Train Cakes in Bracknell
A train cake starts at £115: a 6-inch round at £100 with a modelled engine at £15 on top. An 8-inch with track piped around it is £145 and cuts 14–18 slices. Made to order in Bracknell and delivered across Berkshire.
The part worth deciding first is the carriages. 6 cupcakes in a row behind the engine cost £45, look like a train from across the room, and give every child their own cake — which is the real problem at a third birthday, not the design.
What does a train cake cost?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
6" round with an engine on top The cake at £100 plus a modelled engine at £15 8–12 slices | £115 |
8" round with an engine and track Track piped around the top, the engine sitting on it 14–18 slices | £145 |
6 cupcake carriages A row of them behind the cake — one per child, no cutting 6 cakes | £45 |
A carved engine The whole cake is the train; feeds fewer than its size suggests | Quoted |
The engine is a modelled figure at £15 from the add-ons list; track piped on top is part of the finish. Cupcakes are priced by the box. Delivery from £30 by distance, or free collection.
Order a train 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.
One engine, or an engine and a row of carriages?
A single engine on a round cake is the cheaper order and it photographs perfectly well, but it is a cake with a train on it. An engine followed by 6 cupcake carriages is a train, because length is what makes a train read as one: six objects in a line on a table do what no amount of modelling on one cake can. The second version also costs £45 more and saves an adult ten minutes with a knife, which at a party for three-year-olds is the better of the two savings.
Three ways to build the train
£115 — engine on a 6-inch, 8–12 slices.
£160 — the same cake plus 6 cupcake carriages: one cake each for six children.
£215 — an 8-inch with track plus 12 carriages, for a party of twelve.
What should be in the carriages?
Something, and that is the trick most train cakes miss. A cupcake carriage with a flat top is a wagon; the same cupcake with three sweets, a few berries or a little pile of chocolate buttons on top is a loaded coal truck, and children notice the difference immediately. Berries are the version parents prefer and they cost nothing extra on a summer order — berry cakes covers what is in season. Sprinkles are free from the add-ons list, so a carriage full of them costs the price of the cupcake.
What about a number instead of an engine?
A train with the child's age as the engine number is the detail that makes this cake theirs rather than generic, and it costs nothing: a 3 piped or cut onto the side of the engine is writing, not a figure. The other version is the age in fondant on the cake with the train running around it — a number cake with a train on top. For the other vehicles, car cakes and novelty cakes carry the same two choices.
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.