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British Cake
A Victoria sponge layered with whipped cream and raspberry jam, topped with whole strawberries and dusted with icing sugar

The online cake counter

Classic British cakes, iced with your message, on the doorstep on the day you pick.

Sixteen bakes across the whole counter, from the Victoria sponge to the Union range — every price all-in, every date guaranteed.

From £30.45 all-in, delivered. The iced message is free.

The counter

The whole British counter, one honest price

Ten classics, a baked Earl Grey cheesecake, two British loaves, and the Union range below. Every cake is iced with your message of up to 30 characters — free — and the label shows the whole price: cake, delivery, VAT. Nothing is added later.

The British classics

Victoria sponge dusted with icing sugar, cut to show the whipped cream and raspberry jam layers

Victoria sponge

Two vanilla sponges, raspberry jam and whipped cream, sugar-dusted.

Serves
10–14
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
Gluten-free optionVegan option
£30.45from, all-in
Battenberg cake with a cut slice showing the pink and yellow checkerboard wrapped in marzipan

Battenberg

Pink and almond checkerboard in marzipan, the classic four squares.

Serves
10–14
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
£31.45from, all-in
Chocolate fudge cake with glossy ganache down the sides, a cut slice showing the dark sponge and pale fudge layers

Chocolate fudge

Dark chocolate sponge, fudge filling, glossy ganache.

Serves
10–14
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
Gluten-free optionVegan option
£31.95from, all-in
Carrot cake with cream-cheese frosting and walnut halves, a cut wedge showing the spiced crumb with carrot and walnut

Carrot cake

Spiced carrot sponge, walnut pieces, cream-cheese icing.

Serves
10–14
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
£31.45from, all-in
Lemon drizzle cake with white icing dripping down the sides and lemon zest on top

Lemon drizzle

Lemon sponge soaked in drizzle, lemon-curd filling.

Serves
10–14
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
£30.45from, all-in
Rich fruit cake finished in marzipan and royal icing, a slice cut to show the dark soaked fruit

Rich fruit

Soaked dried fruits, brandy feed, marzipan and royal icing.

Serves
10–14
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
£32.95from, all-in
Banoffee pie with a biscuit base, toffee and banana layers under whipped cream, one slice lifted out

Banoffee

The Sussex invention as a cake: toffee, banana, cream, digestive crumb.

Serves
10–14
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
£31.95from, all-in
Coffee and walnut layer cake with coffee buttercream and walnut halves around the top

Coffee & walnut

The celebration-tea classic: coffee buttercream, walnut halves.

Serves
10–14
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
£31.45from, all-in
Sticky toffee cake — dark date sponge with glossy toffee sauce pooling on top

Sticky toffee

The pub pudding as a cake: date sponge, warm toffee soak.

Serves
10–14
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
£31.45from, all-in
Dundee cake crowned with concentric rings of whole blanched almonds

Dundee cake

The Scottish classic: fruit cake crowned in whole blanched almonds.

Serves
10–14
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
£33.95from, all-in

Cheesecake

Baked Earl Grey cheesecake with a caramelised top, a slice cut to show the dense filling and biscuit base

London Earl Grey cheesecake

Baked British cheesecake on a digestive base, Earl Grey in the custard.

Serves
10–14
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
£33.45from, all-in

British loaves

Yorkshire parkin loaf with a cut slice showing the dark, dense, sticky oatmeal crumb

Yorkshire parkin

Ginger and oat loaf, darker and stickier after three days’ keeping.

Serves
8–10
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
£22.95from, all-in
Bara brith — a sliced Welsh tea loaf speckled throughout with tea-soaked dried fruit

Bara brith

The Welsh tea loaf: tea-soaked fruit, sliced and buttered.

Serves
8–10
Iced message
Free
Allergens
wheat, eggs
£23.45from, all-in

Counter photographs: licensed stock and demonstration-generated images (Magnific Mystic), each chosen to show its bake accurately. The exact cake is baked to order after you build it.

The signature range

The Union range — the flag, in icing

Our signature: the Union Jack piped by hand in berry-red, icing-white and British-blue buttercream. For the big national moments — the street party, the final, the last night of the Proms — and for anyone who wants the most British cake on the table.

Round celebration cake with the Union Jack hand-piped in buttercream across the top

The Union

The signature: vanilla celebration cake with the Union Jack piped in berry buttercream.

£37.95from, all-in
Twelve cupcakes in a gift box, each carrying a small hand-piped Union Jack in buttercream

The Union cupcakes

Twelve flag-iced cupcakes — the street-party and desk-party box.

£34.45from, all-in
A rectangular street-party slab cake with a large hand-piped Union Jack across the whole top

The Union street-party slab

A full flag across a slab cake, cut where you stand for the big occasions.

£49.95from, all-in

A celebration decoration in the national colours, piped in our standard kitchen — no claim beyond the cake itself.

Christmas orders

The Christmas bakes are ready to order

The rich fruit cake — soaked fruits, a brandy feed, marzipan and royal icing — and the Yorkshire parkin, darker and stickier after its keeping, are the Christmas bakes. Order by 18 December for delivery before Christmas Day; the date picker already knows the bank holidays around it.

A seasonal note — it comes down after the Christmas rush.

The order slip

Build your British cake

The total is cake + delivery, VAT included, and it holds for 30 minutes when you continue to checkout.

Your cake

Order slip
1Pick your cake
2Pick the size
3Ice your message — free
4Free-from bake

Two doors

Two ways to get your cake

British Cake is one counter with two doors: post a classic from our studio, or describe the cake you imagine and let a local maker quote for it.

Door one · Ready to post

Build a classic

You build the cake above, see the all-in total, and order. We confirm within 2 working hours, bake on the bake date, and dispatch for your guaranteed delivery date.

  • Fixed all-in price, held 30 minutes at checkout
  • Date guaranteed against UK bank holidays
  • Free iced message, up to 30 characters
Build your cake
Door two · Dream cake

Describe it once, makers quote

Tell us the cake you imagine — the occasion, the look, the flavours. Local makers quote for it, you pick one quote, and you leave with a reference. In this demonstration the makers wear the Sample badge.

  • One brief, quotes from local makers
  • Quotes hold for 30 minutes while you choose
  • Hygiene ratings shown from the FSA register
Describe a dream cake

The promise

What happens after you order

You always leave with a reference, an accepted order, and the answer to who acts next and by when.

You leave with a reference

Your order confirmation carries a BC- reference, the accepted order, and what happens next.

We confirm within 2 working hours

The studio desk confirms the order and locks the bake date for your delivery day.

Baked, iced, dispatched

Your cake is baked on the bake date, iced with your message, and handed to the courier for the guaranteed date.

Follow it in My requests

Every order and quote on this device is listed with its live status, from confirmed to delivered.