Colne Cakes 'n' Bakes

Colne Cakes 'n' Bakes Handmade cakes and Fondant for all occasions. PM for prices and more details.

Cakes for family and friends 🥰
08/09/2024

Cakes for family and friends 🥰

10/07/2024

Win this AMAZING cake at the summer fair on Friday…
Raffle tickets available from tomorrow… 20p per ticket or £1 per strip.
Massive thank you to Colne Cakes 'n' Bakes!!

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28/06/2024

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With Bliss Bakery Bakes – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉
30/05/2024

With Bliss Bakery Bakes – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

A few more pre-ordered cakes 🥰
24/05/2024

A few more pre-ordered cakes 🥰

Some more cakes, I've honoured this year 🥰
26/04/2024

Some more cakes, I've honoured this year 🥰

Cake sale at West Street Community Primary School on Wednesday! Chocolate Cake Pops available 😋 🥰
17/03/2024

Cake sale at West Street Community Primary School on Wednesday! Chocolate Cake Pops available 😋 🥰

Some of the cakes from bookings I've honoured so far this year ❤️
25/02/2024

Some of the cakes from bookings I've honoured so far this year ❤️

13/01/2024

It is with a heavy heart that I have taken the decision to shut the doors on Colne Cakes 'n' Bakes. I will of course honour any existing bookings, but I won't be taking on any new orders.
I've decided to do this due to a number of factors, in the main due to unreasonable clients. I've had a few clients who have managed to destroy my cakes either in transit or being careless when handling, with the expectation that I then reconstruct at my own expense and time. What these clients seem to forget is that I'm not a conglomerate, I'm a small home baker, and I do it because I love it, so their disregard for my work is heart-breaking. After literally hours and hours worth of work, and then for them to deny mis-handling and destroy my work, is atrocious. I, in most cases, offer to reconstruct for no charge, and so have left myself out of pocket, because I want to offer a standard of customer service. In some cases I have even refunded due to abusive clients.
A cake, depending on the detail, costs on average £15-£20 for the material (cake ingredients, fondant, butter, icing sugar, cake board, dowels, nonpareils, food colouring, cake box, toppers, electric, fuel, etc.). If I then work on that said cake for 10 hours and I've charged £75, it means my time is worth £5.50 an hour, to then have to do all that work again is a kick in the gut. I bake cakes because I love it, and I don't want to feel sick each time one is picked up, not knowing whether or not it's going to be destroyed and I get that soul-destroying text. I'm not going to lie, it is the minority of clients, but it's really not worth that gut wrenching feeling.
I also work full time in another job and have a young family. I'd rather give my time to them than some ungrateful customer who thinks their mistake is worth more than any of the above.
I want to thank everyone for their support and custom since I started, for the most, I've absolutely loved doing it and meeting so many lovely people! Everyone

Unicorns and rainbows, what more could a little 2 year old ask for 🥰
08/01/2024

Unicorns and rainbows, what more could a little 2 year old ask for 🥰

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Wishing everyone an amazing 2024!! 🥳And also wishing my baby boy; my amazing, nutty, little Ginger Ninj...
06/01/2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Wishing everyone an amazing 2024!! 🥳
And also wishing my baby boy; my amazing, nutty, little Ginger Ninja a brilliant 8th birthday!! 🥰🥰

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