Hobby Cakes in Bracknell
A cake about the person rather than the date: a chess board, gym kit, a garden, a camera, a bag, a map, a book. From £100 for a 6-inch, and usually an 8-inch because a scene needs room.
The rule that decides whether it works: one accurate detail beats five approximate ones, and it costs less to make.
Elegant Flower Box Cake 
Black Velvet CakeA luxurious black cake covered in velvet frosting, adorned with an abundance of fresh berries. 
Honey CakeA delicious layered honey cake with homemade custard, topped with fresh berries. 
Minimalist Cake With Flowers
From this kitchen — the rest of the gallery.
What does a hobby cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
6" cake with a modelled subject The cake stays round; the subject is made separately and set on it 8–12 portions | £100 |
8" cake with a modelled subject The cake stays round; the subject is made separately and set on it 14–18 portions | £130 |
Watercolor Painted A scene painted onto buttercream — cheaper than building the same scene On top of the cake | £45 |
Edible printed image Per one sheet A4 size — for a photograph, a map, a document Per sheet | £20 |
The cake is priced by size; the subject is quoted with the design. The designs page prices every finish, and novelty cakes compares building the subject against carving the cake into it.
Describe the person
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 subjects are easy, and which are not?
It is almost entirely about geometry. Flat things and boxes are cut from rolled fondant with a straight blade and come out sharp; smooth single forms are modelled in one piece; assemblies of small parts have to be made and dried individually; and curved mechanical objects are the hardest because everybody knows what they should look like. The table below sorts the subjects people actually ask for.
| Subject | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| A board game or a boardFlat surfaces and printed detail | Easiest |
| A book or a stack of themRectangles with edges painted on | Easiest |
| A fish, a bird, an animalOne smooth modelled form | Straightforward |
| A bag, a shoe, a cameraA box shape with hardware modelled on | Straightforward |
| A garden, a landscape, a mapPainted and piped rather than built | Straightforward |
| Gym kit, tools, instrumentsSeveral small pieces, each dried separately | Slower |
| A car, a motorbike, a vehicleCurves carved and wheels that must sit true | Hardest |
Why does one detail beat a pile of them?
Because recognition is binary. A chess board with the pieces in a real position is a chess cake; a chess board with the pieces scattered is a cake with squares on it. Adding a clock, a trophy and a scoresheet does not make it more of a chess cake — it divides the attention and adds three objects that each had to be modelled and dried.
The cost runs the same way. Every modelled object is time, and time is most of the price, so the cluttered version is both the more expensive cake and the less effective one. If the budget is tight, spend it on getting one thing exactly right.
Built, painted or printed?
Three routes at three prices. Modelling builds the object in sugar and is quoted with the design — it has presence and it survives as a keepsake. Hand-painting at £45 puts a scene on the surface and is unbeatable for landscapes, gardens and anything atmospheric. Printing at £20 a sheet carries photographs, maps and fine lettering that nothing else can.
Fishing cakes are the most-asked hobby of all, car cakes the hardest, photo cakes cover printing, and corporate cakes the work version of the same idea.
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.