Birthdays · weddings · everything in between
Custom cakes
Celebration cakes made to order by Priya Raman. Tell us the date, the headcount and the flavour, and we'll send a quote and a sketch within two working days. Birthday cakes from $48 with five days' notice.
Kids' birthdays
Something for your kid's birthday
Most of our custom orders are birthday cakes for kids, and we love making them. A sprinkle cake (we call it a funfetti layer cake), a big number 5, a chocolate cake shaped like a bear, a dinosaur standing in green buttercream grass. Bring a picture of what they’re into and we’ll work out a version that tastes as good as it looks.
We write names and messages in buttercream for free. Candles are on the counter; take what you need.
How to order a custom cake
Five steps, start to finish.
Tell us the date and headcount
Email or call with the day you need it, how many people it has to feed, and pickup or delivery.
Pick flavour, filling and finish
Choose from the lists below, or tell us what the birthday person likes and let Priya suggest.
Get a quote and a sketch
We reply within two working days with a price, a drawing and the servings it gives.
Pay the 50% deposit
The deposit holds your date. The balance is due on pickup, or 14 days before a wedding.
Pick up or we deliver
Pickups from 9:00 on your day. Deliveries go out between 10:00 and 3:00.
Lead times
How far ahead to order depends on the cake, not the occasion. These are minimums; spring and December Saturdays fill up well before them.
| Cake | Order at least | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Whole cake from the case, undecorated | 48 hours | Any cake-by-the-slice flavour as a 6" or 8" round |
| Decorated celebration cake, 6"–10" | 5 days | Birthdays, showers, retirements, graduations |
| Rush celebration cake | 72 hours | +$20, only if the calendar has room: call, don’t email |
| Two- or three-tier cake | 3 weeks | Also for sheet cakes over 40 servings |
| Wedding cake | 3–6 months | Final design and numbers 3 weeks before the day |
Sizes and prices
Prices are starting points for a buttercream finish in any of our standard flavours. Fondant, sugar flowers, gold leaf and sculpted shapes add to the price; your quote spells out exactly what.
| Size | Serves | From |
|---|---|---|
| 6" round, 3 layers | 8–10 | $48 |
| 8" round, 3 layers | 14–18 | $68 |
| 10" round, 3 layers | 24–30 | $95 |
| Quarter sheet | 20–24 | $80 |
| Two tiers, 6" + 8" | 30–35 | $210 |
| Three tiers, 6" + 8" + 10" | 60–70 | $420 |
| Cupcakes, by the dozen | 12 | $36 |
Serving counts are party slices: about 1 inch wide and 4 inches tall. For wedding-sized finger slices, a three-tier cake stretches to about 100.
Flavours, fillings and finishes
Sponges: vanilla bean, chocolate stout, brown butter carrot, lemon, red velvet, funfetti (vanilla with rainbow sprinkles baked in), almond, and a gluten-free chocolate or vanilla sponge.
Fillings: vanilla or chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream, cream cheese, salted caramel, lemon curd, raspberry jam, passion fruit curd, chocolate ganache, fresh berries in season.
Finishes: smooth buttercream, semi-naked (sides scraped so the sponge shows through), textured palette-knife buttercream, sprinkles, drip, fresh flowers.
Gluten-free, vegan and nut-free cakes
We make custom cakes without wheat (gluten-free), without dairy and eggs (vegan), and without nuts. Gluten-free and vegan cakes add $10 to any size. Our kitchen handles wheat, nuts, milk and eggs every day, so we can’t promise a cake is safe for a severe allergy or celiac disease. Tell us who the cake is for and we’ll be straight with you about what we can do. There’s more in how we bake gluten-free.
Weddings
Wedding cakes and tastings
Wedding cakes start with a tasting. You get four flavours and three fillings in small slices, a pot of coffee, and forty-five minutes with Priya and her sketchbook. Tastings are $35 for two people, taken off your order if you book, and run on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and Saturdays at 2:00.
Book the tasting three to six months before the wedding. We take a limited number of wedding cakes each weekend, so popular dates go first. For the full planning calendar, read choosing your wedding cake: a timeline.
Pickup and delivery
- Pickup from the shop at 418 Linden Street, any open day from 9:00. Cakes travel flat on the floor of the car, not on a lap or a seat.
- Delivery within 15 miles of Hollis Mill is $35. We give you a two-hour window.
- Wedding delivery and setup within 25 miles is $75, including stacking tiers on site and placing flowers you or your florist supply.
- Further than that? Ask. We’ve driven cakes to the lake more than once.
Cake questions we get a lot
If it’s more than 72 hours away, maybe. Call the shop rather than emailing, and we’ll check the calendar. A rush fee of $20 applies. If we’re full, a whole cake from the case with a written message only needs 48 hours.
Tastings are for wedding cakes. For anything else, come in and buy a slice from the case: every flavour we make turns up there sooner or later.
We’ll make something in the same spirit, in our own style. Send the picture and tell us what you like about it.
Cancel more than 14 days ahead and we refund the deposit. Inside 14 days, the deposit covers what we’ve already bought and made.
Buttercream cakes are best at room temperature on the day, and keep in the fridge for three days after. Take them out an hour before serving.
Tell us about your cake
Email the date, headcount and what you have in mind. Priya answers cake emails Wednesday to Saturday.
Email greg+demo@sitestar.io