Three Butterfluff rolls

Plehn’s Bakery · St. Matthews, Louisville

Butterfluff.
Birthday cake.
Your next stop.

One bakery on Shelbyville Road. Choose the case for everyday items, or call the decorators for something custom.

St. Matthews, Louisville

3940 Shelbyville Road.

One shop. Say Plehn’s like “planes,” or “plain.”

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Weekly shop hours
Tuesday–Friday7am–5pm
Saturday6:30am–5pm
Sunday & MondayClosed
Hours, holidays & both phone numbers

From the decorating bench.

String work, buttercream roses and cakes for celebrations. These photographs are examples; no two decorations will be exactly alike.

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Three-tier string-work cake on the bench
Three tiers, orange and teal string work

1922 to now.

Founded on Shelby Street in 1922. In St. Matthews since 1924. Ice cream made here since 1927. The Bowling family’s fourth generation carries on.

The bakery’s chronology
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