{"id":346508,"date":"2026-06-23T03:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/346508\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T03:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:11:28","slug":"usa-today-10best-awards-recognized-these-grapevine-bakeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/346508\/","title":{"rendered":"USA TODAY 10BEST awards recognized these Grapevine bakeries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want some of the nation\u2019s best pie or cake, you can do so by taking a quick 30-minute drive from Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>Two Grapevine bakeries were recognized in recent USA TODAY 10BEST  awards. The readers\u2019 choice awards are curated by a panel of expert judges, then voted on by USA TODAY readers.<\/p>\n<p>JudyPie in Grapevine was recognized for the third year in a row as one of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-pie-shop\/\">best pie bakeries<\/a> in America. Legacy Cakes was also recognized for its second year in a row as one of the country\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-cake-shop\/\">best cake shops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>JudyPie<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/judypie-grapevine-texas\/\">JudyPie<\/a> in Grapevine was voted as the No. 8 best pie shop in the country. The bakery is known for Rhonda\u2019s Pecan Pie, a recipe inspired by owner Judy Balunda\u2019s mother\u2019s recipe she\u2019d bake every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The bakery also serves flavors like banana pudding, cherry, lemon meringue, coconut cream, key lime and creme brulee.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judypie.com\/\">JudyPie<\/a> can be found at 520 S. Main St., Suite 200 in Grapevine. Pies can be ordered ahead of time online as soon as 24 hours before. Certain pie flavors require a three-day turn around.<\/p>\n<p>Legacy Cakes<\/p>\n<p>Megan Rountree of Legacy Cakes won Food Network\u2019s \u201cWinner Cake All\u201d and also made an appearance on Food Network\u2019s \u201cHoliday Baking Championship\u201d and TLC\u2019s \u201cNext Great Baker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her bakery is known for custom cakes made into any shape or size with delicious cake and frosting flavors. USA TODAY recognized the bakery as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/legacy-cakes-grapevine-texas\/\">No. 6 in the country<\/a> for Rountree\u2019s \u201carchitectural and decorative masterpieces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legacycakesbakery.com\/\">Legacy Cakes<\/a> is located at 120 S. Main St., Suite 20 in Grand Prairie. Macarons, cupcakes, cookies, brownies and other baked goods are available daily. Cake orders should be made at least a week in advance by stopping by the bakery or calling (817) 442-9999.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/285141852\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ELLA_GONZALES.jpeg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Ella Gonzales\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/285141852\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Gonzales<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Ella Gonzales is a service journalism reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Ella mainly writes about local restaurants and where to find good deals around town.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you want some of the nation\u2019s best pie or cake, you can do so by taking a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-346508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}