Baking cake for a celebration, cupcakes for school or work? Or need someone else to do it for you? Here's all you need to keep you in cake.

A number of people in the area give lessons in cake baking and decorating:
Carmelita Montesa of Designer Cakes, 703 525 0358
Marlene's Cake Candy and Party Supplies,  356 S. Pickett St, Alexandria, 703 370 3301

Everything for successful home baking, from unusual cookie cutters to colored sugars and  frosting dyes, can be found at:

Cakes Plus, 3325 Corridor Market Place, Laurel, 301 490 3600; Cakes 'n Things, Waldorf Shoppers World, Waldorf, 301 843 5623; Fran's Cake and Candy Supplies, 10396 Willard Way, Fairfax, 703 352 1471; Marlene's Cake Candy and Party Supplies, 356 S. Pickett St, Alexandria, 703 370 3301.

If you are baking to take to a friend, disposable cake tins and trays are useful, from La Cuisine, The Cook's Resource, 323 Cameron St, Alexandria, 703 836 4435.
Little Bitts Shop, 11244 Triangle Lane, Wheaton, is another source for all you need, along with flavorings, colors, candles and plaster wedding figures.

For a personalized cake, Connie Schweizer, of Connie's Cake Creations, 703 860 2661, will decorate a half sheet cake. Patti Collette of Patty Cakes, 703 354 0677, has a wide range of decoration suggestions. But if you want to learn to do it yourself, take a course on cake decorating at ABC Sugar Art, 703 823 9100, or the School of Sugar Art, 202 544 7300.

Peter Brett, who was the pastry chef of Circle Bistro and Notti Bianchi, bakes wedding and celebration cakes ordered through his web site, PeterBakes.com, “though I really have to limit myself because I have a full-time job. A wedding cake can be a work of art.”
 
Warren Brown gave up being a lawyer to create voluptuous cakes with names to match, like Susie's  A Pink Lady. He's so successful, with TV appearances, it's advisable to book specific cakes for a special occasion at his shop, Cakelove. At 1506 U St NW, 202 588 7100, it's the flagship for what is now a small chain. Kendall Barrett began cake-making  professionally after a course at L'Academie de la Cuisine she took while raising 4 children. Contact her at Kendall's Cakes,703 536 2200.

Lola's Bakery and Cafe is Argentinian, so expect plenty of dulche de leche in the pastries. Typical specialties include various Alfajores - two cookies sandwiched round a dulche de leche center. But it also sells plainer fare, like croissants, and cafe food that runs the gamut from empanadas and steaks to sandwiches. 12 N Washington St
Rockville, 301 610 5652. 

Sticky Fingers is an all vegan bakery at 1370 Park Rd NW, 202 299 9700. Hard to imagine egg and dairy-free pastries being achievable. Everything from carrot cake to cinnamon buns, chocolate cake, cheesecake and cupcakes is made from organic and – as much as possible – locally grown ingredients, with no refined sugar.

Georgetown Cupcakes, 1209 Potomac St NW, 202 333 8448, and its near neighbor  Baked & Wired, 1052 Thomas Jefferson St NW, 202 333 2500, are hot on the local cupcake scene, both based in Georgetown.

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