Halloween Cakes in Bracknell
Sunday, 31 October 2027. 12 cupcakes at £72 for a party, a 6-inch cake from £100 for a table, or a 4" bento at £70 with something unrepeatable written on it. Made to order in Bracknell, delivered across Berkshire.
Ask by Thursday 21 October. The last week of October is the busiest week of the autumn here, and it is the one date in the year where everybody wants the same thing on the same evening.
Black Velvet CakeA luxurious black cake covered in velvet frosting, adorned with an abundance of fresh berries. 
Gatsby CakeA luxurious cake inspired by the elegance of the 1920s. Perfect for glamorous celebration, with sophisticated design and exquisite taste. 
Minimalist Cake With Flowers 
Chanel Box CakeA chic cake designed as a black gift box, adorned with elegant white Chanel inspired ribbon and the iconic camellia flower.
Not all of them made for Halloween — chosen from the gallery by colour, so you can see what black and orange actually look like from this kitchen. The rest of the gallery.
What does a Halloween cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
12 Halloween cupcakes The party version: no plates, no knife, one each 12 people | £72 |
6" cake Black, orange, green — one theme, done properly 8–12 slices | £100 |
8" cake For a party rather than a household 14–18 slices | £130 |
4" Bento Cake One small cake, one joke written on top serves 4 | £70 |
Colour, a theme and writing are included; modelled figures are quoted with the design. Delivery from £30 or free collection. Cupcakes and character cakes in full.
Order a Halloween 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 Halloween cake look right?
Two colours and one idea. Black with orange, or black with deep green, reads as Halloween from across a room before a single modelled spider is involved — which is why the cheapest version of this cake is also usually the best-looking one. Black is on 14 of the 70 photographs in this gallery, and it is the colour that does the work: it makes any second colour look brighter than it is. What spoils it is crowding: four colours, three characters and a cobweb on every face turn into visual noise under a kitchen light. Pick the one thing the cake is about — a pumpkin, a hand, a single word — and let the colour do the rest.
What is included, and what is quoted
Included: the colours, a piped design, writing, a simple theme.
Quoted: modelled figures, hand-painting, a printed topper.
Not done: an exact likeness of a film character — its colours and shapes instead.
Is it a party or a half-term birthday?
The last week of October carries both, and they want different things. A Halloween party wants 12 cupcakes at £72: handed round in a dark room, eaten in costume, no plates. A birthday that happens to land in that week wants a cake with candles — and the useful trick is to let the birthday be the birthday, with Halloween in the colours rather than in the theme, so the photograph is of a child’s birthday and not of a pumpkin.
For the birthday itself see birthday cakes, and for every other date worth ordering ahead for, cakes by occasion.
Why order this one early?
Because Halloween is the only evening in the year when every order wants the same slot. A birthday moves — a party on the Saturday instead of the Thursday is nobody’s tragedy — but the thirty-first does not, so the diary fills from both ends of that week at once. Ask by Thursday 21 October and it is an ordinary order; after that it is a rush at 50% more, if there is room at all.
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.