, worry-free. The same can be said of my communications with Katie before the wedding; she made everything simple for me. Many thanks & we can't wait to have our anniversary cake next year!
1/18/2022 • erin f
Katie & the Black Currant team made us the most beautiful cake and other desserts! It was absolutely gorgeous. We had tarts, cupcakes, macarons, and fruit bars. I highly recommend using her and her team, you can't go wrong!
1/17/2022 • Lesley P
We had a mini wedding in August 2021 due to my father being sick. We ordered a cake, wildberry crumb bars, and chocolate chip cookies for the event. A stacked black currant cake from the regular menu was ordered, picked up and set up by the bride. Everyone at our wedding said it was the best cake that they have ever had and requested it for our big wedding in 2023 and I wish that was possible!
8/30/2021 • Rene A
Katie was great to work with. Her cakes abd fillings are outstanding! We had a 3 tier cake with a glass tier that was beautiful and we now have the glass piece for a keepsake. The black currant filling is unique and delicious!! Thank you!!
8/08/2021 • Anne M
Black Currant Bakehouse exceeded our expectations! Both with taste and presentation. The donuts and cake were perfect and delicious. On top of looking and tasking excellent, Katie and her team were incredibly accommodating through all of our date and guest count changes. We are so grateful that we chose Black Currant Bakehouse for our wedding celebration!
8/06/2021 • Kaitlin M
I cannot recommend Black Currant Bakehouse enough! Their desserts are unique and delicious, and they are willing to customize flavors and looks to meet your vision for your big day.
Katie and everyone at Blackcurrant Bakehouse are amazing. I have severe food allergies and she ensured that the cake, and all other desserts, would be safe for me. It was such a relief to know that not only was the dessert table free of allergen worry, but also delicious! We did multiple tastings, and Katie came up with wonderful combinations of flavors for us to try. They are so easy to work with and give you exactly what you want. Can’t thank them enough!
2/10/2021 • Marilla O
Black Currant Bakehouse was AMAZING to work with! We had them do a small cake for our micro-wedding and it turned out so beautiful!! I sent Pinterest images of what I liked and it was executed perfectly. Not to mention, it tasted fantastic- my family is already talking about going back for birthday and anniversary cakes! With our plans changing a million times because of covid, it meant a lot to not have to worry about our dessert being in good hands.
10/13/2020 • Annette L
Katie was so easy to work with in planning our wedding cake. The cake was as pretty as it was delicious!
10/05/2020 • Megan S
Beautiful and delicious cake! The donuts the morning of my wedding were good too. Highly recommend this bakery for your wedding needs.
3/04/2020 • Brooke M
Working with Katie was a definite pleasure! The cake flavors we had, especially the black currant buttercream, were delicious and the birch bark decoration was also absolutely perfect. I particularly loved the fruit tarts and rich brownies at the dessert bar, and got many compliments from guests! There were even yummy gluten free options for several of our guests. I would highly recommend Black Currant Bakery!
10/27/2019 • Zena s
When we began planning our daughters wedding, we visited several bakeries looking for the perfect bakery that could not only deliver a beautifully decorated cake but a delicious tasting one as well. The moment I met Katie, the owner of black currant, I knew we had found the best bakery for our wedding. Katie was extremely professional, warm and she listened intently to my daughters desires. She immediately produced her portfolio to demonstrate her understanding of my daughters request and let me just say - Katie absolutely NAILED it with our wedding cake!!! Our cake was perfect - the details and most important the taste was ah-mazing!!!
Thank you so much Katie - it was a sheer pleasure working with you. We highly recommend Black Currant Bakehouse, they are simply the best. You will not find another bakery that can match their taste, details and professionalism.
10/09/2019 • Donna J
We enjoyed all the yummy desserts - they were delicious! Our guests committed “It might have been the best tasting cake I’ve ever had at a wedding.”
The lemon bars, chocolate cookies and donuts were also a big hits with our guests.
Katie was great to work with.
9/24/2019 • Kelly B
We got our wedding cake at Black Currant Bakehouse and couldn't have been happier! The vegan and gluten free options are really, really good (honestly you wouldn't tell the difference on a blind test). The aesthetic of the cake was gorgeous and just what we asked for! The owner and wedding coordinator are very friendly, helpful, professional, and talented - highly recommend!
8/26/2019 • Amanda T
Black Currant Bakehouse is such a pleasure to work with! Katie is so sweet and helpful. The cakes and donuts are AMAZING! They were such a hit at my wedding. She set everything up just like we talked about and it looked beautiful. I couldn’t have been happier with how it tasted and looked!
7/15/2019 • Gabriella D
We loved our sweets! We used black currant for both our reception and rehearsal. Guests loved them. They accommodated unique requests and exceeded expectations. It was so great to know desserts were in good hands.
6/05/2019 • Jennifer O
Simply delicious! Katie was wonderful to work with. All the desserts at our tasting were delicious and it was hard to decide. Katie was able to talk me through the process so that I fully understood all my options. I didn't feel pressured like I did at other places, and I felt she really listened to what I wanted. I sent a couple pictures of what I wanted my cake to look similar too, and she knocked it out of the park. I was surprised and just loved how my cake turned out. Definitely recommend the Wildberry Crumb Bars or Mini Fruit Tarts. My guests loved them so much, I didn't have any left at the end of the night. Thank you so much Katie & Crew!
Response from the Vendor on 06/06/2019
Thank you so much Jennifer! It was a pleasure to work with you as well, and I'm so glad everything turned out well. Your venue and setup looked so classy and beautiful.
5/13/2019 • Hannah R
Black Currant Bakehouse not only provided us with a beautiful and delicious wedding cake, but they made it an enjoyable wedding planning experience as well. Throughout the process, they were very quick to respond and accommodating to changes along the way. They offered many traditional and unique flavors to choose from and even provided a complimentary sample box to taste. I would definitely recommend this bakery for wedding cakes and other social gatherings alike!
3/25/2019 • Brenna C
Black Currant Bakehouse was nothing but amazing! Katie was wonderful to work with. She had ideas about what works and what doesn’t as far as variety and flavors. We had plans for what we wanted to serve and Katie was super flexible and understanding when we made changes. Katie was prompt at getting back to us via emails, which when wedding planning, is important!
The desserts were out of this world! We served donuts, bars, and the outstanding cake! Katie was prompt with delivery and helped with a setup day of. She made the dessert table look amazing and everyone raved out the desserts. Thanks for making our wedding day great!
12/04/2018 • Liz K
Black Currant was wonderful to work with! From the first time we met and did our tasting, we felt very comfortable with Katie. She was so generous with the tasting, and was prepared with plenty of options and helpful information. The cake was beautiful and beautifully decorated, she arrived promptly, set everything up beautifully, and the prices were very reasonable. I would book Black Currant again without question.
11/16/2018 • Sabrina H
Katie of the Black Currant Bakehouse is supremely talented. She was very accommodating in the planning process, and on the day of our wedding. Her skill set is so adept that I showed her a picture of what I was hoping for, and she executed it wonderfully. She creatively incorporated all flavor combinations we dreamed up. She supplied gluten free and vegan cupcakes to accompany our beautiful cake. The cake Katie made for us is what our guests remember the most. It was exquisite!
Response from the Vendor on 11/16/2018
Thank you Sabrina! It was such a pleasure to work with you and your wonderful husband on your cake. Your wedding was perfect.
11/15/2018 • Sarah S
Katie from Black Currant was so patient and flexible. She was always very professional and kind. And their baked goods are the bomb! I got lots of compliments from our guests on the flavors and the look of the cupcakes we picked.
11/11/2018 • Mary L
Black currant and owner Katie were awesome. She catered my daughters wedding in September and I can’t say enough. We ordered the coconut lime bars, fruit tarts and the brownies. They were beyond delicious and presented so nice. She was the best to work with as well. I would highly recommend them.
10/25/2018 • Kelly S
I thoroughly enjoyed working with Katie from Black Current Bakehouse in Union Pier/New Buffalo, Michigan. After researching for a bakery in the area, that we were not from, we chose the BCB first based on photographs then had our tasting which confirmed that we wanted to have them make my daughters wedding cake and donuts for our donut wall. Everything turned out wonderful and I would highly recommend them for future brides or other events.
10/20/2018 • Kristin S
We simply cannot say enough great things about our experience with Katie and Black Currant Bakehouse. We received soo many compliments on our wedding cake - not only did it look beautiful, it tasted delicious!!! We ended up doing a 3 tier cake (lemon with strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream) and also had an assorted dessert table which included donuts, wildberry crumb bars, and carrot cake cupcakes - all were AMAZING!!! Katie was so helpful and accommodating during the planning process - she also personally goes to the venue on your big day to make sure everything looks perfect. Whatever your ideas are for your wedding cake/dessert table, Katie can make them a reality. I highly recommend - you will not be disappointed!!!
10/19/2018 • Zack G
Katie was a superstar from start to finish, she made my wife and I into a pair of matching edible penguins! These two penguins guarded some of the most delicious white cake and raspberry filling I have ever had in my life. Our guests thought the cake was adorable and captured our personalities perfectly. If your going to get a cake in South-West Michigan, get it from Black Currant Bakehouse.
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9911 Town Line Ave, Union Pier, MI | Harbor Country, SW Michigan, NW Indiana, & beyond
I'm a passionate bakery owner with tons of experience in pastry, bread baking, and cake decorating. The Black Currant Bakehouse was born in May of 2017 out of my and my husband's love for bringing happiness to people through sweets, and creating a space where people can find something they enjoy no matter their tastes or diet. Cake decorating is my first love, and the most challenging - and rewarding - part of my career.
I'm probably just as excited about your wedding as you are!
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