CJ Cakes Ayrshire
Celebration Cakes for all your Special Occasions
cjcakes1@outlook.com | 07725 799032
I have enjoyed making celebration cakes for over for 30 years since my sister asked me to do her cake when she got married, how could I refuse? I attended cake decoration classes and my skills have amazed many people over the years. Tastes, flavours and designs have certainly changed since I began. It is something I enjoy doing and love to try out new creations, especially the novelty designs that certainly give me a challenge to create a “wow!”
I take great care to provide cakes made from fresh ingredients and do not use cake mixes. The cake not only looks sensational but tastes delicious too! Food intolerances for example, glutenfree, egg-free, dairy-free and vegan, don’t have to be a problem as I have created recipes that cater for all dietary requirements.
So, whatever the occasion, anniversaries, birthdays, christenings, engagements, weddings, retirements or indeed any special event, I am happy to advise and sure I can provide you with a suitable cake for your celebration.
Caroline
N.B. Please let me know on ordering about any food intolerances.
Choose Your Flavours
Sponge Cakes - Consist of a three-layered vanilla sponge cake, filled with strawberry jam and vanilla butter cream, then covered with fondant icing finished with royal icing for the decoration.
Naked cakes - popular for modern wedding cakes, without the covering icing. Filled with butter cream and fruit jam. With the choice of vanilla, chocolate and fruit flavours and colours. Decorated accordingly.
Rainbow - layered cake layered with butter cream.
Chocolate Cakes - layered with plain or chocolate butter cream and covered with white, coloured sugar paste, chocolate flavoured sugar paste or fudge icing, and finished with handmade chocolate roses. Available in plain, milk or white chocolate.
Red Velvet - a chocolate deep red coloured sponge cake, layered with cream cheese butter cream filling.
Carrot cake - a rich sponge cake, made with carrot, dried fruit and spices with cream cheese butter cream filling.
Ginger Sponge - a rich ginger sponge cake with dried fruit.
Fruit flavoured - strawberry, raspberry, lemon, orange, banana, pineapple, blueberry. Sponge cake baked with crushed fresh fruit.
Chocolate/Vanilla - chocolate and vanilla marble sponge cake layered with Butter cream Rich Fruit - a traditional rich fruitcake, matured with brandy, covered with almond paste, fondant or royal icing. Suitable for celebration cakes, christening, anniversary, wedding cakes and Christmas Cakes.
Choose Your Design
Celebration Cakes
A wide selection of children and adults’ novelty cakes are available, take a look at the albums. Three-dimensional designs and shaped cakes for children's party themes i.e. fairy castles, characters, cars, animals, etc. Corporate Cakes can be formal with a company logo, decorative with sugar flower designs or humorous. With handpainted pictures and sugar paste character models.
Wedding Cakes
Make your Wedding Day special by choosing a wedding cake that is perfect for the day of your dreams. A good place to start on the design is the colours and style of your wedding and bridesmaid dresses, the colour scheme of your flowers . Wedding cakes are individually designed and priced to suit your special requirements for size, number of tiers, type of decoration, colour and price. Novelty themed cakes and humorous designs can be catered for. A sample of fabric can be helpful to match up the colours. Just browse through the cakes for inspiration and ideas then contact Caroline by phone or email to arrange a meeting and we can discuss your personal preferences.
Choose Your Size
| Single Cake Sizes | Fruit Portions | Sponge Portions |
| 6 inch 15cm | 20-30 | 10-15 |
| 8 inch 20cm | 40-50 | 20-25 |
| 9 inch 25cm | 90-100 | 35-40 |
| 10 inch 30cm | 100-120 | 70-80 |
| 12 inch 35cm | 140-180 | 80-120 |
Celebration Cake Prices
Models, pictures are additional and depend on size and the design.
I will be happy to provide quotes for different flavoured cakes and 2 or 3 tiered celebration designs. Approximate starting prices for Vanilla sponge or chocolate (other flavours are available and can be quoted for ) Celebration Cakes are as follows:
| Size | Round | Square | Novelty Shapes | 3D Designs |
| 6" / 15cm | £20 | £25 | £50 | £75 |
| 8" / 20cm | £40 | £45 | £90 | £135 |
| 10" / 30cm | £45 | £55 | £110 | £165 |
| 12" / 35cm | £65 | £75 | £150 | £220 |
Wedding Cakes
Allow for guests who are attending both on the day and evening receptions and allow extra to give to friends and family who are unable to attend. Should extra portions be required maybe order an extra cutting cake in sponge, chocolate or fruit?
It is possible to have tiers of more than one variety of cake. Plain, chocolate, fruit or a mixture to suit you and your guests tastes. A mixed layer 6 inch 8 inch (15/20cm) sponge and 10 inch fruit would be 120 servings. Should extra portions be required an additional cutting cake can be provided in sponge or fruit. A three tier consisting of 15/20/25 cm square sponge cakes will provide approximately 95 portions. The same size in fruit would serve 150 guests.
Please note that some wedding cake designs are deeper designs and would provide more portions.
| 3 Tier Cake Sizes | Fruit Portions | Sponge Portions |
| 6", 8" and 10" (15/20/30cm) | 150 | 80 |
| 6", 9" and 12" (15/25/35cm) | 190 | 130 |
| 8", 10" and 12" (20/30/35cm) | 250 | 150 |
Wedding Cake Prices start from:
| Tiers | Size | Sponge | Fruit |
| 2 Tier | 15cm/20cm (6 and 8") | £120 | £250 |
| 2 Tier | 15cm/30cm (6 and 10") | £200 | £380 |
| 3 Tier | 15cm/20cm/30cm (6,8 and 10") | £230 | £480 |
| 4 Tier | 15cm/20cm/30cm/35cm (6,8,10 and 12") | £380 | £760 |
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Ordering Your Cake
Celebration Cakes
View the albums of designs on offer for inspiration and ideas ring me or send an email to discuss your requirements sending your pictures and details and I can give you a quote of the cost. I am willing to travel out to you in your own home or meet up to discuss your requirements; flavours, sizes, and design ideas however conventional or unusual! I can bring some tasting samples for you to try over a cup of tea.
Ordering
As soon as you know the date of your celebration, you can ring or email me and place your order. Once I have the date saved, if you are uncertain about the design you will still have enough time to decide on the design and final details up to the week before the event.
Notice
Celebration cakes - At least 3 weeks is normally required for fruitcakes, as they need time for maturing. Sponge and chocolate cakes need to be ordered up to 1 week in advance. Wedding Cakes - At least 3 to 6 months notice to avoid any disappointment during the busy wedding season. Do not worry if you have not finalised colour or design as you can do this up to one month before the required date. Last minute orders are undertaken but please do not be disappointed if I am too busy. However, miracles are sometimes possible!
Payment
I require a deposit of a third of the cost as a deposit, returnable if you can give me a week’s cancellation notice for celebration cakes and a month for Wedding Cakes. Payment is required before delivery. For wedding cakes, arrangements will need to be made for delivery to your wedding venue. Please note I am unable to take visa and debit card payments and would accept cash or cheques.