Custom cakes and weekend baking in Fort Collins

Cakes for the extra moments

Buttercream wedding cakes, birthday cakes and small-batch treats made here in Fort Collins.

a little western, a little girly, a little extra

Pick your kind of sweet

Custom cakes

Pink heart-shaped custom cake with bows and piped decorations

Birthday cakes, heart-shaped cakes, themed cakes and hand-piped wedding cakes with vintage-inspired decoration and custom toppers.

Weekend bakery

Golden loaves cooling on a wire rack beside a red stand mixer

The menu changes depending on what sounds good that week. Cookies, loaves, scones, brownies, bread, coffee cake, cornbread and mini cakes appear while supplies last.Gluten-free cookies and coffee cake are offered when they are on the menu.

Gloved hands piping pink buttercream flowers over a wine glass

The kitchen gets a little chaotic

Sometimes the best cake-decorating tools are already sitting in your kitchen cabinet. Around here, that can mean a wine glass becoming a flower nail, mixers running, and flour covering every available surface.

Tattooed baker smoothing frosting onto a round cake
Small dark outdoor bakery cart with an OPEN sign and chalkboard menu

A tiny bakery becoming a thing

Blackbird is a weekend micro bakery in Fort Collins, Colorado, making cakes, treats, flower jars and handmade kitchen or tea towels in small runs.

The mixers, ovens and cooling racks are pretty much the favorite kind of chaos.

Follow along at @loveblackbirdbaking for the next menu and opening.

Tell Blackbird what you’re celebrating

Tell me the date, the occasion and the kind of cake you have in mind.