Blue Cakes in Bracknell
Blue is the second colour people ask for by name, and the hardest one to get right. Buttercream is pale yellow before it is anything else, and yellow with blue makes green — so a blue cake is a correction rather than a tint.
It is on 16 of the 97 cakes photographed in this kitchen, under 4 different names. From £100 for a 6-inch, and a pale blue costs nothing extra.
Dad & Daughter CakeA heartwarming cake celebrating the special bond between a father and his daughter... 
Eid Celebration CakeA beautifully decorated cake inspired by the spirit of Eid. Perfect for sharing joy and sweetness with family and friends. 
Black Velvet CakeA luxurious black cake covered in velvet frosting, adorned with an abundance of fresh berries. 
Blue Velvet Cake 
Roblox Fun Cake 
Midnight Galaxy CakeAn elegant deep-blue cake inspired by the beauty of the night sky. Decorated with golden spheres, it combines modern design with a touch of cosmic charm - perfect for celebrations that call for something bold, stylish, and unforgettable.
Blue appears on 16 of the 97 cakes photographed here — the rest of the gallery.
What does a blue cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
4" bento in sky One of the 8 set bento colours is a blue 4 portions | £70 |
6" cake in your blue Colour is part of the finish — a pale blue costs nothing extra 8–12 portions | £100 |
8" cake in your blue Colour is part of the finish — a pale blue costs nothing extra 14–18 portions | £130 |
The pale shades are part of the finish. The dark ones are usually a conversation about fondant — the colours page explains why, and the designs page prices the finishes.
Tell us which blue
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 blue the hardest colour in buttercream?
Because of what buttercream is made of. Butter is yellow, and whipped with sugar it stays a pale cream — so the colour you add is not landing on white, it is landing on yellow. Yellow and blue make green, which means a few drops of blue gives duck-egg, mint or eau-de-nil long before it gives sky. Every true blue cake is the result of correcting that, either by starting from a whiter base or by neutralising the yellow first.
Pink has the opposite luck: it sits happily on a yellow base and the smallest trace of it reads as blush, which is why pink is the commonest colour in this kitchen and the easiest to promise. Blue is the shade where it is worth sending a photograph of what you mean rather than a word, because the gap between what you pictured and what a tint of blue does in cream is wider than for any other colour on the list.
Is there anything naturally blue in a kitchen?
Essentially nothing, which is the other reason blue behaves differently. There is no blue fruit — blueberries are purple, and their juice stains pink-purple rather than blue — and no blue vegetable worth the name. Every blue cake you have eaten was coloured deliberately, where a pink one might have come from raspberry and a brown one from cocoa.
That has a practical consequence for the dark shades. A navy or royal blue takes a great deal of colouring, and in buttercream that quantity is something you can taste and something that marks lips and tongues — the same problem black has, for the same reason. The dark blues are therefore usually done in fondant, where the paste is coloured before it ever meets the cake. The black and gold page sets out that argument in full.
What about a small blue cake?
The 4" bento comes in 8 set colours and one of them is a blue — sky, a soft pale shade rather than a bright one — at £70 for 4 portions. At that size the colour is chosen with the design rather than matched to a swatch, which is why the list is set: a four-inch cake is too small to carry a correction.
The bento page has the small cakes, christening cakes the occasion blue is most often ordered for, birthday cakes for men the navy-and-gold version, and pink cakes the colour that behaves in exactly the opposite way.
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.