Cakes
Six cakes, made to order.
A short list of sponges we know work, decorated by Ffion to a sketch you have already said yes to, and baked the morning you collect. An eight-inch for twelve from £65, three tiers for a wedding from £320, and a £30 deposit that holds the date.
The six sponges
Serves 12
Victoria sponge
Vanilla sponge, strawberry jam, vanilla buttercream. The one for a sixth birthday and a ninetieth.
Serves 12
Chocolate fudge
Dark chocolate sponge, chocolate buttercream, a fudge drip if you want one. The most ordered.
Serves 12
Lemon and elderflower
Lemon sponge, elderflower syrup, lemon curd, Swiss meringue buttercream. The wedding favourite.
Serves 12
Carrot
Carrot, walnut and cinnamon sponge with cream cheese frosting. Walnuts can be left out.
Serves 12
Coffee and walnut
Espresso sponge, coffee buttercream, candied walnuts on top. For the people who ask for it every year.
Serves 12
Vegan chocolate
Dairy-free and egg-free chocolate sponge with an oat buttercream. Nobody can tell, and we have tested that.
Prices are for an eight-inch cake serving twelve with a simple finish and a message. A ten-inch for twenty is £20 more; a six-inch for six is £15 less. Fresh flowers, sugar work, painted finishes and figures are quoted on the sketch. Three tiers from £320, four from £420, with delivery and set-up within twenty miles at £45. Dietary needs are cooked for: the vegan chocolate sponge, an oat buttercream, and nuts left out, though we cannot call anything nut-free.
How it works
A sketch first, a deposit second, the cake last.
Tell us the occasion, the date, the number of people, the flavours and anything you have seen and liked. Ffion replies within a working day with a sketch and a price; one round of changes is normal. A £30 deposit holds the date in the book, the sponge is baked the morning of collection, and the balance is paid when you pick it up or when it is delivered. Three weeks\' notice for a single tier, six for a wedding, and a few short-notice slots each month for a plain cake with a message.
- Sketch and price within a working day
- £30 holds the date; balance on collection
- Wedding tasting box of all six, £18, refunded against the order
Before you order
Four things worth knowing.
Buttercream or fondant
Swiss meringue buttercream holds its shape, takes colour cleanly and tastes of butter. Fondant gives a smooth finish and is what most people picture; it tastes of sugar. We make both, and most people who taste both choose the buttercream.
Notice
Three weeks for a single tier, six for a wedding. Christmas and the May bank holidays fill by the end of the month before. Short-notice slots exist for a plain sponge with a message; ring and ask.
Allergies
Dairy-free and egg-free: the vegan chocolate with oat buttercream. Gluten-free: no, not in a flour bakery, and we will not pretend otherwise. Nuts: left out on request, but almonds and walnuts are in the building every day.
Collecting and keeping
Collect from 8am in a box that fits a car footwell; keep it cool, not in the fridge, and cut it within two days. Wedding cakes are delivered, set up and photographed before we leave, within twenty miles for £45.
Come in early, or order ahead.
Sourdough and croissants on the counter from half past seven, Welsh cakes on the bakestone, cakes to order with three weeks' notice, and wholesale to twenty-six cafés with the price list online. Ring, or use the form; a person replies within a working day.