Bakeries in Wilmington: downtown, Mayfaire and University Square

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Refreshed every three months.

Wilmington’s bakeries are spread out instead of clustered: a doughnut shop is downtown on Princess Street with a second near UNCW on Racine Drive, a long-running bake shop is in University Square on South Kerr Avenue, and a bakery and a Bundt cake shop are near Mayfaire on Parker Farm Drive and Military Cutoff Road.

How we made this list. The places come from OpenStreetMap records inside Wilmington’s city limits, the data that also feeds our local directory, plus places in the Downtown Wilmington dining directory and the bakeries’ own location pages. We checked each one against its own website on Oct. 11, 2026, and checked each address against the city limits with the U.S. Census Bureau’s address lookup. Ice cream and dessert shops are on the ice cream list. The list is alphabetical. It is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. Run one of these places? Write to us to correct your entry.

The list

The places

Apple Annie’s Bake Shop in University Square has baked in Wilmington since 1985. Its counter and website cover breads and rolls, breakfast pastries, cakes, cookies, cupcakes, pies and cobblers and gluten-free items, with local pickup, nationwide shipping, wedding cakes and catering.

Burney’s Sweets & More on Parker Farm Drive, near Mayfaire, is the Wilmington shop of a North Carolina bakery chain whose site lists croissants, cakes and doughnuts as its signature treats. It takes online orders, and its site says hours may change.

Nothing Bundt Cakes on Military Cutoff Road is a location of the Bundt cake chain. It takes orders for company parties, events and gatherings.

Wake N Bake Donuts makes doughnuts at two shops inside the city, downtown on Princess Street and at Racine Commons near UNCW, with a third in Carolina Beach. It takes pickup orders online and offers vegan and gluten-friendly doughnuts Friday to Sunday.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is there a bakery in Wilmington, NC?

Bakeries inside the city limits on this list are Apple Annie’s Bake Shop at 837 S. Kerr Ave., Burney’s Sweets & More at 6801 Parker Farm Drive in Mayfaire, Nothing Bundt Cakes at 1437 Military Cutoff Road and Wake N Bake Donuts downtown and on Racine Drive.

Where can I get doughnuts in downtown Wilmington?

Wake N Bake Donuts is at 114 Princess St. downtown. It is closed Monday and Tuesday and opens at 7:30 a.m. the rest of the week.

Which Wilmington bakery is open on Sunday?

Apple Annie’s is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Burney’s 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nothing Bundt Cakes 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and both Wake N Bake shops are open Sunday morning.

Can I order a wedding cake in Wilmington?

Apple Annie’s Bake Shop takes wedding cake inquiries and catering orders through its website, and Nothing Bundt Cakes takes orders for events.