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 QuoteSouth Woodford is a busy, comfortable pocket of north east London built around George Lane, with a strong restaurant scene and a lot of family celebrations. 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.
E18 is a restaurant-heavy area, and a large share of the birthday cakes we send to South Woodford are delivered to a table rather than a front room. George Lane alone accounts for a good number. The rest are family parties in the streets around Churchfields and Elmhurst.
We cover the whole of South Woodford and the E18 postcodes, including George Lane, Churchfields, The Broadway, Snakes Lane, Derby Road, Elmhurst and Woodford Green border. 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 South Woodford include:
Restaurants vary enormously on whether they will store a cake. We will check before the day rather than turning up and hoping.
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 25 minutes from South Woodford, 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.
If your cake is going to a restaurant, a few things make the evening go smoothly. Book the cake in with the restaurant, not just the table. Many will happily store it and bring it out at the right moment, but they need to know it is coming and some charge a small cakeage fee for the service. We will deliver in a box that opens cleanly so nobody is wrestling with tape in a kitchen. Candles and a cutting knife are worth confirming, as restaurants vary wildly and some have neither. If it is a surprise, tell us and we will keep the box plain on the outside. For a table of ten to twelve, a six or seven inch cake is usually right, because people have already eaten. Ordering a large cake for a restaurant meal is the most common overspend we see, and most of it goes home in napkins.
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 South Woodford and the surrounding E18 area, including George Lane, Churchfields, The Broadway, Snakes Lane and the rest of the neighbourhood. Our kitchen is about 25 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 South Woodford, including places such as Elmhurst Gardens and Churchfields. 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.