Bara Brith CakesCake shop · Cardiff Road, CaerphillyCaerphilly

The gallery

Eight recent cakes, and what they cost.

Wedding tiers, a birthday, a tower, a christening, a golden wedding tea and a rose in the making, each with where it went and the price on the day, so you can see what a number on the estimate page looks like on a table.

A four-tier white fondant wedding cake with hand-piped lace and a cascade of blush and gold sugar flowers on a silver stand in a ballroom
WeddingA three-tier ivory buttercream wedding cake with cascading blush roses and eucalyptus
Ivory and rosesLlanerch Vineyard, JuneThree tiers, buttercream, 100 servings, fresh roses, £440
WeddingA four-tier white fondant wedding cake with hand-piped lace and a cascade of blush and gold sugar flowers
Four tiers of laceSt Pierre, Chepstow, SeptemberFour tiers, fondant, 150 servings, sugar flowers, £830
WeddingA three-tier naked wedding cake with figs, blackberries and sage on a wooden stump
Figs, blackberries and sageA barn at Llanfabon, AugustThree tiers, naked, 90 servings, £350
CelebrationA two-tier celebration cake with blush and sage buttercream, a gold drip and fresh berries
A blush drip for a fortiethCaerphilly, MarchTwo tiers, fifty servings, £145
CupcakesA tower of blush and ivory cupcakes with gold sprinkles on a tiered stand
A tower of eightyCefn Mably, MayEighty cupcakes and a cutting cake, £290
VeganA two-tier vegan chocolate cake with ganache, raspberries and edible flowers
Vegan chocolate and raspberryA christening, RudryTwo tiers, vegan, fifty servings, £145
Welsh rangeBara brith sliced and buttered beside Welsh cakes on a bakestone and a pot of tea
The Welsh tea tableA golden wedding, BedwasFour loaves and six dozen Welsh cakes, £88
In the makingA cake decorator's hands shaping a blush sugar rose petal by petal at a workbench with finished flowers drying
Sugar roses, one petal at a timeThe back kitchenAbout forty minutes a rose

Prices are what the couple or customer paid, including VAT and delivery. The photographs are of the cake on the day; the flowers on the wedding tiers came from the couples' florists.

In the making

A rose takes forty minutes, a peony an hour and a half.

Seren rolls the sugar paste thin enough to read through, cuts each petal, thins the edge, wires it, and builds the flower from the centre out, then lets it dry for a week before it goes near a cake. A cascade for a four-tier fondant cake is about twenty flowers and a week of evenings, which is why sugar flowers are priced on their own and why they keep for years after the wedding.

Estimate a cake
A cake decorator's hands shaping a blush sugar rose petal by petal at a wooden workbench, finished roses drying beside her

The price before the consultation, and the Saturday before you ring.

The estimate page works out a wedding cake from the tiers, the finish and the servings, with the lead time and the next free Saturday. Then one form orders it, a celebration cake, cupcakes or the tasting box; Seren replies within the working day.

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