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 QuotePonders End is a busy, working, family-heavy part of Enfield along the Lee Valley, and one of our quickest runs from the kitchen. 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.
Ponders End sits about twelve minutes from the kitchen along the Lee Valley, which makes it one of our easier runs. Birthdays here are mostly family occasions at home or in the community halls around the High Street and Enfield Highway, often catering for a big group and a wide age range.
We cover the whole of Ponders End and the EN3 postcodes, including Ponders End High Street, Enfield Highway, Enfield Lock, Brimsdown, South Street, Green Street and Albany Park. 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 Ponders End include:
For larger family parties we will often suggest a cake plus a tray of cupcakes rather than one enormous cake, which usually works out better value and is easier to hand round.
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 12 minutes from Ponders End, 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.
Large family parties are the thing we get asked about most in EN3, and portioning is where people go wrong. A cake cut into wedding portions goes a very long way. A cake cut into the generous slices most families actually serve goes about half as far. Tell us honestly how it will be cut and we will size it properly rather than leaving you short. For a wide age range, a mixture usually beats one large cake. Cupcakes hand round easily, children can take one without waiting to be served, and it stops the cake being cut before the moment you wanted. If several people in the family avoid something, and in big gatherings that is nearly always the case, we can make part of the order dairy free, egg free or gluten free and label it clearly so nobody has to ask. It is far easier to plan that in from the start than to add it on at the end.
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 Ponders End and the surrounding EN3 area, including Ponders End High Street, Enfield Highway, Enfield Lock, Brimsdown and the rest of the neighbourhood. Our kitchen is about 12 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 Ponders End, including places such as Albany Park and Lee Valley Regional Park. 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.