Cake & Candy Center, Northfield

Since 1980, the confection artisans at Cake and Candy Center have crafted customized wedding cakes and blended ingredients into savory cookies, cupcakes, and truffles. The sugar-savvy staff works closely with patrons to design wholly original cakes to fit any occasion, from cakes commemorating a child's graduation from kindergarten to cakes celebrating a successfully erected backyard igloo. Cake and Candy Center's truffles, a European confection forged with chocolate and heavy cream, are made to resemble black-truffle mushrooms, and other imaginative saccharine creations take form in fully customizable cookies, cupcakes, and strawberries, fresh from dips under chocolate waterfalls. Burgeoning bakers can gather supplies in the shop, including ingredients, icings, baking cups, and cake pans.