At Cakes By Design our passion is creating unique and custom desserts to delight and enhance our customer’s personal experience. We believe in sharing our wealth of knowledge in cake artistry to educate and inspire fellow artisans and cake enthusiasts alike.

Donuts are now available @
Cakes By Design

Plain Glazed, Decadent & Gourmet Donuts

Every cake is baked fresh to order. With over 30 flavours, if you can dream it, we can bake it.

We specialize in creating imaginative, custom specialty cakes. All our products are nut-free. We can also accommodate requests for gluten, egg and milk-free desserts. Our talented cake designers create cakes of all shapes and sizes: unique, 3D, anniversary, baby shower, bridal shower, events, birthday for all ages and interests, seasonal, religious, sports, and beautiful wedding cakes are in our portfolio. Take a look at the examples in the galleries below.

Barrie's Best Little Cake Shop!

Jen & Michelle shared a loved of cake decorating and teamed up in 2004 to open Cakes By Design in Barrie, Ontario. With over 50 years of combined custom cake experience, our ‘little’ cake store has grown into an international phenomenon with featured stories in the Toronto Star and other mainstream media. The overwhelming success of the in-store classes have inspired us to offer the same great sessions in an interactive online version, sharing our knowledge world wide.

Variety & Flexibility

With a passion to create...
30 FLAVOURS! Our recipes and flavours range from Vanilla to Lemon to Chocolate Grand Marnier.

ALL NUT FREE! Don't worry! All of our products, including cookies, cakes and other sweets are completely NUT FREE!

WEDDING CAKE DELIVERY! We will get your perfect wedding cake to you on your perfect wedding day!.