Last minute cakes

We get a lot of last minute requests for cakes, which we class as less than a week to the required by date. These are almost always more hassle than they are worth. We even get requests for cakes or cookies on the day. It is impossible to handbake and decorate a cake in less than a day as the cake doesn’t have enough time to get cold and then finish. By the definition the finish would be substandard as icing requires time to set and if touched before then marks terribly,  ruining all your hard work.

Cakes booked less than a week in advance means that everything must be to hand or got very quickly which generates additional costs as last minute sourcing or car journeys are required. We don’t currently charge extra for these and do try to fit these in, but are now seriously considering an additional charge to cover these additional costs. But the downturn in the economy has meant a lot of people leaving it to the last minute to order cakes.