Weddings can be canceled, postponed, and as proven by countless couples across the globe, online! In the past few months, the rules for weddings have completely changed due to COVID-19. The matrimonial ceremony status quo is no more. Couples have adjusted their expectations for their wedding day or commemorative celebration when they opt for hosting them on platforms like Zoom. Simple practices like dancing in the same room with your family and friends are tossed out like a bridal bouquet—which is another tradition that can’t happen online. But we have good news for all of these couples, you can still have your cake and eat it too!

In addition to being the (literal) sweetest part of the evening, cutting the cake is one of the first things a couple does together as newlyweds. For Zoom weddings, this poses an interesting dilemma. Where do you get a wedding cake if you can’t really leave your house? You could bake a cake, of course, but we can’t all be Ina Garten. Some couples might want the cake that symbolizes such a monumental part of their relationship to taste, well, you know, good.

Thankfully, bakeries across the globe are baking and icing as fast as they can to satisfy Zoomly-weds’ wedding cake needs. We’ve included a few of our favorites who ship nationwide (and one in the U.K.), so you can still cut the cake no matter where your wedding venue is!

Milk Bar

Everyone’s favorite Instagram sensation can be shipped straight to your living room. Those dreamy un-frosted sides are sent frozen overnight with insulated packaging (and all of the necessary instructions for thawing and storing.) Join the ranks of Milk Bar brides like Karlie Kloss and Vogue’s Jenna Rennert and have Milk Bar for your online wedding. 

Don’t be the only ones “at” your wedding eating cake, though! You can even send your guests (or perhaps just the nearest and dearest) Milk Bar cake truffles in your wedding cake flavor. 

Dessert Gallery Bakery and Cafe

This woman-owned bakery is a Houston establishment and ships the sweetest cakes across the nation. We recommend their best-selling Old-Fashioned Diner Cake. If you want a cake that tastes like grandma made it (if grandma were an excellent baker), Dessert Gallery it is. The team behind Dessert Gallery’s cakes includes employees from the YMCA’s refugee settlement program and bakes every dessert with love. For those with dietary restrictions, they have several nut-free cakes and a sugar-free Carrot Cake! Be right back—we’re placing an order now! Join the Dessert Gallery family and cut a DG cake.

Magnolia Bakery

Carrie Bradshaw loves their cupcakes, but some Magnolia fans consider their Banana Pudding to be their most iconic dessert. (Personally, I’ll take their bars any day. They even released their Key Lime Ice Box Bar recipe for you to make at home while you quarantine!) Regardless of which Magnolia Bakery dessert you and your sweetheart prefer, they ship most of their iconic treats nationwide! 

Savannah’s Candy Kitchen

They may be known as the largest candy store in the south, but Savannah’s Candy Kitchen bakes cakes as well! Their pecan-infused Hummingbird Cake is perfect for the couple with a shared sweet tooth and appreciation for this banana-pineapple dessert. 

Ovenly Bakery

Women-owned and women-powered! This Brooklyn bakery just reopened and is ready to bake your wedding cake. Their best-sellers are the legendary Brooklyn Blackout Cake and Lemon Lavender Cake.

Caroline’s Cakes

Based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, family-owned Caroline’s Cakes has garnered nationwide acclaim. Their cakes are some of Oprah’s all-time favorites. If it’s good enough for Oprah, it’s good enough for your Zoom wedding celebration! Made in a nut-free bakery, the bakers have a long history of making cakes for good causes. Consider us charmed, Caroline’s Cakes!

Richard Reutter of Caroline’s Cakes recommends that Zoomly-weds choose one of their buttercream cakes. “The Vanilla Buttercream will most closely mimic a traditional wedding cake and can easily be decorated with flowers for some color.”

We Take The Cake

All of the shippable cakes from this Fort Lauderdale bakery are simply delectable! “At We Take The Cake, we are firm believers that cake is for everyone.” We’re sure this includes couples who are looking for a wedding cake fit for their Zoom ceremony. Additionally, this quote can apply to the decadent gluten-free and vegan cakes they offer.

Zabar’s

Zabar’s is one of the quintessential New York emporiums, and its range extends well beyond Manhattan through their nationwide shipping. Bring a slice of 80th and Broadway into your home with their kosher cake or babka.

Bettys

For those betrothed and quarantined in the U.K., we suggest Bettys. A storied cafe and tearoom, they ship and deliver their dainty cakes across the U.K. Just scrolling through their favourite desserts is a serotonin boost. 

After ordering your cake shipment, don’t forget the cake topper!

Let us know which bakery takes the cake for you! Of course, if you can’t decide on one, we recommend trying a smorgasbord of cakes from all over the map. Think of it as a wedding cake tasting featuring cake from bakeries across the country and beyond! After compiling this list, we might just try that ourselves…