St Louis Favorite Wedding Cake Bakery for 65 years
Greater St. Louis area - 40 mile delivery radius!
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AWARD WINNER (12X)
Thanks to recommendations from couples on The Knot
McArthur's Bakery, based in St. Louis County, MO, specializes in wedding cakes in addition to our offering of party cakes for all occasions. For more than 65 years, this company has served couples in the greater St. Louis area. Each recipe they use has been carefully crafted for the best texture and tastiest flavor.
The team at McArthur's bakery understands that a wedding cake is an important part of any celebration. They want to make the cake design process as stress-free as possible, offering a tasting and design consultation as a starting point.
McArthur's Bakery has a catalog of designs for you to browse, offering choices for all design tastes, from modern to traditional. These talented bakers are also happy to create a custom cake so you can see your vision come to life. On your wedding day, the bakery staff will deliver and set up your cake while you get ready. Cupcakes and groom's cakes are also available.
To schedule your appointment you can do so by going to our website.
What You'll Love About McArthur's Bakery
These award-winning and talented bakers have been highly praised by couples who have worked with them for their big day. With McArthur's Bakery, you can look forward to delectable cakes with stunning designs and top-class service to tie it all together. Check out their photo gallery or reviews for a glimpse at the kind of treats they have previously created for weddings.
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Sugar Free
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Reviews
4.7
out of 5.0247 reviews
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McArthur's Bakery is highly recommended for wedding cakes, with reviewers praising their flawless execution, stunning designs, and delicious flavors. Customers appreciated the stress-free planning process, timely delivery, and attentive service. The variety of cake options, professional staff like Hollie and Mike, and convenient cake delivery to venues were all highlighted as positives. The tastings were helpful, and the overall experience was described as excellent, making McArthur's a top choice for special sweet treats on wedding days.Review photos
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Kelsey Flachs F
5.0
8/16/2025
If you’re looking for the perfect wedding cake, look no further than McArthur's! Everything was absolutely flawless!
On the day of the wedding, the cake was not only stunning but also a showstopper! We had a three-tier design with floral details that looked like they had come straight out of a magazine.
It was a huge hit, and we were so grateful for how McArthur's brought our vision to life. Plus, Hollie made everything stress-free and followed up when needed to make sure the day went off without a hitch. They delivered on time, and the presentation was exactly what we wanted.
If you want a cake that’s as beautiful as it is delicious, we highly recommend McArthur's! Thank you for making our wedding day even sweeter.
Lindsey P
5.0
6/02/2025
Our wedding cake was absolute perfection. From tasting to planning to wedding day, McArthur's was THE BEST! They were so lovely to work with in every aspect. Everyone commented that the cake was not only delicious and fresh, but beautiful. We would book McArthur's again in a heartbeat! 10/10 recommend for special days that require special sweet treats.
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Lana P
5.0
5/23/2025
We absolutely adored our cake and they knocked it out of the park with the exact design and details I wanted! Our cake was delicious and McArthur’s was so easy to work with! Our guests are still talking about this stunning cake.
Mary G
5.0
10/30/2024
Our cake was perfect!!!! It was everything I pictured and more!!! Everything went off without a hitch thanks to McArthurs!
Madeline H
5.0
10/09/2024
We thought it was the best wedding cake we'd ever tasted! Seamless communication and ever better product :) Couldn't be happier!
Kelly M
4.0
9/14/2024
The tasting was very fun there were a lot of flavor and design options. They also delivered and set up the cake & cake topper. The communication was alright and the pricing was a little confusing.
Adam F
5.0
7/05/2024
We had a great experience last year working with McArthur's on our wedding cake! McArthur's has a wide variety of different cakes designs and options to choose from at what felt to us to be at reasonable prices. The taste of our strawberry and vanilla cake was delicious.
We worked the most closely with Mike and he was very professional and fun to work with. The delivery to the venue in downtown St. Louis went smooth as well.
Overall, a great experience! Thank you to Mike and the McArthur's team.
Slava F
5.0
5/14/2024
We got a beautiful and delicious cake from McArthur's Bakery. The cake tasting was useful and helped us to choose our 3 flavors, one for each tier: chocolate with chocolate filling, amaretto with raspberry filling, and strawberry with strawberry filling. We were able to provide them with the cake topper ahead of time for placing on the cake, and they delivered the cake to the venue on the wedding day, which was very convenient. We're planning on returning to McArthur's Bakery in the future for more cakes. (P.S. - their non-wedding cakes are also delicious.)
Natalie W
5.0
5/11/2024
This vendor was great! Everything went smoothly, no issues or hiccups at all, and the cake turned out beautiful and delicious!! Every time I told someone we are using McArthur’s for the cake, they would all say “oh good choice!!”
Ellen P
5.0
5/05/2024
Our wedding cake from McArthur's was SO delicious! Everyone loved it and Hollie and others were so wonderful to work with. We were able to rent a cake stand easily, too. Highly recommend McArthur's for your wedding cake.
Shawna K
5.0
4/18/2024
For our wedding, we purchased a two-tier cake and a groom's cake. Both we're delicious.
The ability to taste all of the flavors and fillings really helped us make up our minds on what to choose.
Their cakes are moist, soft, and taste amazing. We wish we had ordered a bigger cake just so we could have leftovers.
Lastly, they did a great job of making a Cubs themed cake to surprise the groom, even though they're deep inside Cardinals country. He was so surprised and loved every bit of it. Thank you!
We had such an easy time working with them and would highly recommend them.
Jl K
5.0
2/19/2024
We absolutely love this place, the staff, the owner -- all exceptional people. We cannot wait to them as part of our big day!
Marilyn E
5.0
1/22/2024
Outstanding job! Our cake was delicious and beautiful. Our tasting experience was fun and professional. We were able to drop off our cake topper and artificial flowers two weeks before wedding day. Our cake was gorgeous
Kandice S
5.0
11/09/2023
Our cake was delicious! Definitely one of the highlights of our wedding day.
Aunye A
5.0
11/03/2023
My cake was beautiful and tasted just as great! The desserts we had ordered were good also. Bottom line, at the end of the wedding night there was no more cake left!
Ashley G
4.0
10/29/2023
The cake was beautifully decorated but apparently they did not put the cake topper on when they delivered it. Thank goodness my sister in law was there to put it on before guests arrived.
Jody W
5.0
2/07/2023
We went to 4 different bakeries in St. Louis (for wedding tastings) and McArthur's Bakery was hands down our favorite. Not only did they provide so many options for our in person tasting, they were also super helpful in working with our budget. We chose a 3-tier amaretto cake with white buttercream frosting. On wedding day, they were on time and they worked with us for a small delivery window (~50 minutes). Our only regret for wedding day was not having any leftover! We will be ordering the same cake for our 1-year anniversary.
Amanda B
5.0
12/27/2022
Loved working with McArthur’s for our wedding. The cake was delicious and so were all the desserts. We got brownie bites and gooey buttercake bites and they were a huge hit! They were all so friendly and professional as well as the price for dessert was very reasonable!
Elizabeth G
4.0
10/19/2022
McArthur's made our wedding cake dreams come to life! Our cake was beautiful and the 3 flavors we chose were absolutely delicious! Incredible all around!
Catherine G
5.0
10/15/2022
My husband and I loved our wedding cake from McArthur's! It was beauty and tasted amazing. We highly recommend booking with them for any event!
Laura R
5.0
9/28/2022
McArthur's did our wedding cake, and it was phenomenal! We had a traditional 4-layer cake with strawberry and chocolate. The guests raved about how delicious it was. They decorated it exactly how I pictured it in my head; I absolutely loved it! They were very friendly and easy to work with as well. I highly recommend their services!
Kristin L
5.0
7/11/2022
Everyone said how much they loved our wedding cake! So delicious!
dina r
5.0
7/08/2022
Mike was amazing to deal with- let's just start there! The cake tasted amazing. He showed up on time and sent me a text since I wasn't there and all the details were perfect. Every slice of cake was gone by the end of the night!
Emily H
5.0
6/18/2022
Our cake on our wedding day was the best! The flavors were delicious and the presentation was great. We can't wait to enjoy our top layer on our 1 year anniversary. We will definitely continue to use McArthurs in the future!
Ariana B
5.0
3/12/2022
The best bakery ever. I originally ordered a really big cake due to the amount of people RSVP’n when I realized those people weren’t coming I reached out to ask if I could downsize and they did just that and still made my cake look so beautiful and threw some cupcakes in there too. Very flavorful and delicious !
Ashley T
5.0
11/28/2021
McArthur's was an incredible choice for our wedding that I would make over and over again. Our guests couldn't stop talking about how good the cake was and they turned my vision into a reality. They were incredibly easy to work with, affordable and overall wonderful.
Jessica A
5.0
10/20/2021
Our cake was absolutely delicious and gorgeous! Although we didn’t get to eat as much as I would have liked our guests had nothing but praises to give!
Amy D
5.0
10/12/2021
McArthur's has been my family's favorite local bakery for years and we knew we wanted our cake to be from here. Before making the decision, we had a delicious cake tasting at the bakery. It was fun and everything was so good! The staff answered all of our questions and were easy to work with. The cake turned out beautiful and we had additional sheet cake for our guests. We went with a strawberry, marble, and vanilla cake with buttercream icing - so tasty! Our guests were raving about how delicious our cake was. I definitely recommend McArthur's for you wedding cake. We were so happy with ours!
Nicole H
4.0
9/15/2021
Good, local bakery. They were nice to work with and did a great job of taking my vision for our cake and making it a reality. I wish they had more cake/filling flavors but all the same our cake was delicious and our guests loved it!
Meredith W
5.0
8/09/2021
Just wow! Working with McArthur's was fantastic. They are fairly priced and willing to help you get the most bang for your buck. Not to mention the cake was absolutely delicious! We did a small cake for the bridal party and family and then sheet cakes for our guests. We heard nothing but compliments on everything! They were prompt to deliver and work with our florist to make sure the cake was at the venue at the right time! We're already looking forward to eating our frozen slices for our anniversary!
Stephanie O
5.0
8/05/2021
McArthur's was easy to work with and designed our cake just the way we wanted it! It was beautiful and delicious. We received many compliments.
Elizabeth P
5.0
7/31/2021
We had a fantastic experience with this bakery - from the professionalism of tasting during a pandemic to the communication and suggestions regarding the icing during the heat of the day, we were beyond thrilled with our experience. We had been suggested to try the cake by a coworker, and now we’re going to hope every wedding we attend serves McArthurs! We’ll definitely be ordering cakes for all of our special occasions from here!
Christopher S
5.0
1/20/2021
They made me the cake of my dreams! Looked so beautiful and tasted even better! Also very reasonable priced!
Chelsea G
5.0
9/21/2020
We chose McArthur’s Bakery for our wedding cake. Both flavors we chose tasted great and pricing was very reasonable compared to other bakeries in the area. Would recommend to other couples looking for a local bakery for their wedding!
Lindsey S
5.0
8/03/2020
We used McArthurs for our wedding cake and a grooms cake for our rehearsal dinner. We had so many compliments on this cake and the day of decided we wanted to save the top tier to eat in a year because it was so good! They listened carefully to all our requests and both cakes were beautiful and delicious! I will be using them in the future for events!
Christina C
5.0
4/23/2020
I can't say enough good things about Mcarthur's. We went to at least 6 different bakeries to try cakes and get pricing. Not only was Mcarthur's the most delicious but they were also the most reasonably priced! Their customer service is also top notch. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic my wedding had to be rescheduled. Mcarthur's helped me to reschedule everything with ease. In order to celebrate my original date, I asked if I could order the top tier of my wedding cake delivered to my house on our original date. The staff at Mcarthur's was so kind as to offer it to me free of charge. It arrived promptly, looked beautiful, and tasted even better. I am so grateful for these people!
Erin H
5.0
1/08/2020
We had a great experience with McArthur's! At our initial consultation, we explained that we would also have a donut bar at our reception and she encouraged us not to spend the money on a large cake. I really appreciated this honesty! McArthur's coordinated the delivery of our cake with our reception venue and we did not need to be involved at all, which was really a blessing on the day of the wedding with everything else going on.
Lisa G
5.0
1/08/2020
McArthur's was great from the very beginning! We had a wonderful tasting (lots of options), payment was simple and quick, and communication was timely. The cake was delivered right on time and looked beautiful. Heard many compliments from friends and family about how delicious it tasted...and I agree :) I highly recommend McArthur's for your next event!
Angel J
5.0
11/22/2019
Lovely
Elizabeth W
5.0
11/11/2019
McArthur's Bakery exceeded my expectations! I was just looking for a cake, nothing crazy, just keeping it simple. The tasting was wonderful, Hollie was easy to talk to and super sweet, and the pricing was more affordable than I anticipated. (Not to mention that cake was absolutely delicious!) We scheduled a pick up, and was informed a few months later that the pick up location no longer existed. We were offered free delivery and I was extremely thankful for their commendable customer service. They didn't have to extend that offer to us, and I cannot express enough how appreciative I was that they did. I dropped out a few decorations for them to put on the cake, and I was in awe at how professional, beautiful, and elegant the cake looked when I first saw it after the ceremony. Biting into it was amazing, as it was so soft and creamy and just so delicious. They are a pleasure to work with, and do their job right. I highly recommend them.
Julie H
5.0
11/07/2019
McArthurs Bakery blew my expectations out of the water. The cake looked exactly like the Pinterest photo we had showed them. We got a tiered cake and gooey butter bites, brownie bites, and cupcakes. Could not have asked for a better combination. Everyone was raving about the desserts and we are just so happy we chose them for our wedding!
Lisa S
1.0
11/05/2019
I will never, ever use this bakery again. My wedding is 11/2/19 and they called me 9 days before I am to pick up my wedding cake to tell me the design I chose would not travel well . I had short notice to figure out something else so needless to say I have no idea what my cake will look like. When I chose the design I told them the travel plans and yet they happily took my money. Now, they are refunding the cake decoration fee but can't even process that as they promised. Anyone who has planned there magical day knows how stressful it can get days before your wedding. I am just appalled at their lack of caring. I just wanted my vision to come true but they severely messed up. Now all I can do is hope for the best.
I hated the design when I picked up my cake but what was I supposed to do? When we cut into the cake the bottom tier was wrong. You can see my face change in the progression of wedding photos, I was shocked. I called 3 times and finally was told I was a liar since I didn't have pictures of the cake when it was cut. They are refunding my whole cake but I was told to never order from them again by the owner!! I just wanted a refund on the bottom tier which was wrong. I told them I'd send in all 50 of my guests to confirm the flavor if they wanted proof. Never ever have I been treated so badly. I even paid up front for my cake!!
Abby B
4.0
10/20/2019
We have used McArthur's for our daughter's baptism cake, birthday cakes, bridal shower cake, and now wedding cake. It was so delicious!! They really know what they are doing from the simple fact of being in the business for so long.
Holly D
5.0
10/17/2019
We used McArthur's for our wedding and I am so happy we did! I grew up in St. Louis and had come to know them well through treats and cakes at various events. And of course, they did not disappoint for our wedding cake.
What really made them stand out was how they handled our slightly out of the ordinary situation - my husband and I currently live in San Jose, CA (though our wedding took place just outside of STL), and so we had to do all of our planning long distance. We worked with Hollie for our cake order, and she was great in helping us set things up. We were even able to arrange sample boxes to be prepared for pick up, because we were limited on time when visiting prior to the wedding and couldn't come in for a sit-down tasting. The samples themselves were above and beyond our expectations, as they gave us generous slices of each different cake type (8 total if I'm remembering correctly), as well as little cups of all the fillings to try with it.
The day of, the cake turned out perfectly as we wanted (yellow cake with strawberry filling and simple textured frosting design), and we got tons of compliments on how good it tasted days after! The cake was also perfectly in our budget and plenty to feed our guest list. Our only complaint is that we didn't get to eat enough of it ourselves! I can't wait until the next time we visit and can stop in for a sweet treat.
Katie M
5.0
9/22/2019
We wanted a simple, delicious white cake for our July wedding and McArthur's delivered just that! It was tasty and right on time for our florist to decorate. Thanks McArthur's!
Sarah B
5.0
7/25/2019
Our cake was absolutely beautiful and tasted amazing! Would recommend to anyone!
Olivia L
5.0
5/19/2019
As soon as we got engaged, the first thing my now-Husband wanted to book was the wedding cake and he already knew exactly where he wanted it to come from. I am gluten free, so I was unable to eat any of it but everyone else said it was absolutely delicious. I was shocked by how little cake was left after the wedding. Any time we have had any kind of event, McArthur's is our first stop for cake or cupcakes.
Shayna B
2.0
3/31/2019
I debated on writing a review, but I wish I had known several things about this bakery prior to my tasting. My goal is to inform other couples to make the best decisions prior to booking a tasting with this company so you don't waste your time like I did. My first issue is this, I had contacted McArthurs with a quote. This included my location, # of guests, etc. Holly quickly responded with a list of different things she could do for me. This included 4-tiers to suit our 150 guest count. We booked our appointment given the thoroughness of the quote, we felt like we were in good hands. I contacted the bakery the day before to confirm my tasting. They responded, "What's your name I'll make sure you're in the books." Okay no problem, but make sure I have my scheduled appointment with all of my given information. Secondly, in route the day of, my GPS told me we were 5 minutes behind schedule. I quickly contacted McArthurs and advised Hollie my arrival time would be 5:05 instead of 5:00. She stated, "As long as you're here before 5:10, otherwise we will have to reschedule." I advised her we were traveling over an hour and a half to reach her and she seemed unwilling to accommodate to that even though we had her booked from 5-6pm. We arrived at 5:05pm and stood around and waited for Hollie to be ready which was a good 10-15 minutes. She wasn't prepared so we had to wait. But we would have had to reschedule if she had to wait another 5 minutes for us? It didn't seem fair to me. When we sat down I had to assume who was consulting with us was Hollie because she never introduced herself to us. She right off the bat said, " We are unable to deliver to you as your location is 49 miles away and we only deliver up to 40 miles.".. Okay no problem, can we pay for the extra 9 miles? Or meet you 9 miles away from the location? Hollie responded with a no that was not their policy but we were more than welcome to come and pick up the cake THE DAY OF. But it's also their policy that we are unable to pick up a cake larger than 3 tiers.(Which would never serve all of our guests. All of this hollie knew prior to our booking) All of this new info was never mentioned to us prior to booking. After she threw that information on us, my fiance and I were speechless and didn't even know what to say. Holly said, "Well we can still do the tastings." And sat the tray of cakes in front of us, and was completely uninvested in us. She was writing things down in her book, avoided eye contact, and never talked us through anything. I couldn't get out of this facility quick enough. Holly was extremely unprofessional and we ultimately felt like a burden. The only reason I am not rating this bakery 1 star is because I never carried out any business through them But honestly, I would never trust putting my wedding into the hands of Holly because she was so disheveled and unorganized and completely and completely uninvested in us. We left with a, "I'll give you an email tomorrow with information." This was almost 2 weeks ago, with no email ever to have been received. I am SO disappointed. If Hollie would have looked at our info prior to our booking this would have never happened. McArthurs ultimately lost a $500 sale for a measly 9 miles
Megan S
5.0
11/10/2018
Best ever!
Sarah B
5.0
10/30/2018
We seriously tried so many bakeries for our wedding cake and McArthur's was not only the best but also the most reasonably priced. The cake was absolutely beautiful and they were more than willing to change the design several times as I figured out what I finally wanted it to look like. We were specifically looking for a white wedding cake without the wedding almond flavor and McArthur's was able to do that. We added in pumpkin spice for a fall theme and that was a big hit as well!
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