Tall Cakes in Bracknell
Every cake here stands 5 inches whatever its width — that figure is on the menu itself. A tall cake is anything built above it, and height is the cheapest change you can make to how a cake reads in a room.
It is also the one dimension quoted in conversation rather than from a list, because the extra height is genuinely extra cake and an extra structure inside it.
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 tall cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
8" at standard height 5 inches tall, whatever the diameter 14–18 portions | £130 |
10" at standard height 5 inches tall, whatever the diameter 22–28 portions | £150 |
The same cake, built taller The extra height is extra cake and an internal structure — ask with a diameter More cake per slice, or more slices | Quoted per order |
The fixed uplifts this site used to publish were removed rather than carried forward: a flat figure was wrong at both ends of the range. Every fixed price is in one place, and two-tier cakes are the other way to buy height.
Ask about a tall 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 does height change a cake more than width?
Because a cake is seen from the side. A wider cake looks bigger only from above, which is the one angle nobody at a table has; a taller cake changes the silhouette against the room, and silhouette is what the eye registers from across a hall. It is why a modest tall cake photographs better than a broad one of the same volume.
It also changes what the decoration can do. A tall side is a surface — stripes, a gradient, piped work, a sash of flowers running top to bottom — where a standard side is a band. A great deal of what looks like an expensive designer cake is simply height giving the finish somewhere to happen.
What is a double-barrel cake?
Two cakes’ worth of height in what looks like one tier: the cake is built, a thin board set on top of the lower half, dowels pushed down to carry it, and the second half stacked above — then the whole thing is coated as a single surface so the join disappears. From the outside it is one cake; inside it is two with a floor between them.
That hidden floor is not optional above a certain height. Sponge and buttercream compress, and a tall column without support settles over a few hours — the sides bow and the top edge loses its line. Anyone offering a very tall cake without an internal structure is offering one that will be a different shape by the evening.
Should you buy height or a second tier?
If the room is small and the cake has to be seen, buy height — it is the cheaper purchase and it keeps one flavour. If you need to feed more people or give the room a choice of flavour, buy the second tier: two tiers at £270 feed 22–30 and let half the table have something else.
The single-tier page makes that comparison with prices, half-and-half cakes solve the flavour problem without a second tier, and the sizes guide explains the cut every portion figure here assumes.
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.