We encounter supermarket cakes at almost every event we attend: Birthday parties, baby showers, and even dinner parties. Supermarket cakes are convenient because they can be grabbed at the last minute for a low price. But the next time you celebrate a birthday, you shouldn’t buy a grocery store birthday cake. Read on to learn the top three reasons why you should consider buying from local bakeries instead. 

3 Reasons to Not Buy Supermarket Birthday Cakes

Quality & Freshness

The cakes you buy at the grocery store are not very high-quality baked goods because they get churned out in large quantities at high speed. You’re not getting a custom birthday cake when you buy at a supermarket, with the possible exception of some custom frosting decorations. Each week, the supermarket makes a set number of different cake flavors that wait for purchase. The cake you’re purchasing may have been sitting on the shelf for several days before your friends and family get a bite. 

Health & Ingredients

Supermarket birthday cakes are often crammed with hydrogenated oils, bleached flour, stabilizing ingredients, and mold inhibitors. Local bakeries are more likely to use healthy, whole ingredients, and they usually skip the preservatives because their cakes are made on-demand for specific customers who order them. 

You Get What You Pay For

While supermarket birthday cakes might be a little cheaper than those purchased from local bakeries, you get what you pay for when it comes to quality, freshness, and ingredients. It’s easy to find a local bakery that uses real butter, unbleached flour, and no preservatives. Even better, a local bakery will make a birthday cake just for you, completely customized and fresh.

Emerson’s Bakery in Florence, KY, has provided customers in the Tri-State area with fresh, delicious cakes since 1960. The team makes each item from scratch, never from mixes. Be sure to try their unique donut flavors along with their other homemade baked goods. Visit their website to view their products, and call (859) 371­-9228 for more information on ordering birthday cakes and other desserts.