About Our Cakes
About Our Cakes
We offer a varied range of cake design options from artistically sculpted cakes to simple shaped round cakes elegantly presented as polished ganache and drip cakes.
Each cake is baked fresh for you and layered with fillings of buttercream and accompaniment such as curd and caramel sauce made from scratch in our highly rated home kitchen.
Your cake after filling and layering is then covered with a coating of ganache before being presented as a non-fondant semi naked cake or a fully iced fondant cake. The choice of either a fondant or non-fondant option is based on your preference, need and budget.
Fondant cakes are pricier than their non-fondant options hence for best value all our drip cakes and most of our celebration cakes are semi naked ganache cakes.
We offer buttercream cakes where possible but we recommend and use ganache for all our cakes.
How to order
To assist you promptly with your request, please fill in this Enquiry form
Or provide answers to the following questions below and give as much information as possible to help personalise your cake. Do get in touch with us as soon as possible if you have further questions.
- Cake sponge option ( provided below to choose from)
- Buttercream and filling choice ( provided below to choose from)
- Number of servings(estimated number of guests to serve including children if applicable)
- A photo of the cake you would like (a stock photo from google or any other source is acceptable)
- Any specific dietary requirements for peculiar preferences including allergies, halal ingredient requests etc (Important)
- Budget (optional)
Please be advised where a dietary note such as allergies etc is observed, it is highly important to discuss your needs with clarity, for this reason we recommend a call to discuss your request before your order is booked.
At Glady’s Gourmet Cakes we do not replicate exact work of other artists provided in photo form. The photo you send us serves as a guide from which a similar cake may be recreated while maintaining the unique design elements that are important to you.
For better value, some fondant cakes presented in photos can be recreated in non-fondant versions. This may result in slight changes to the finished presentation.
Cake Sponge Options
We hope our uniquely varied range of sponge choices will be suitable for you to choose from but we can also accommodate custom sponge and buttercream/filling preferences not available on our list of options. These may not always be possible or may incur a surcharge depending on your needs where possible.
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT OFFER FRESH CREAM CAKES
A delicate Madagascan bean sponge, with a filling of choice and buttercream covered with white chocolate ganache.
A decadent chocolate sponge filled with a choice buttercream including chocolate buttercream and ganache and covered with a choice of white or dark chocolate ganache.
Delectable rich red coloured and coco flavoured sponge filled with Swiss or French buttercream.
Light fluffy sponge with chunks of Oreo cookies filled with Oreo buttercream.
Zesty lemon sponge with curd filling and French buttercream.
Buttercream and Filling Options
At Glady’s Gourmet cakes our buttercream is exclusively Swiss meringue or French buttercream. A premium egg-based buttercream made from scratch to guarantee a lusciously smooth texture to complement your cake, even better the sugar quantities can be adapted to your specific preference.Occasionally we also use a special recipe of American buttercream when required. Please note all premium and custom preferences will incur a surcharge.
Filling
Butter Cream
Pricing & Servings
We can customise cake sizes and servings to suit individual preferences so please do get in touch with us to discuss your custom cake servings.
Celebration Cakes
Made up of 3 -4 layers of sponge represented in a tall or short option completed as a textured or polished ganache cake with no decorative elements. Sizes and servings are as follows:
5 inch (small) serves 15 from £50
6 inch (medium) serves 20 from £60
7 inch (Large) serves 30 from £70
8 inch(Xlarge ) serves 40 from £ 80
NOTE: Starting prices for square cakes of the same sizes as noted above will incur a £20 extra charge. E 5 inch square cake from £70
5+7 inch serves 45 from £135
6+8 inch serves 60 from £180
5+7+9 inch to serve 95 £285
NOTE:Starting prices for tiered square cakes of the same sizes as noted above will incur a £45 extra charge eg 5+7 inch from £180
Presented as a polished fondant cake with no decorative element starting from:
£75 for single cakes
Tiered from £185
Drip Cakes
Made up of 3 to 4 layers of sponge, completed as a ganache drip cake with a selection of decorative elements such as flowers and macarons.Includes a personalised fondant stamped detail
From £70 (simple cake option, can be adapted to suit various preferences, intricate details such as stencilling and metallic drip will cost extra)
Sculptured/Carved Cakes
Priced individually based on size, complexity and actual object of design
From £150
Irregular Shapes & Hexagonal Cakes
Priced based on design presentation eg a two layered 8 inch hexagon facing forward
From £80
Cupcakes
A choice of cupcake sponge, a preferred filling(optional) and a swirl of buttercream atop. Decorated with a drizzle of sauce,crushed wafer sprinkles or a selection of cookie and biscuit toppings.
From £25
A choice of cupcake sponge, a preferred filling(optional) and a swirl of buttercream atop. Decorated to match a chosen theme including colours, with fondant cut toppers and stamped details such as name and personalised message.
From £30
Note: Minimum order of a dozen limited to one sponge choice
Decorative Elements Price Guide
Note: Some of these elements may be sourced from third parties and cost may include postage.
Custom card toppers from £10
Custom Acrylic toppers from £18
A selection of up to 5 macarons £10
A selection of up to 5 silk/artificial flowers £10
Assorted chocolates eg, Ferrero Rocher, Lindor etc from £10
Fresh flowers (a mixed selection) from £15
Acrylic name and number charms from £8
Metallic drip £8 Balloon toppers from £7
Edible sheets from £5.50/ 1 x sheet
Custom animal/human figurines from £20 each
Sugar flowers (reserved exclusively for wedding cakes from £25 each )
Why Gladys' Gourmet Cakes Are The Best Choice For You
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Gladys thank you so much and look forward to ordering more cakes in the future :)
We decided your main cake was so spectacular that we improvised & got my uncle and Aunt to cut it as a celebration of their recent 50th wedding Anniversary! I think you were brilliant from being to end,I wish you success in your superb Cake business!
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