Deerly Beloved Bakery. (Vegan)

28/06/2025

That's a wrap! My last cake just went off with the lovely Leah my last customer!
I am a mix of emotions and a few tears have been shed.
When I started this business nearly 15 years ago I didn't know how it would pan out. I was out of work after burning out from my anxiety disorder and after being turned down for disability benefits by atos for 'being able to wear mascara' and 'competent to fill out the form' I decided to have a go at the thing I loved which was making vegan cakes.
My first cakes were for a shop opening on St Benedicts called Aunty Nana's followed by a stall at Olives cafe where my husband (then my boyfriend) worked. Deerly was up and running.
I would love to thank all the shops and businesses we have supplied over the years including Waterstones cafe W,Biddys Tea Room,UEA Sports park,UEA Unio,Slurp,St Benedicts Food Store,Rainbow Wholefoods,Little Shop of Vegan,The Sanctuary Cafe,Franks Bar,The Green Grocers,The Mitre Norwich,The Bicycle Shop,Pulse,Huggers,Greenwave Cafe,Hungry Cat Cafe,Hatters Tea Shop,Sunset Cafe,Auntie Nana's,
The Dandy Horse.
And also all the lovely stalls and markets we attended,Norwich Mind Body and Spirit fayre, Clutter City, The Christmas lights switch on, Norwich games convention, Makers Market, Norwich Makers Market, Global Village Norwich, Castle Castle Acre fair, Manchester Zine fair, Norwich Zine Fair, Fierce Babes Market, Norwich vegans fair, Norwich Pumpkin Fest, The Bar Boot Sale, Olives, St Augustine's street party for Lord Mayors Procession and many more!
Thank you to all my amazing customers near and far who let me create cakes for your special occasions and celebrations. It means the world to have made them for you.

I also want to say a big thank you to my family who have done deliveries, ingredients runs, have helped out at stalls have been a sounding board and just amazing supporters of me and Deerly.
And finally a big thank you to my husband Kyle, who apart from the baking, has been by my side through everything. I love you all Deerly.

Best wishes
Kayleigh 🦌

17/06/2025

My last novelty cake is for my bestie friend !
A Victoria sponge cake topped with a hand painted Wednesday Addams!

17/06/2025

It's was my wonderful, kind and beautiful mum's 70th birthday on Sunday. So I made her a gluten free garden scene cake.
Lemon sponge shed with a greenhouse attached. I made the panes of glass from boiled sweets and it turned out so cute!

17/06/2025

The cutest little 1st birthday cake!
4 layers of vanilla sponge with rainforest elephant theme.

20/05/2025

A lovely little write up about us in the today!

20/05/2025

A lovely little write up about us in the paper today!

Deerly Beloved Bakery will close down in June after 15 years serving Norwich shops and locals with vegan cakes.

06/05/2025

My last wedding off to its bride and groom! A Beltane handfasting explosion of colour!❤️

A soy free gluten free apple cinnamon spice cake with piped trees, an inscribed fallen log, mini mushrooms, and a soy free lemon shortbread cake with handmade maypole, piped message and then both cakes adorned in edible flowers from and herbs from the Deerly garden.

22/04/2025

Hello everyone!
Kayleigh here.
It's bittersweet to tell you that Deerly Beloved Bakery. (Vegan) Will be closing at the end of June.
We are still ticking along nicely but after nearly 15 years of baking I am ready for a new challenge. I was about 24 years old when the plans for Deerly started and I will turn 40 next year!
It's been a huge chunk of my life and I want to thank everyone of you who have shared, reposted, commented, bought a cake, cheered from afar or visited us at one of the hundreds of events and pop ups we have done over the years. I will be forever grateful to you. I have made some life long friends along the way too, you know who you are!

So if you have already ordered a cake for May Or June don't worry! It will still be made. If you would like to order something before we close then please do!

If you would like to follow me into my next chapter then please follow me at Agnes & Aude Dog Portraits

So for now big hugs and cupcakes,
Kayleigh x

31/03/2025

A beautiful butterfly cake for a 1st birthday!
4 layers of chocolate cake lots of vanilla buttercream, fondant butterflies and gold sparkle luster!

18/03/2025

What a joy to make this cake! A marmite jar with a piped message on a biscoff cake.

Happy birthday Robert! We hope you had the best day!

28/02/2025

I also made some bright pink ones too!
Chocolate and vanilla mermaid theme cupcakes for a 4 year olds birthday party. I really enjoyed making these and they turned out so cute!