Best Bakery in Bakersfield · Bakersfield, CA
Smith's Bakeries has been Bakersfield's hometown bakery since 1945, a family business known for its cakes, cookies, doughnuts, and breads baked fresh across a handful of neighborhood shops. Generations of Bakersfield birthdays and weddings have run on Smith's cakes.
The Union Avenue shop remains the flagship — a glass-case bakery counter where the doughnut-and-coffee morning crowd gives way to a steady trade in custom cakes and old-fashioned pastries.
Each Centurion Award is a dated record tied to one year’s evaluation — earned annually, never carried over. Open a year for the full citation and verification details.
Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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This page is the standing record for Smith's Bakeries (2025). It was not bought, voted on, or sponsored — only winners are published, and an award that stops holding up is revoked, not quietly removed. For hours, bookings, and live reviews, go straight to the business itself.
If you’ve put in the years, you may already clear the bar. Evaluation is free, private, and never for sale.