Manolo's Bakery

05/27/2026

Hi friends, we need your vote. Please help us to be the best bakery in the nation. Last year, we were number 2 🇺🇸 🥈 Please, go to USA Today Reader's Awards USA TODAY 10Best today and select Manolo's Bakery as one of the best bakeries in the nation. We need your vote. Please help us. Link in our stories or visit: https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/manolos-bakery-charlotte-north-carolina/
Made in America By Immigrant Hands

05/23/2026

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We need your support. 🤝

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Made In America 🇺🇸

05/22/2026

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05/20/2026

Celebrate your graduate’s big achievement with our Graduation Celebration Tres Leches Cake 🎓✨ https://manolosbakery.com/producto/graduation-celebration-tres-leches-cake/

Customize your cake with 11 delicious fresh fillings. Available in 6 different sizes.

Our iconic Tres Leches Cake has been the most requested cake at Manolo’s Bakery for over 26 years, and now you can enjoy it with a special decoration for your Graduation Celebration.

Order online at least 24 hours in advance, choose your pickup date and time, and we’ll have your cake ready.

05/16/2026

🧑‍🍳 Your favorite Tartaleta… upgraded ✨Thanks for your feedback ❤️ The Tartaleta is a classic pastry often found at birthdays, family gatherings, and special celebrations across Latin America, so every bite carries memories and emotion.
It’s a Classic 🍰

The Tartaleta stands out because it is handmade with generous fresh fruit, beautiful presentation, and the perfect balance between sweetness and freshness — never too heavy, never too sugary.

Join Us , an please help us with your Vote to stay as one of the 10 Best Cake Shops in The Nation 🇺🇸
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05/13/2026

We have some great news to share! 👨‍🍳For the second year in a row, Manolo’s Bakery is listed among the 20 Best Cake Shops in the US 2026. 🏆 We have been nominated again for Best Cake Shop in the USA TODAY Readers’ Choice Awards.

Last year, we made it to Number 2. Friends, help us with your vote here: 👇
https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/manolos-bakery-charlotte-north-carolina/
Check Our Stories 🔗
Over the next four weeks, USA TODAY 10BEST readers will be voting on their favorites, once per day, until ballots close on Monday, June 8th at 11:59am EDT. The top 10 winners, as ranked by USA TODAY 10BEST readers, will be announced on Wednesday, June 17th at noon
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Maggie Tyner, Editor
Terrisa Meeks, Outreach Coordinator
Catherine Smith, Expert and Award Eligibility Coordinator
USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards

05/12/2026

Good News! 👨‍🍳For the second year in a row, Manolo's Bakery is listed among the 20 Best Cake Shops in the US 🇺🇸 2026. We have been nominated again for Best Cake Shop in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. Last year, we made it to Number 2. Friends, help Manolo's Bakery with your vote here: 👇
https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/manolos-bakery-charlotte-north-carolina/
Over the next four weeks, USA TODAY 10BEST readers will be voting on their favorites, once per day, until ballots close on Monday, June 8th at 11:59am EDT. The top 10 winners, as ranked by USA TODAY 10BEST readers, will be announced on Wednesday, June 17th at noon EDT.

Readers can cast their votes for Manolo's Bakery at:
https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/manolos-bakery-charlotte-north-carolina/
📣 Get the word out!

Credit Photo: Charlotte's got a lot , Max Flataw
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All our best,

Maggie Tyner, Editor
Terrisa Meeks, Outreach Coordinator
Catherine Smith, Expert and Award Eligibility Coordinator
USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards

05/11/2026

Behind every one of these children is a mother standing by them every single day. ❤️ A mother who believes in them. Who sacrifices quietly. Those who work hard so they can dream bigger. Today, we celebrate all moms — especially immigrant mothers, whose love, courage, and faith continue to shape the future of our communities. 🌸🙌 Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Manolo’s Bakery

09/17/2025

No words to describe our gratitude to Charlotte's got a lot and all the team of ❤️Love Notes . https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FotPaCXxW/ 👏 Now more than ever, we need to get together in love and happiness. 👨‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳 We are just one community, we are just one big family. We are love.😍
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Manolo's Bakery

06/19/2025

You believed in us 👩🏻‍🍳👨‍🍳 And today, we are proud to say — we did it together! Manolo’s Bakery is one of the winners of the 2025 USA TODAY Readers’ Choice Award for Best Cake Shop in the USA! 🇺🇸🎂 Link: https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/best-cake-shop/

We Are #2 On the List USA TODAY 10Best Cake Shops in the Nation by USATODAY 🗞️Link: https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/manolos-bakery-charlotte-north-carolina/

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Our hearts are full. Big Abrazos !!! #🤗
This recognition means the world — not just for our bakery, for you friend, and our immigrant community, every hand that mixes, bakes, serves, and dreams with us. Made in America 🇺🇸

💛 Thinking that We are our bread. We stand for our people. And We believe in our future. 🙌

From our oven to your heart — gracias for standing with Manolo’s Bakery.

Big Apluse for all the winners:

1.⁠ ⁠Nomada Bakery (Huntington, West Virginia)
Nomada Bakery

2.⁠ ⁠Manolo’s Bakery (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Manolo's Bakery

3.⁠ ⁠Legacy Cakes (Grapevine, Texas)


4.⁠ ⁠Hayes Barton Cafe & Dessertery (Raleigh, North Carolina)


5.⁠ ⁠Cardamom Bakeshop (Seneca, South Carolina)


6.⁠ ⁠Too Sweet Cakes (Arizona and Oregon)


7.⁠ ⁠Sweet Mimi’s Café & Bakery (Saratoga Springs, New York)
Sweet Mimi's cafe

8.⁠ ⁠Ady Cakes (Reading, Pennsylvania)


9.⁠ ⁠The Cake Bake Shop (Florida and Indiana)


10.⁠ ⁠Kaminsky’s Dessert Cafe (Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina)


🎉 Congratulations to all the incredible cake shops recognized by USA TODAY 10Best! 🎉

Thank you the Expert Panel: , , , , , ,
, Jacky Runice , @lilfamadventure , Rick Limpert

06/08/2025

🏃‍♂️💨 Friends, it’s the final 24 hours to vote! We’re so close to winning a spot in the USA TODAY 10Best Cake Shops – Readers’ Choice Awards 2025! 🎂🇺🇸
🙏 Help us make it happen — cast your vote now! 🗳️💛 - Link: https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/manolos-bakery-charlotte-north-carolina/

Why help Manolo´s Bakery?
We are a purpose-driven brand, a Small Business with social actions that benefit local communities and global human ideals. We have Taken Care of and Improved Our Latin Bread and the tres leches cake tradition in Charlotte, NC. We Are Our Bread. We Stand For Our People, and We Believe in Our Future.

For 28 years, Manolo’s Bakery and Our Nonprofit (WeCare4: Made In America By Immigrant Hands) has contributed to small business efforts, supporting 26 organizations with cakes, bread, catering, funds, and time. This support has empowered communities—and, in at least one case, even saved a life.

We stand in solidarity with immigrants and the communities that welcome them. And in every slice, we bake not just sweetness, but hope, dignity, belonging, and above all, we bake happiness.

This is the invitation to the 10 BEST USA TODAY
“Cake: the universal symbol of celebration, joy, and indulgence! Nothing more surely brings a smile to our faces than someone cutting us a slice of cake, lovingly baked and decorated by a local shop. Independent cake shops have been a memorable part of so many of our celebrations for years, and now USA TODAY hashtag is proud to return the favor and celebrate them.

A panel of experts and cake connoisseurs nominated their top picks from across the country, taking into account the range of unique flavors, inspired designs, customization options, and overall customer experience. Now, it’s your turn to determine which among them is the very best.

Polls close on Monday, June 9, at noon ET.

The 10 winning cake shops will be announced on Wednesday, June 18. “

Thank you so much for being part of our family.

Big Abrazos, amigos!


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Best Cake ShopPhoto courtesy of Andres NinoCustomize your own tres leches cake with 11 fresh fillings, six sizes, and plenty of toppings at Manolo's Bakery. Mixing Latin American tradition with Southern hospitality, the bakery also offers vegan cakes and popular items like tiramisu, fruit tarts, and...