Sponge Cake
Even the best of us sometimes struggle to bake a perfect sponge cake in a domestic oven...
Why not save yourself the trouble?
For over 10 years we have been successfully sending ready to decorate sponge cake bases to customers all over the country. Our carefully balanced recipe produces a moist, delicious tasting cake which will still be good to eat up to four or five weeks after baking, giving you plenty of time to work on the sponge cake base and then enjoy eating it too! Our sponge cakes also freeze and defrost very well, so many customers choose to keep a stock in the freezer ready for those last minute cake requests. Order Now
We have been baking vanilla and chocolate genoese sponge for many years, and now offer carrot cake and an eggless vanilla sponge too. All our sponge cakes are individually packed in sturdy boxes to protect them during transit, and come with two layers in the box which are ready for you to decorate, once you have removed the baking paper from the base of each layer. Each layer of sponge is approx 1.25" deep, so most customers use both layers, sandwiched together with buttercream and/or jam, to make one standard depth cake.
We have also launched a new Death by Chocolate Cake ~ a very moist, deliciously dark and rich cake ideal for decadent chocolate wedding cakes.
We also now offer ready-to-decorate cupcakes in a choice of chocolate or vanilla, baked in silver or gold cases. Packed in boxes of 36 (standard size) or 20 (large), these are ideal for creating fashionable cupcake towers - without having to stay up all night baking tray after tray of tiny cakes first! Our cupcakes stay good to eat for 4 weeks - if you can resist them that long...
We can send vanilla or chocolate genoese sponge cakes (and our new Death by Chocolate Cake) in the following sizes, all of which are packed with two layers of sponge in the box:
29" x 17" slabs, 17" x 14" half slabs, and 12", 10" or 8" cut squares. Order Now
Our carrot cake and egglesss vanilla sponge are only available in the 12", 10" or 8" cut squares, as these types of cake are too delicate to travel well in the larger slabs. As the carrot cake and eggless sponge are both more fragile than the vanilla sponge, they are not so suitable for American style stacked cakes.
We do not bake sponge cakes in rounds, but the rectangular slabs and cut squares are very easy to cut to whatever shape you require, using a cakeboard as a template and a sharp serrated knife to cut your shape. Just make sure to keep the knife upright! Our sponges are even easier to handle if they are chilled or semi-frozen first, as this will make them firmer.
A note on shelf life: the shelf life of our sponge cake bases is calculated from the day of baking, not the day of delivery, and most cakes will be around 3 to 4 days old when you receive them. We recommend that you order sponges to arrive about a week before the celebration, then decorate them in the week leading up to the wedding or party. This ensures the cake is in prime condition when served, and ought to give plenty of time to enjoy the left-overs! The shelf life given is for the undecorated cake base in the orginal packaging - once decorated, the life will depend very much on the type of fillings and icings used.
