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Scratch Bakes Cafe

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Scratch Bakes Cafe

3 West Main St. Ephrata, Pa (717) 466-6464
11 West Chestnut Street Lancaster, PA (717) 490-6763 At Scratch, handcrafted, fresh ingredients are a way of life.

We pride ourselves on the promise that all of our baked goods are indeed made from scratch. You will fall in love with our moist cakes, fluffy buttercreams, house-made caramels, latte syrups, and decadent chocolate ganaches. Our gourmet sandwiches, wraps, house-made soups, salads, and sides make for the perfect lunch combo. Looking for just dessert? With a daily rotation of freshly baked cupcakes, brownies, cakes, cookies, bars, etc. we have something for everyone. Top it all off with one of our coffees or specialty lattes and you're good to go. Life is sweet at Scratch--we bake LOVE into every bite!

11/04/2026

This week’s Baker’s special: The Autumn Bomb 💣 Exactly as the name entails, it’s an explosion of all things fall! Scratch-baked pumpkin spice cake with a baked-in white chocolate cream cheese center, topped with maple buttercream, and oven-roasted glazed pecans. This OG flavor is a MUST try seasonal delight. 🍁🧁

Brownstown (4250 Oregon Pike) 6:30am-5pm
Ephrata Main (3 West Main St) 8am-5pm
Lancaster City (11 West Chestnut St) 8am-4pm

11/03/2026

The official winner of our Staff Halloween Pumpkin contest is…pumpkin #2–Andrew Herman, our head baker!! He gained a whopping 275 votes! Our staff winning prize was a $50 gift card to the choice of another small business. Andrew selected Javateas Cafe!

The voting winner of the $40 Scratch Bakes Cafe cafe gift card is: Kelly Koop!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote! Over 800+ people entered and it made our contest all the more fun for us!

11/02/2026

Sunday, November 1st, is a day that will fill our hearts with gratitude for a long time to come. ❤️

The tremendous outpouring of love, support, and donations from this entire community blessed us beyond measure. Truly more than words can say. You showed up for the Bond family big time!

To our staff—where do I even begin? You are the most loving, genuine and generous group of people. ❤️

Our staff spent countless hours prepping, preparing, showing up for overtime, and giving of their talents. We didn’t ask them to do it, they just DID it. Because that’s who they are. Staff not even working came in to shop, support, and donate. And what did they do? They jumped right in to help make drinks, get the drive thru, and run the register.

More than anything I want to remind anyone reading this—saying YES to help someone else is an incredibly powerful thing. You matter in this world. You are important. And there is a God in heaven who loves you dearly. Never forget that.

From the bottom of our hearts, and from all of us at Scratch, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! 🙏🏻

Much love,
Laura, Jason, & the world’s best staff!

11/01/2026

Come support the Bond family! 100% of today’s profits will be donated! Silent auction, baked goods, great coffee and food—come see us!

10/28/2026

Want a chance to win a free $40 gift card?? All you have to do is VOTE!! 🎃 Its our annual staff pumpkin carving contest! All you have to do is comment with the pumpkin number that you think should win. The carver of the pumpkin wins a $50 gift card to another small business of their choosing. Winners will be announced on Halloween (Sat, 10/31). 👻🎃😈

1.) Jacked O’ Lantern
2.) Unidentified Flying Pumpkin
3.) Sad Pumpkin
4.) Scratch Bakes CATfe
5.) Polka Dot Cutie
6.) Ratatouille (with a hidden surprise in the chef’s hat!)

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10/21/2026

❤️A Day of Giving ❤️

On Sunday, November 1st, we will be hosting a fundraiser for my very, very dear friend, Laura Bond. Laura is currently fighting stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. After previously battling breast cancer and undergoing a double mastectomy, the cancer has returned and spread to her lymph nodes and bones, including her spine.

In the words of her beautiful daughter Sofia,”What we want isn’t things. We want time.” Sofia is 19 and her sweet little sister, Emi, is only 12 years old. They need their momma. ❤️‍🩹

My beautiful friend is fighting with everything she has. The mom who was always running around, working, laughing, taking care of everyone and somehow finding energy for everything is now spending many of her days in bed, battling debilitating nausea, vomiting, dizziness, pain and exhaustion.
Some how even on her worst days, she’s still worried about everyone else. She’s worried about her patients. Her coworkers. Her job. Her family. And how they are going to pay the bills.

We are praying and asking the Lord for a miracle. We are praying for healing, and more time.

In the meantime, we are rallying around Laura and asking YOU, our wonderful community, to come alongside us and pour out a blessing of love, prayer, and financial support during their time of great need.

We are asking for donations of any kind for our silent auction. Gift cards, services, baked goods, crafts—anything! 100% of the cafe’s sales will be donated directly to the Bond family. Please shop with us that day! Laura’s GoFund me link will also be posted in our profile (for anyone wanting to give who may not be able to attend that day).

Anyone wanting to donate may drop off donations to either our Ephrata Main Street store OR our Brownstown location. Staff will gladly help you!

I can’t think of a better way to kick off the season of Thanksgiving & Giving than this. 🧡🧡🧡

We love you, Laura!!

(Want a chance to win one dozen FREE cupcakes?? All you have to do is “SHARE” and/or “LIKE” this post. Winner will be randomly selected and announced Sat, 10/31)

10/06/2026

Waking up to the most beautiful cool, crisp FALL air on this Tuesday morning! 🍂☕️ Stop in for one of Andrew’s freshly baked white chocolate cranberry orange scones, a blueberry muffin, or BOTH!

We’ll be here at all 3 locations with hot cuppas, happy vibes, and all the cozy cafe fall feels. 🥰

Ephrata Main Street 🏘️ 3 W. Main Street
Brownstown 🏡 4250 Oregon Pike
Downtown Lancaster 🏢 11 w. Chestnut St.

10/02/2026

Happy October! All the warm & cozy autumn vibes available at all THREE locations! 🧡🍄‍🟫🍂🌿

4250 Oregon Pike Brownstown, Pa 17522
3 West Main Street Ephrata, Pa 17522
11 West Chestnut Street Lancaster, Pa 17603

09/22/2026

The fair is back in town! 🎡🎠🍿 That means we’ll be staying open LATER all week long. If you need a good coffee stop or some fresh food in between all the delightful junk food, we got you! 😂

09/17/2026

Today is a VERY special day for us at our Ephrata Main Street location. We’re getting a brand new, beautiful front porch!!

This has been a very long time coming (and a big need), but alas, we didn’t own our building for these last 14 wonderful years of business.

This past August Jason and I officially purchased the gorgeous, historical Mentzer Building. The now official true HOME of Scratch! 🥹

I used to get my hair done in this building when I was just a little girl (Randy Rick’s). I grew up in my daddy’s parsonage right down the street on Chestnut Street. The owner, Denise, attended our church and did all of my homecoming/prom updo’s, and hair cuts. I would lay my head in her shampoo bowl, admiring the beautiful tin ceiling above, thinking,’I hope I get to own my own business one day.’ A dream God put in my heart. I simply cannot believe it truly IS a part of my story now. Only God! 🙌🏻❤️

We are immensely grateful to Mainspring of Ephrata for their hard work and diligence in securing us a partial grant to be put towards the restoration of this beautiful historical landmark.

We have a lot of new plans for this space. More remodeling will be on the way. We are planning to add dinner hours (FREE parking after 6pm!) AND a very exciting partnership is in the works on something extra special.

January 2027 marks the 15th anniversary of Scratch. I think it just might be our best year yet. 💛

Thank you for shopping with us. Thank you for supporting us. We hope to continue serving our community well for many more years to come!

Address

3 W Main Street
Ephrata, PA
17522

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm
Saturday	8am - 4pm

Website

http://www.scratchbakes.com/

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