Practical custom cake advice
Plan your custom cake with clearer answers
Find straightforward guidance on references, finishes, servings, pricing, flavours, allergens, transport and ordering.
3 guides
Briefing a custom cake
What to send before asking for a quote.
5 guides
Design choices
Fondant, buttercream, reference photos, themes, and personalisation.
Buttercream vs fondant custom cakes
Compare two common cake finishes before choosing references or a quote.
Read guideHow to send custom cake reference photos
Make your inspiration images clearer so we read your direction.
Read guideWhat can be created in a custom cake
Understand the practical limits before settling on a reference design.
Read guideToppers, Edible Images and Personalisation
Know your personalisation options before asking for names, ages, toppers, or edible images.
Read guideGetting your cake colours right
Send colour references so the cake looks intentional and consistent.
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Pricing and planning
Servings, lead times, quote factors, pickup, and delivery.
What a custom cake costs in Melbourne
What shapes a custom cake quote before you ask the cost.
Read guideHow far ahead to order your cake
When to enquire and why detailed cakes need more preparation time.
Read guideHow many people will a cake feed?
Work out guest count before size, tiers, and quote.
Read guidePickup and delivery in Melbourne
Sort out pickup and delivery details before asking for a quote.
Read guideHow quotes and changes work
Keep quote discussions clear when the design changes.
Read guideSizes, tiers and how big to go
How size, height, servings, and tiers shape a custom cake brief.
Read guideCustom cake or a ready-made birthday cake?
Decide between one of our ready birthday cakes and a made-to-brief custom enquiry.
Read guideDelivery or pickup: which suits you?
Decide whether delivery or self-pickup is safer for your cake, suburb, timing, and transport.
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Flavours and eating experience
Flavour choices, guest fit, and how cake type affects the brief.
3 guides
Storage, transport and allergens
Allergen questions, pickup, delivery, display, and handling risks.
Allergies and dietary needs
What to ask before assuming a cake suits allergy or dietary needs.
Read guideStoring and transporting your cake
Plan pickup, travel, and display so the cake arrives well.
Read guideDairy-free, gluten-free and allergy questions
Ask the right questions before assuming a cake suits dairy-free, sugar-free, gluten-free, allergy, or intolerance needs.
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Occasion guides
Kids cakes, milestone cakes, corporate cakes, and family celebration briefs.
Planning a themed cake
Brief a themed cake with clear priorities and room for us to guide it.
Read guideCustom cakes for kids' birthdays
How to brief a kids cake so the flavour, servings, theme, and transport work together.
Read guideMilestone birthday cakes
Plan a personalised adult milestone cake without a generic birthday brief.
Read guideCakes for work events
Brief a work cake with clear expectations for logos, branding, and office delivery.
Read guideBaby shower and family cakes
Plan soft, personal family cakes with clear colours, servings, flavour, and display notes.
Read guideKids' themed cake ideas
Plan a clear kids' cake theme using the child's favourite details.
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Reference photos and examples
How to use inspiration photos, and what to ask us before you order.
Next step
Contact us about your custom cake
For the quickest useful quote, send your date, design direction, servings, flavour, wording or personalisation, and delivery or pickup plan. Order early for peak-season and popular dates.
- Custom cakes from $150
- 12–15 serves minimum
- Melbourne delivery & pickup