New Year Cakes in Bracknell
Thursday, 31 December 2026. Cakes and cupcakes made to order for the evening, from £70 for a 4" bento serving 4 to £130 for an 8-inch serving 14–18. Ask by Monday 21 December.
One thing worth knowing now rather than in late December: Christmas orders close 5 December, and New Year is a different deadline nearly four weeks after it. Missing the first does not mean missing the second.
What does a New Year cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
4" bento For a quiet night in rather than a party 4 portions | £70 |
6" cake Your flavour, your colours, a date on top if you want one 8–12 portions | £100 |
8" cake The size for a house with people in it 14–18 portions | £130 |
12 cupcakes £6 each — nobody cuts a cake at midnight 12 people | £72 |
No seasonal surcharge — the prices are the ordinary ones, by size. Christmas cakes have their own page and their own earlier deadline, and the flavours are the same ten all year.
Tell us about the evening
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 December deadline applies to you?
There are two, and they are weeks apart. Christmas orders close 5 December, because the days before Christmas are full and a cake made then would be made badly. New Year has no special cut-off at all — it needs the ordinary 7–10 days like any other date. The table below is the whole of December in order.
| If you want a cake for | Ask by | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Christmas | 5 December | The week before is already booked |
| Thursday, 31 December 2026 | Monday 21 December | The ordinary 10-day notice |
| Thursday, 31 December 2026, as a 4" bento | Saturday 26 December | Bentos need 3–5 days |
| A birthday in early January | Before Christmas | The quietest week to ask in, and the most forgotten |
A rush inside 7 days adds 50% where the diary allows it, which in the last week of December it often does not. Last-minute cakes explains what is and is not possible.
Why is New Year the bigger night for these cakes?
Because of where the signature menu comes from. In Russian, Ukrainian and Baltic households New Year rather than Christmas is the night with the long table, the toasts and the dessert that took two days to make — which is exactly what a medovik is. A honey cake on a New Year table is the tradition there in the way a pudding is here, and it is not a substitute for anything.
So if that is the evening you are planning, the right order is from the signature menu rather than a themed cake — the Eastern European page is the map of it, and fresh cream cakes explains what those cakes are made of and why they want a fridge and a day to settle.
What works for a New Year party?
Cupcakes, if people are standing up. A New Year party has no moment for cutting a cake — midnight is for a glass rather than a knife — so the cake either comes out at dinner or it gets forgotten on a side table. 12 cupcakes at £6 each hand out in seconds at any point in the evening, which is the format the night actually suits.
Where a cake earns its place is a sit-down dinner, and there the thing worth asking for is a date rather than a theme: the year piped on top is the one decoration that makes the photograph worth keeping. Number cakes covers the figures, and the writing guide covers how much actually fits.
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.