Flower Cakes in Bracknell
Three different things hide behind the word. Piped buttercream flowers are a finish, +£35 on any size. Sugar flowers are modelled by hand and quoted with the design. Fresh flowers are not food, and this page says what to do instead.
Fruit and berries, arranged on the day, are included — and they are the only one of the four that everybody at the table can eat.
What do flowers on a cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
Piped buttercream flowers Beautiful hand-piped buttercream flowers added to any size | £35 |
Sugar flowers, modelled by hand Made ahead, left to firm, wired and arranged — priced by the number and the kind added to any size | Quoted |
Fruit and berries Arranged on the day by the baker — the option that is actually food added to any size | Included |
French mini macarons Delicate almond meringue cookies with a smooth cream filling — the alternative to flowers that gets eaten each | £3 |
Every finish and what it adds is on the designs page; the cake underneath starts at £130 for an 8-inch on the price page. Edible gold or silver over any of them is £7–£15.
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.
Which kind of flower do you actually want?
The word covers four products with different prices, different lifespans and different answers to “can I eat it”. Most people arrive wanting the look of fresh flowers and leave with sugar or buttercream, because those are the two that can sit on a cake for an afternoon without anybody worrying. The table below is the comparison.
| Kind | Cost | Edible | Holds up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piped buttercream | +£35 | Yes | Softens in a warm room |
| Sugar, modelled | Quoted | Technically | All day, and keeps afterwards |
| Fruit and berries | Included | Yes, properly | Hours, then tired |
| Fresh florist flowers | Not offered | No | See the toppers page |
“Technically” is the honest word for sugar flowers: they are made of sugar paste and wire, so the flower is edible and the wire is not. They come off before the cake is cut, like a topper.
Why are sugar flowers expensive?
Because they are made one petal at a time, days before the cake. A single peony is a dozen petals cut, veined, shaped, dried over a form, wired together and dusted with colour — and then it has to be done again for the next one. The cost is hours of somebody’s attention, which is why sugar flowers are quoted by the number and the kind rather than carried on a price list, and why they are the one decoration that cannot be added late.
That also makes them the only flower worth the money on a cake that has to stand up all day. For a cake being cut within the hour, piped buttercream at +£35 does the same job for a fraction of it — the buttercream page covers what else piping can do, including the Lambeth work that a floral cake often sits alongside.
What goes on a cake instead of flowers?
Fruit, and it is included rather than extra: berries and sliced fruit arranged on the day by the baker, which is the house style on the vegan cake and on half the signature menu. It photographs as well as flowers, it is unambiguously food, and it costs nothing — the trade is that it is arranged to the baker’s eye on the morning rather than designed in advance.
After that, macarons at £3 each, which are the one decoration people pick off and eat before the cake is cut. For a cake that needs to look floral without being floral, a watercolour painted finish puts the flowers in the surface rather than on it, and the wedding page explains how a colour scheme is matched from a photograph.
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.