Best Carrot Cake Delivery Services

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Why We Chose It: Blue Owl Bakery delivers a classic carrot cake backed by a stellar reputation.

Since 1983, Mary Hostetter's Blue Owl Bakery in historic Kimmswick, Missouri, has been delighting tourists and locals alike with generational recipes and a touch of modern flair. Most famous for its Levee High Apple Pie—an absurdly tall, caramel-covered apple pie that made the list of Oprah's Favorite Things—The Blue Owl also makes a perfect version of a traditional, three-layer carrot cake.

The Blue Owl Bakery isn't famous for its carrot cake, but it should be. The cake is made with sweet baby carrots, which are baked into a moist and light cinnamon-spiced cake, and layered with Blue Owl's homemade cream cheese icing. The carrot cake contains no nuts or raisins, so the sweet, earthy carrots are the star of the show. The top of the cake is decorated in a classic style with a radial pattern of small orange and green icing carrots—both fun to look at and eat.

Blue Owl ships its carrot cake nationwide through Goldbelly. The six-inch cake serves six to eight people and sells for $69, shipping included.

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Why We Chose It: If you like your carrot cake with nuts and raisins, it doesn't get any better than the Carrot Bumpy Cake from Sanders.

Sanders is a candy company with a history stretching all the way back to 1875. The company was founded in Detroit by Fred Sanders Schmidt, who had to borrow a barrel of sugar to make his first batch of chocolates. Over the years, Sanders stores added more offerings, becoming full-service dessert shops serving ice cream and baked goods, as well as light lunches and fountain beverages.

The cakes from Sanders are special. Called Bumpy Cakes, these unique creations are in a category somewhere between cake and confection. A layer of supple, tender cake is topped with thick speedbumps of rich buttercream, then topped again with icing. The buttercream bumps on the carrot Bumpy Cake are, naturally, covered with cream cheese icing, and the cake is studded generously with raisins and walnuts for an extra delicious textural contrast.

The carrot Bumpy Cake is 8 inches by 8 inches, serves eight to 10 people, and sells for about $17. You must order a minimum of two cakes, but consider ordering three because orders over $50 ship for free.

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Why We Chose It: Jan's organic carrot cake is made 100 percent from scratch with organic, non-GMO ingredients.

If you're looking for an organic carrot cake, look no further than Jan's. Shari Campos founded Jan's Carrot Cakes to honor the life of her mother Jan, whose secret recipe for carrot cake had enchanted the family for countless special occasions over the years. Before passing in 2008, Jan bequeathed the recipe to Shari, and today, through the bakery's online store, all of us can share in this tasty family legacy.

Jan's organic carrot cake is super moist and chunky, thanks to the bounteous quantity of shredded organic carrots, chopped walnuts, and hunks of sweet pineapple filling the velvety, spiced cake. Two layers of luscious cream cheese icing tie it all together, and the cake is finished with a dusting of more chopped walnuts. If you want to try something a little different, Jan's also makes an Organic Chocolate Chip Carrot Cake, which is the same as the regular carrot cake but flecked throughout with mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Like The Blue Owl Bakery, Jan's also ships nationwide through Goldbelly. Each three-pound cake serves eight to 10 people and sells for about $80. Free shipping is included.

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Why We Chose It: Daisy Cakes makes a carrot cake that's not too sweet, contains a whole pound of carrots, and is vegan and gluten-free.

Kim Nelson also comes from a family of bakers. Her business, Daisy Cakes, is named for her Great Aunt Daisy, a Southern belle from South Caroline whose recipes have been passed down through the family for generations. In 2012, Nelson appeared on Shark Tank, where she secured a deal from Barbara Corcoran that allowed Daisy Cakes to expand, adding the capacity the bakery needed to serve a national audience.

A savvy businesswoman, Nelson has created a nice balance of tradition and modern innovation, of which the vegan, gluten-free carrot cake is an excellent example. To adapt her traditional family recipe, Nelson uses Blends By Orly gluten-free flour, vegan eggs, Earth Balance buttery spread, and Tofutti vegan cream cheese, creating an incredibly moist cake that you'll forget is vegan and free of gluten.

Like Jan's and Blue Owl, Daisy Cakes leverages Goldbelly for nationwide shipping. Each 8.5-inch diameter cake serves 16 to 20 people and sells for about $85, plus shipping.