Clay's Creative Corner Bakery456

Ask anyone in the western Main Line area where they got that amazing cake and chances are, they'll tell you it came from Clay's.

Clay's Creative Corner Bakery stocks other sweet bakery staples - donuts, muffins, filled croissants, cinnamon rolls, Danish, eclairs, brownies, and fancy cookies - but its signature item is indisputably cake. If you can dream it, Clay's can create it: character cakes, princess cakes, football-shaped cakes, flower-topped cupcakes, cakes decorated and shaped like beer cans, pairs of cake shoes, wedding cakes, and elaborate, too-gorgeous-to-cut, floral cakes that look as if they're made of fine porcelain. The bakery's decorators apparently know no limits.

While each cake that comes out of this tiny corner shop is more beautiful than the last, customers will reluctantly admit that the consistency of the cake itself is often hit-or-miss. Order pound cake layers to avoid the disappointment of the occasionally dry Clay's cake.

Clay's happily takes large and small advance orders, but does not accept credit cards; pay with cash or check only. If you've forgotten to place an order, the bakery also keeps a selection of nicely decorated chocolate or vanilla cakes in a refrigerated case in the front of the store.

Off-street parking is available in a small lot on Waterloo Avenue, directly across from the bakery.