Smash Cakes in Bracknell
A 4" cake for a baby to destroy, £70, made to order in Bracknell in whatever colours will photograph well against your sofa. It is a real cake rather than a prop — small enough to be handled, soft enough to come apart, and meant to be tasted somewhere between the handfuls.
One thing to know before you order: the honey cake this kitchen is known for is not suitable for a child under twelve months, and a first birthday sits exactly on that line.
Birthday Cake 
Floral Bliss Box 
Spring Whisper Box 
Blush Box
The smash cake is a 4" bento in colours chosen for the camera — more about them.
What does a smash cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
4" smash cake The one that gets destroyed, in whatever colours photograph well One baby | £70 |
6" cake for everybody else Ordered with the smash cake and matched to it 8–12 slices | £100 |
8" cake for everybody else If both sets of grandparents are coming 14–18 slices | £130 |
Most people order two, and they can be matched. The whole first birthday is set out on first birthday cakes; delivery from £30 or free collection.
Order a smash 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
3–5 days for a bento.
Sooner is sometimes possible: a rush adds 50% when the notice is under 7 days, if the diary is clear.
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 can a one-year-old not have honey?
Because honey can carry spores that a baby’s gut cannot yet deal with. The NHS advice is not to give honey to a child under twelve months, because of the risk of infant botulism. A first birthday is the day those twelve months are up, which makes it the one occasion where this kitchen’s best-known cake is the wrong order — for the baby, at least. The adults’ cake can be whatever you like, and plenty of families have the honey cake on the table and something plainer in the high chair.
What should you set up before handing it over?
A plain background, light from one side, and a floor you are not precious about. The photographs that work are the ones where nothing competes with the baby: a sheet rather than a patterned rug, a wall rather than a bookcase, and a window to one side rather than behind. Put the cake down in front of them and then leave it alone — the half minute where nothing happens, while a one-year-old decides what this object is for, is usually the picture everybody keeps.
Before the cake comes out
A sheet on the floor, not a towel — buttercream goes straight through a towel.
Pale colours, so what ends up on the baby still looks like cake.
Camera ready before the cake arrives; the first ten seconds are the ones.
A change of clothes, and wipe the high chair before the buttercream sets.
Is one cake enough?
No, and the arithmetic is the honest reason. The 4" smash cake serves about 4 and will not be eaten by anybody over the age of one; the adults in the room need a cake of their own, which is a 6-inch at £100 for 8–12 slices or an 8-inch at £130 for 14–18. Ordered together, the pair comes to £170 and the two can be matched so they photograph as a set. Ordered separately a week apart, they will not match, and that is the mistake worth avoiding.
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.