Black & Gold Cakes in Bracknell
The adult party palette, and the one colour on the list with a real catch. Black buttercream needs enough colouring paste that you can taste it and it stains mouths; fondant gets to a true black at a fraction of the dose.
So a black cake here is usually a fondant-covered cake, with the gold laid on top as leaf or sparkle at £7–£15. From £130 for an 8-inch.
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Gatsby CakeA luxurious cake inspired by the elegance of the 1920s. Perfect for glamorous celebration, with sophisticated design and exquisite taste.
Black is on 20 of the 97 cakes photographed here and gold on 25 — the rest of the gallery.
What does a black and gold cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
8" cake The size and the cake; the finish decides how the black is done 14–18 portions | £130 |
10" cake The size and the cake; the finish decides how the black is done 22–28 portions | £150 |
Fondant finish — the one that holds a true black Takes colour at a fraction of the dose buttercream needs added to any size | £30 |
Edible sparkles Gold or silver — the gold half of the palette per cake | £7–£15 |
The fondant line is why this palette costs more than a pale one — it is the finish rather than the colour being charged for. Fondant cakes explains what else that finish does, and the colours page has the counts for every shade.
Tell us about the cake
We reply within 24 hours with a price. No deposit is taken until you are happy with the quote.
Not ready to send it? What follows answers most of what people ask first.
How long it takes
7–10 days for a simple design, at least 14 for two tiers.
Sooner is sometimes possible: a rush adds 50% when the notice is under 7 days, if the diary is clear.
In a hurry? Bento cakes take 3–5 days.
Delivery
From £30, quoted by distance from RG12 0UY.
Collection from Bracknell is free — see the areas we cover.
Paying
50% deposit to hold your date; orders under £50 are paid in full.
Balance 3 hours before collection, or cash on the day.
The deposit is non-refundable but transferable with 4 days' notice — full terms.
Why is black the hardest colour in a kitchen?
Because of where it starts. Buttercream is pale yellow, and yellow is the colour black has to travel furthest from — adding black paste to it goes through grey, then grey-green, then a dirty charcoal, and reaching an actual black means saturating the cream. At that concentration the paste contributes a faint bitterness of its own, and it transfers to whatever the cake touches, which at a party means lips and teeth.
There are two professional ways round it and both are honest. Start from chocolate buttercream, which is already dark and needs a fraction of the help, and accept a very dark brown-black rather than a true one. Or cover the cake in fondant, which is white to start with and is a thin skin rather than the icing, so the dose is small and nobody tastes it. The second is what a true black cake is made of, almost everywhere.
How does gold actually go on a cake?
On top, always. There is no gold buttercream and no gold fondant — mixing towards gold gives a mustard yellow that photographs as beige — so gold on a cake is edible leaf pressed onto the finished surface, or an edible sparkle dusted over it, at £7–£15. Leaf gives the broken, uneven shine people picture; sparkle gives an overall shimmer and is the cheaper of the two.
Which matters for planning: gold is applied last, to a finished cake, so it is the one decoration that can be decided late. It also means gold is at its best in small amounts. A cake with gold on every surface reads as yellow in a photograph; a black cake with one torn band of leaf reads as gold. The toppers page lists everything else that goes on last.
Who orders black and gold?
People planning an evening rather than an afternoon. It is the standing palette for a fortieth and a fiftieth, for a thirtieth with a dress code, and for the kind of party where the invitation says a time rather than a window. It is almost never ordered for children, and it is the one palette that looks better in a room with the lights down than it does in a photograph taken in a kitchen.
Milestone birthdays covers the occasions, birthday cakes for men is where this palette comes up most, and number cakes handles the figure on top.
What else do people ask?
Allergies? Our kitchen handles all 14 of the allergens UK law requires us to declare, so nothing we bake is free from any of them. What is in each cake, and our hygiene rating.