Your wedding cake is the one dessert every single guest will see, photograph and remember. It deserves more thought than a catalogue picture.
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 wedding 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.
South Woodford weddings often involve a reception at one of the restaurants along George Lane or The Broadway rather than a dedicated wedding venue. That is a different job from a hotel wedding. Space is tighter, the cake usually goes in before guests arrive, and it needs to work in a room that was not designed around it.
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:
Tell us the restaurant and we will speak to them about when to deliver and where the cake will actually stand, so it is not squeezed onto a service table at the last minute.
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.
A restaurant wedding puts different demands on a cake than a hotel does. The room is usually smaller, the cake often has to go in before service starts, and once it is placed it generally cannot be moved. That makes the delivery window narrower than couples expect and it is the single thing most worth sorting early. We will ring the restaurant ourselves and agree a time, confirm whether they have fridge space, and find out who will actually be there to let us in. It is also worth asking them who cuts and serves the cake, because some will plate it up for you and some will hand you a knife and leave you to it. Practically, a slightly taller cake with fewer tiers often works better than a wide one in a tight room, and it reads better in photographs taken close up, which is what you get in a restaurant. We will design with the actual space in mind if you tell us where it is.
Two tier wedding cakes start from £200 and three tier designs from £300, with the final price depending on size, detail and finish. 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.
Two tier wedding cakes start from £200 and three tier designs from £300, with the final price depending on size, detail and finish. Every cake is quoted individually once we know the size, the design and the date.
Wedding cakes are usually booked six to twelve months ahead, and popular summer Saturdays go first. If your date is closer than that it is always worth asking, as we sometimes have space.
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.