Fishing Cakes in Bracknell
A modelled fish, a rod, a patch of water and a cake underneath, from £100 for a 6-inch. An 8-inch is the usual choice, because a scene needs somewhere to happen.
A fish is one of the easier things to model — no limbs, no face to get wrong — which is why these turn out better than most cakes about a hobby.
Elegant Flower Box Cake 
Minimalist Cake With Flowers 
Blue Velvet Cake 
Green Velvet Cake with Berries
These are modelled cakes from this kitchen rather than fishing ones — the craft is the same whatever the subject. The rest of the gallery.
What does a fishing cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
6" cake with a modelled fish The scene is built on the top and the board; the cake stays round 8–12 portions | £100 |
8" cake with a modelled fish The scene is built on the top and the board; the cake stays round 14–18 portions | £130 |
Chocolate Figurine Elegant moulded chocolate figurine Each | £15 |
Modelling is quoted with the design; hand-painted detail is £45 and a fondant finish £30. The designs page prices every finish and novelty cakes compares modelling with carving.
Order a fishing 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.
What makes a hobby cake land or fall flat?
Specificity, and only in one place. A cake that says “he likes fishing” is a generic cake with a fish on it. A cake that shows the species he actually catches, in the colour of the water he fishes, with the make of his rod on the board, is a cake he will photograph. One accurate detail is worth five approximate ones, and it costs less than the five.
The failure is the opposite instinct: filling the top with every object associated with the hobby. Under a kitchen light that reads as clutter, and it is also the most expensive way to build the cake, because every object is modelled and dried separately.
How far ahead does a modelled cake need ordering?
Longer than a plain one. Sugar figures are made before the cake is baked and left to dry hard, because a soft model slumps under its own weight and cannot be moved onto a cake without marking it. Standard lead time is 7–10 days and anything modelled wants the earlier end of it.
A rush adds 50% inside 7 days, and it is worth knowing what a rush can and cannot buy: it buys the kitchen’s time, and it does not buy drying time. If the date is close, a topper on a well-finished cake is the better answer than a rushed model.
What else is ordered for the same person?
These are nearly always milestone cakes for men — a fiftieth, a sixtieth, a retirement — which means the room is adults and the portions matter more than the theme does. Count the guests before choosing the size, because a scene on a small cake is a scene nobody gets a slice of.
Hobby cakes covers the rest of them, birthday cakes for men the colours that suit, milestone birthdays the ages, and retirement the other occasion this theme belongs to.
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.