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"Hi I'm Stacie
Welcome to my bakery.
I make cakes and traditional English puddings for all occasions. "

Large / Novelty Cakes

My large cakes, are perfect as a traditional birthday, wedding or celebration cake I work  with an amazing cake decorator from Candy Handfuls Bakery.  Between the two of us theres not a lot we cant design and make.

Novelty cakes, like the elephant cake and Take That cake below start at £80, they take double the time of a standard cake due to carving and decorating.  Please bear this in mind when ordering.  Im happy to quote for any novelty cake from fire engines to guitars and more.


Each cake as standard is 3 layers high filled how you like it in the following sizes of 6inch (roughly 14 big portions), 8inch (roughly 20 big portions) or 10inch (roughly 40 big portions).  All portion sizes are for full slices of the cake.  For party bag kiddie portions or cutting cakes for a cupcake towers, please double the number of portions.  Cakes come in the following flavours.

All of the below cakes are filled and frosted with any variation of my frostings at the bottom of this page.  Of course I frost and decorate to order and each cake is individual so you can be involved in the design process.

My range:
Rich fruit, a moist traditional fruit cake matured and fed with brandy (1 month notice needed)
Vanilla cake made with Madagascan vanilla bean
Rich chocolate cake
Moist carrot cake
Banana and walnut cake
Red velvet cake which is a southern American bright red cocoa cake made with buttermilk
Lemon chiffon cake, a tangy dense cake made with fresh lemon

Cant decide? We've come up with the following combinations we think you'll love:

Patty cake which is a mix of 2 layers of vanilla cake and one of chocolate cake sandwiched with chocolate hazelnut torte

Alyson cake which is alternating layers of lemon and vanilla sponge, sandwiched with cream cheese frosting topped with seasonal fruits

Jaffa cake which was a special commission for Sunderland Olympic medalist Tony Jeffries, its alternating layers of red velvet and vanilla cake, sandwiched with cream cheese frosting, topped with red fruits.  A must for a SAFC fan.

Fillings and frostings:
homemade raspberry, strawberry and vanilla, lemon or apricot jam / curd
Raspberry / chocolate / lemon mousse
vanilla buttercream in any colour
almond buttercream in any colour
chocolate buttercream
chocolate ganache (melted chocolate and cream, which sets hard)
cream cheese frosting
cream cheese and orange frosting
chocolate cigarellos (chocolate pencils)

Im happy to recommend flavour combinations, just ask :)

Price:
All cake prices include design of the cake, icing in either fondant or buttercream, a cakeboard and basic decoration as required. Please remember these cakes are stacked high and feed more than you might think. 
6 inch £20
8 inch £40
10 inch £50
12 inch £70
Bespoke carvings and novelty cakes as in the above Edie's Christening elephant cake are priced accordingly and start at £80 as stated above.

Price of edible photo/picture icing £5
Price for basic sugar flowers like in the bottom centre white cake are £5 however more elaborate displays are priced accordingly
Price of fresh flower arrangement £15
Chocolate cigarellos (chocolate pencils) available in dark, milk or white chocolate and they increase the price of the above cakes by:
£15 extra for a 6 inch cake
£20 extra for an 8 inch cake
£25 extra for a 10 inch cake
£30 extra for a 12 inch cake