Dinosaur Cakes in Bracknell
A modelled dinosaur on a round cake from £100 for a 6-inch, or the cake carved to the shape and quoted per design. The first is cheaper, sturdier in a car, and the figure can be kept.
The question worth answering before you order is which dinosaur. Spikes and plates are the easy part; a long neck has to be built around a support and dried for days.
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What does a dinosaur cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
6" cake with a modelled dinosaur The cake is round; the dinosaur is made separately and set on top 8–12 portions | £100 |
8" cake with a modelled dinosaur The cake is round; the dinosaur is made separately and set on top 14–18 portions | £130 |
Cake carved to a dinosaur Hours rather than ingredients, and it feeds fewer than the cake it came from Depends on the shape | Quoted per design |
Modelling and fondant are charged on top of the size — fondant is £30, a moulded chocolate figure £15, an acrylic topper £20–40. The designs page prices every finish.
Order a dinosaur 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.
Which dinosaurs are easy and which are not?
It comes down to whether any part of the animal has to hold itself up. A stegosaurus is a rounded body with flat plates pressed into it — every piece is supported by the one under it, and it can be made the day before. A triceratops is the same idea with a frill. A tyrannosaurus is a step harder because the head is heavy and the tail wants a counterweight, but nothing is cantilevered.
The long-necked ones are a different job. A diplodocus or brachiosaurus neck is a thin column of sugar paste carrying a head at the top, and sugar is not strong in that direction. It is built around a food-safe support and left to dry hard for days before it will stand — which is why a long-neck cannot be a last-minute order, and why it is the one dinosaur worth asking about early.
How big should a children’s dinosaur cake be?
Count the adults, not the children. A 6-inch cuts 8–12 and an 8-inch 14–18, and at a children’s party the children take a small slice and leave half of it while every parent in the room has a full one. A table of ten children is usually twenty portions once the grown-ups are counted.
The other thing a shaped cake does is feed fewer than its size suggests, because carving throws the corners away. If the party is big and the budget is not, the sensible order is a round cake with the dinosaur modelled on top and a box of cupcakes beside it — which is also the version that photographs best on a table.
What else goes on a dinosaur cake?
Less than you think. The cakes that work are a landscape and one animal: a green buttercream base, a scatter of chocolate-crumb earth, a few ferns and a dinosaur that is clearly doing something. The ones that do not work have four dinosaurs, a volcano, a palm tree and a name piped across the front, and under a kitchen light they read as clutter rather than as a scene.
Novelty cakes compares carving against modelling, character cakes covers the rest of the themes, number cakes the age on top, and birthday cakes the occasion itself.
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.