The Baker and the Cakemaker

The Baker and the Cakemaker is an artisan bakery and café in Auburn, California, known for sourdough bread made from scratch in small batches with organic flour and a long-kept living starter. The café also serves fresh pastries, cakes, sandwiches, soup and locally roasted coffee, and the bakery makes specialty and wedding cakes.

Bread can be bought at the café or shipped frozen across the continental U.S., and the bakery also offers home delivery for its bread. Gift cards are available, and the café is open Tuesday through Friday mornings and Saturday morning, closed Sunday and Monday. The shop is at 1102 Lincoln Way.