Ordering a Custom Cake in Dahlonega: Who Takes Orders and How

If you need a birthday cake, a dozen cupcakes for a UNG move-in weekend or a wedding cake, Dahlonega has more options than a search suggests, but most of them do not have a storefront. Below are the places in this guide that publish a way to order ahead, how each one takes orders and the lead times they publish, all checked Oct 19, 2026. We do not list prices. Ask each maker directly.

Who takes orders, and how

The cake makers

Nonni’s Bakery is a by-appointment Dahlonega baker with no published street address. Its site names cupcake bouquets (The McKenna, 7 cupcakes), custom floral cupcakes by the dozen, number cakes and gourmet cookies and treats. It also runs Sugarbelles Cake & Co., a restored vintage horse trailer used as an event cake bar. You order through an inquiry form, and the site says it will be in touch within 48 hours with availability.

Sherry’s Sweets-n-Eats makes made-from-scratch wedding and custom cakes, plus cupcakes, decorated cookies and dessert tables, per its site. Every custom order is individually priced through its Order Inquiry form. Its pricing and policies page puts the balance due 2 months ahead for weddings and 2 weeks ahead for other events, so for a wedding you are effectively ordering months out. Sherry’s was also on the DDA’s 2026 farmers market vendor list. Its site gives a phone number, (678) 769-5871, but no storefront address.

Picnic Cafe & Dessertery, on the Square at 30 Public Square South, is the walk-in option. Its catering page lists whole cakes in flavors including Strawberry, Key Lime, Coconut, Raspberry, Peach, Red Velvet, Carrot, Hummingbird and German Chocolate, plus whole pies and a Large Baked Goods Platter of muffins, scones and pastries that serves 15 to 20 people. It asks for 48 hours’ notice before placing any catering order. Its menu is a set list of flavors, so ask whether it will write on or decorate a cake if you need that.

DQ Grill & Chill at 60 S Chestatee St lists cakes among its amenities, and custom cakes can be ordered through the “Order a Custom Cake” link on its store page. Its store page lists hours to 9:15 p.m. every day.

Favors, gift boxes and candy tables

For wedding favors or a candy table rather than a cake, two shops on the Square say they take custom work. The Dahlonega Fudge Factory lists custom orders, wedding favors, catering and corporate gifts, and Kilwins Dahlonega asks you to contact the store as early as possible for large orders, party favors and gift baskets. If your event falls in summer and you want chocolates shipped, note that the Fudge Factory ships chocolate only between November 1 and February 28. More on both shops is in Dahlonega fudge, side by side.

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  Picnic Cafe & Dessertery

  Family-recipe cafe on the square, started in 2001 as The Dahlonega Dessertery, serving breakfast and lunch plus homemade muffins, scones, pastries, whole cakes and whole pies.

  • On its own menu: Vegan Muffin · Large Baked Goods Platter · Whole Cake · Whole Pie · Quiche Plate
  • Its own menu marks: gluten-free · vegan options
  • Mon–Sun 7 am–6:30 pm (as published)
  • 30 Public Square South, Dahlonega, GA 30533
  • (706) 864-1095

  Source: thepicniccafe.wixsite.com, checked Oct 19, 2026

• Cakes Order ahead: no storefront hours

  Nonni's Bakery

  By-appointment Dahlonega baker making floral cupcake bouquets, custom number cakes and gourmet cookies, and running Sugarbelles Cake & Co., a restored vintage horse trailer used as an event cake bar.

  • On its own menu: Cupcake Bouquet — The McKenna (7 Cupcakes) · Custom Floral Cupcakes (Dozen) · Number Cakes · Gourmet Cookies & Treats
  • How to order: By appointment only; inquiry form ('we'll be in touch within 48 hours with availability'); text appreciated at (850) 461-2282.
  • By appointment only
  • Dahlonega, Georgia (no street address published; by appointment only)
  • (850) 461-2282

  Source: nonnisbakeryga.com, checked Oct 19, 2026

• Cakes Order ahead: no storefront hours

  Sherry's Sweets-n-Eats

  Licensed cottage bakery in Dahlonega specializing in made-from-scratch wedding and custom cakes, plus cupcakes, decorated cookies and dessert tables; also on the DDA's 2026 Dahlonega Farmers Market vendor list.

  • On its own menu: Wedding & Custom Cakes · Custom Cookies & Cupcakes · Desserts Catering · Dessert Cake
  • How to order: All custom orders are individually priced through its Order Inquiry form; for weddings the balance is due 2 months ahead, for other events 2 weeks ahead.
  • Mon–Fri 11 am–7 pm · Sat–Sun 1 pm–7 pm (as published)
  • Dahlonega, GA 30533 (no street address published)
  • (678) 769-5871

  Source: sherryssweetsneats.com, checked Oct 19, 2026

• Fudge

  The Dahlonega Fudge Factory

  Second-generation candy shop at the corner of North Park and Main, open since 1982, making hand-dipped chocolates, Southern confections and more than 15 varieties of cream and butter fudge, plus caramel-dipped apples in fall and winter.

  • On its own menu: Dahlonega Nuggets · Pecan Pralines · Peanut Butter Cups · Cloud 9 Pretzels · Divinity
  • Mon–Thu 11 am–8 pm · Fri–Sat 11 am–9 pm · Sun 11 am–8 pm (as published)
  • 8 N Park St, Dahlonega, GA 30533
  • (706) 864-3988

  Source: dahlonegafudgefactory.com, checked Oct 19, 2026

A checklist before you order

1. Your date and the maker’s lead time. Ask first whether the date is open. Nonni’s answers availability within 48 hours; Picnic Cafe needs 48 hours; Sherry’s collects the balance 2 weeks to 2 months ahead.
2. Size and count. Give a guest count and ask what size or how many pieces that means.
3. Flavors from their list. Start from what the maker names, then ask what else is possible.
4. Allergens. Ask what is in the cake and the frosting, and what else is made in the same kitchen.
5. Pickup or delivery. We did not find delivery terms on these makers’ pages, so ask where and when you pick up.
6. Payment timing and changes. Ask when the balance is due and the last day you can change the order.
7. Written confirmation. Get the date, time, size and flavors back in writing by text or email.

Home bakers and the allergen notice

Some Dahlonega cake makers bake at home under Georgia’s cottage food rules. Since House Bill 398 took effect on July 1, 2025, a home baker selling a custom or phone order may skip the printed label but must tell you the item was made at a residential property exempt from state inspection and may contain allergens, per the bill text posted by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Expect to hear that, and use it as your cue to ask about ingredients. For the full picture, read buying from a Georgia home baker. That article is a plain-language summary, not legal advice.

Why big online cake lists show bakers from other towns

Search for a Dahlonega wedding cake and a wedding marketplace usually comes first. When we checked Zola’s Dahlonega wedding-cake list on Oct 19, 2026, every vendor was labeled “Dahlonega, GA,” but the addresses in the list’s own structured data were other towns, such as Flowery Branch, Dawsonville, Cumming and Gainesville, and none was Dahlonega. Those bakers may serve Dahlonega, but you would be ordering from another town, with pickup or delivery to sort out. This guide lists makers who say they are in Dahlonega, checked against their own sites.

We also left out one name you may see online: Jamie Bakes. Its only page of its own is on Facebook, which blocked our check, so we could not confirm its 2026 activity, area served or offerings.

For the full list of cake makers and home bakers, with cards, see custom cakes and home bakers.

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Written by the Dahlonega Bakery Guide Editorial Team. AI tools help us draft; people check every fact against its source before it publishes.