16th Birthday Cakes in Bracknell
A 16th birthday cake starts at £100 for a 6-inch cutting 8–12 slices; the size most sixteenths order is the 8-inch at £130, which cuts 14–18. The number 16 in fondant is £20. Made to order in Bracknell and delivered across Berkshire.
One piece of advice worth more than any design on this page: ask the sixteen-year-old. This is the first birthday they plan themselves, and the cakes that go wrong at this age are the ones chosen for them.
Black & White Cake 
White Sixteenth Cake with BowsWhite Sixteenth Cake with Bows — Single-tier celebration cake in white, silver finished in smooth buttercream with the number 16 on it for a child's birthday. 
Sixteenth Birthday Cake, BoxedSixteenth Birthday Cake, Boxed — Single-tier celebration cake in white, blue, silver finished in smooth buttercream with the number 16 on it for a child's birthday.
Both of these were made for a sixteenth — the rest of the gallery.
What does a 16th birthday cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
6" cake One flavour, finished simply 8–12 slices | £100 |
8" cake The usual size for a house full of friends 14–18 slices | £130 |
10" cake One flavour, finished simply 22–28 slices | £150 |
The number 16 on top sugar paste | £20 |
12 cupcakes £5.83 a cake — no plates, no knife, no cutting 12 cakes | £70 |
Writing on top is included; the number and up to three words in fondant are £20 from the add-ons list. Delivery from £30 by distance, or free collection. The other ages are on milestone birthdays.
Order a 16th birthday 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.
Why is a sixteenth different from the birthdays before it?
Because the customer changes. Up to about thirteen the cake is bought by a parent for a child, and the brief is a character or a colour. At sixteen the brief comes from the person whose birthday it is, and it is usually specific: not “football” but one team, not “music” but one album sleeve. That specificity is what makes these cakes good, and it is also why a parent ordering alone tends to order the cake their child liked three years ago. The practical version: get a photograph from them, and send it with the enquiry.
The three sixteenth cakes that get ordered
One colour and the number — £150 for an 8-inch with 16 on top.
One interest, done properly — a game, a team or a hobby, quoted with the picture.
A photograph on icing — the one that makes a room of teenagers take out their phones.
How many slices does a teenage party actually eat?
Fewer whole slices and more halves than the same number of adults. An 8-inch cut into 18 portions will serve a room of twelve to fifteen sixteen-year-olds with cake left over, because at this age roughly a third of the room takes a small piece and a third comes back for another. Order for the number of people, not the number of slices, and expect to send some home. The price guide lists what every size cuts.
What if half the room cannot eat normal cake?
At sixteen there is usually at least one guest with something — and the useful move is one cake everybody can eat rather than a second small cake nobody touches. One flavour is made without egg — and without dairy, as it happens — and there are separate pages for vegan, gluten-free and nut-free orders, each with what this kitchen can and cannot promise written out. Say what the constraint is in the enquiry and it is answered before you pay a deposit.
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.