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Fresh bread every Saturday at the Charlotte Farmers Market. Order by Wednesday at 8 PM.
Sweet Bear CakesCharlotte, North Carolina

Baked with care. Shared with love.

Sourdough breads, custom cakes and weekly bakes from Sarah's kitchen, made with real, whole ingredients. Never seed oils, never fillers. Order by Wednesday night and pick up Saturday at the Charlotte Farmers Market.

A hand-scored sourdough loaf, fresh from the oven

Find us at the Charlotte Farmers Market

Come taste the breads, place an order in person, and take something home fresh from the basket.

When
Every Saturday morning, until sold out
Where
Charlotte Farmers Market, Charlotte, NC
Preorders
Order here by Wednesday at 8 PM and Sarah sets your bread aside for Saturday

The breads

Every loaf is baked fresh to order from our wild sourdough starter. Nothing is premade or kept on a shelf.

A sourdough loaf with an open, even crumb

The Sandwich Loaf

Our most popular bread. A soft, even crumb that toasts beautifully. Five ingredients only: our 100-year starter, organic flour, raw honey, salt and organic extra-virgin olive oil.

A round sourdough loaf with a deep, blistered crust

The Bear Bread

Our sourdough, hand-scored into a sleeping bear. A 48-hour cold ferment, a crisp blistered crust and an open, chewy crumb. No two loaves are quite the same.

The Starter & Recipe

Our wild starter has been alive for over 100 years, passed down through generations. Take home a live jar with the full sandwich loaf recipe and feeding instructions.

See the full weekly menu

A celebration cake decorated with fresh flowers

Every cake, built just for you

There's no standard menu. Birthday, wedding, anniversary or any occasion: Sarah works with you on the flavors, filling and design, then bakes it with real buttercream and zero artificial colors.

Custom cakes need at least a week's notice. Cupcakes, cinnamon rolls and focaccia are on the weekly menu.

Request a custom cake

Never in our kitchen

  • Seed oils (canola, vegetable, soybean)
  • Fillers, gums and emulsifiers
  • Artificial flavors or colors
  • Preservatives of any kind
  • Bleached or bromated flour
  • High-fructose corn syrup
  • Margarine or shortening

Always in our kitchen

  • Real grass-fed butter
  • Organic unbleached flour
  • Cane sugar and raw honey
  • Farm-fresh eggs
  • Full-fat dairy
  • Wild-fermented sourdough starter
  • Good olive oil where oil is needed

“If you can't pronounce it, it's not in our kitchen. We bake the way home kitchens used to, before seed oils and shortcuts became the norm.”

Sarah Flickinger, baker

Sarah Flickinger, the baker behind Sweet Bear Cakes

Meet Sarah

Sarah has been baking for as long as anyone can remember. What started at a kitchen counter has become something she believes in deeply: the food you eat every day should make you feel good. Actually good.

The goal is simple. Food that loves you back.

Read Sarah's story

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