A christening cake wants to be soft, simple and personal rather than loud. It is a family day, and the cake should feel like part of it.
Get a Free QuoteChingford is the area Paulina knows best, a green pocket of north east London wrapped around the southern edge of Epping Forest. Bake You Happy makes christening 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.
Chingford has several parish churches and a steady run of christenings through the year, particularly in spring and early summer. Most families come back from the service to a house in North or South Chingford, so the cake needs to already be in place and looking right before anyone walks through the door.
We cover the whole of Chingford and the E4 postcodes, including North Chingford, South Chingford, Chingford Mount, Chingford Hatch, Chingford Green, Friday Hill, Hale End and Sewardstone. 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 Chingford include:
Being local, we can drop the cake off on the morning itself rather than the day before, which means fresher sponge and no overnight storage to worry about.
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 15 minutes from Chingford, 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.
Christening cakes tend to be ordered late, usually once the church date is fixed and the outfit is chosen. That is fine, but it does mean the design conversation happens quickly. The most useful thing you can send us is a photograph of the gown or the christening robe, particularly if it is a family piece that has been passed down. Lace patterns can be piped, and an heirloom detail reproduced on the cake is the thing families end up photographing. If the cake is being cut in front of the godparents and grandparents, it is worth thinking about the top tier as a keepsake. Some families keep a small tier back, and if that is the plan we will make it in a fruit cake so it survives properly rather than a sponge that will not. Names, dates and a verse can all be piped by hand. Send us the exact spelling in writing, because we will copy what you give us.
Christening cakes start from £80 for a single tier and £150 for two tiers, depending on size and detail. 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 Chingford and the surrounding E4 area, including North Chingford, South Chingford, Chingford Mount, Chingford Hatch and the rest of the neighbourhood. Our kitchen is about 15 minutes away, so your cake travels a short distance and arrives in good condition.
Christening cakes start from £80 for a single tier and £150 for two tiers, depending on size and detail. Every cake is quoted individually once we know the size, the design and the date.
Christening cakes are usually ordered two to four weeks ahead, which gives time to get the name, date and colours exactly right.
Yes. We regularly deliver to homes, halls and venues around Chingford, including places such as Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge 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.