A birthday cake should look like the person it is for. That is difficult to do from a supermarket chiller and easy to do when someone makes it by hand.
Get a Free QuoteLoughton is an affluent Essex town on the Central line, popular for weddings and large family celebrations, with Epping Forest on its doorstep. Bake You Happy makes birthday cakes by hand for families right across the area, and delivers them personally rather than sending them by courier.
Every cake is designed from scratch with you. There is no catalogue to pick from and no set menu of shapes. You tell Paulina about the occasion, the people and the look you have in mind, and she builds the design around that.
Loughton birthdays skew towards the bigger end. A lot of what we deliver to IG10 is for milestone parties in restaurants along the High Road, or at home with a marquee in the garden. Children's parties here often run to a proper theme rather than a candle and a sponge, and we are happy to build something ambitious if that is what you want.
We cover the whole of Loughton and the IG10 postcodes, including Loughton High Road, Debden, Loughton Broadway, Traps Hill, Goldings Hill, Church Hill, Upper Park and Borders Lane. If you are just outside that, ask anyway, we usually can.
We deliver to homes, halls, churches and venues throughout the area. Places we know well in and around Loughton include:
For restaurant deliveries we ring ahead about fridge space and what time they want it, so it is not sitting on a bar for three hours.
If your celebration is somewhere else entirely, that is no problem at all. Give us the venue name and address and we will speak to them directly about access and timing.
Our kitchen sits about 20 minutes from Loughton, which matters more than it sounds. A tiered cake does not travel well, and a shorter journey means less time in the car and a cake that arrives exactly as it left. We deliver it ourselves and, for tiered cakes, assemble it on site rather than moving it built.
A themed cake can mean a hand painted panel or it can mean a fully carved sculpture, and the gap between those two in time and cost is enormous. It is worth being honest early about which end you want. A sculpted piece needs structure inside it, dries in stages, and cannot be rushed, so those orders want three to four weeks. A beautifully finished round cake with modelled toppers can often be turned around far quicker and photographs almost as well. For children's parties in IG10 we would usually suggest putting the budget into two or three really good hand modelled figures rather than covering every surface, because that is what the child actually remembers. For milestone parties, the thing that lifts a cake is usually restraint and one strong idea, not more decoration. Bring us the brief and we will tell you honestly which parts are worth paying for and which are not.
Single tier birthday cakes start from £60 for a six inch and £80 for an eight inch. Two tier cakes start from £120 and number cakes from £70. A £50 deposit secures your date, with the balance due before delivery. There is a full breakdown on our cake prices page.
Send Paulina a message with your date, roughly how many people you are feeding, and any idea of the look you want, even a rough one. She will reply personally, talk it through with you and send a quote. You can also read the full ordering guide first if you prefer.
Yes. We deliver across Loughton and the surrounding IG10 area, including Loughton High Road, Debden, Loughton Broadway, Traps Hill and the rest of the neighbourhood. Our kitchen is about 20 minutes away, so your cake travels a short distance and arrives in good condition.
Single tier birthday cakes start from £60 for a six inch and £80 for an eight inch. Two tier cakes start from £120 and number cakes from £70. Every cake is quoted individually once we know the size, the design and the date.
Most birthday cakes need about a week's notice. Simple designs can sometimes be done in two or three days, so it is worth asking even at short notice.
Yes. We regularly deliver to homes, halls and venues around Loughton, including places such as Lopping Hall and Epping Forest. Just give us the venue name, the address and a contact on the day and we will arrange the timing directly with them.
Yes. We make vegan and gluten free cakes with the same designs and finishes as everything else, usually with a small supplement. Everything is baked in a kitchen that handles nuts, gluten, wheat, dairy and egg, so we label clearly but cannot promise an item is free from all traces.
Every cake is designed from scratch, so there is no price list to pick from. Send a few details and Paulina will reply personally with ideas and a quote. It costs nothing and there is no obligation.
She reads every enquiry herself and will reply to you personally, usually within a day. Her reply will come from paulina@bakeyouhappy.co, so do add that to your contacts.
If your date is close, or you would rather just talk it through, message her on WhatsApp on 07514 660 451 and she will come back to you faster.