Cray Bakes

Cray Bakes Providing life's Totally Tasty Moments Tray bakes and more....brownie extraordinaire

We recently sent out a Millionaires FJ slab out in the post during the heatwave and it didn’t arrive in the best of cond...
02/09/2026

We recently sent out a Millionaires FJ slab out in the post during the heatwave and it didn’t arrive in the best of conditions 😬 the chocolate topping was more like a puddle of chocolate 😅

However this customer was super understanding and froze her slab until she was ready to devour…resulting in a just as delicious bake 🫶

Many people don’t realize you can freeze all of our bakes…when you buy them from us direct they haven’t been frozen, but some of our stockists may need to at times like this when we’re away on holiday, but they’re guaranteed to still taste amazing 🤩

Thank you for this amazing feedback Natalie, super appreciate your custom and we will make sure to fulfill your Salty bake needs very soon 😉

02/09/2026

Taking advantage of the time away 😂😂

NEW SHOP: why we won’t currently 😅People always ask us, open up a shop in Selby…here’s a few reasons we won’t currently....
31/08/2026

NEW SHOP: why we won’t currently 😅

People always ask us, open up a shop in Selby…here’s a few reasons we won’t currently.

👨‍💼 Business rates in our industry are nuts, we currently pay a very small amount (which we’re currently arguing against as we don’t think we should be paying anything) but if we grew we’d have to pay even more which would put a much greater impact on us!

😣 this business already puts enough stress on us, don’t think I could handle even more TBH 🙈

💷 realistically, if we did grow to a bigger shop and outlet, we’d have to increase our prices, would people want to pay more?

🏬 Rents are pricey! Like, we get landlords wanting their cut but for the conditions of some property, they’re asking way too much and with little support or help to improve the property. We’ve looked at shops in Selby but they’re just not realistic! Thankfully our current unit has a very affordable rent and great support in terms of property management and utility’s!

🛠️ You have no idea of how much if costs to fit out a shop, we did ours relatively cost effectively, but we still put around £30k into ours and that’s just a shop, a whole coffee shop style place would be much more!

😬 controversial, but with the amount of vandalism reports you hear of in Selby, and the fact that we’re a LGBT business which already puts us more out there as a target after some of the comments and DMs we get, but it puts us off spending our time and effort to open a shop there…security cameras only do so much! TBF this isn’t just Selby but a lot of places!

🧑‍🍳ATM our bakery is attached to our shop, so it’s very easy to manage both from the same space, if we opened a shop in Selby, it would mean more staff and more operating challenges!

Never say never, but currently we are pretty happy doing what we’re doing and content with the size of our business.

We used to have the goals to grow our business larger, but we realised quickly that taking it at our pace is much better for us.

Happy Bank Holiday guys…just a quick reminder that we’re on our holiday and most likely won’t be replying to any request...
31/08/2026

Happy Bank Holiday guys…just a quick reminder that we’re on our holiday and most likely won’t be replying to any requests for bakes and orders until we’re back ✌️

Irionic though how whilst we’re away I actually have more time to do socials and fun stories than when we’re in the bakery 😅

9 years ago this all started with this batch of Brownies 😅Yes, September 2017 was the year I made my first ever batch of...
30/08/2026

9 years ago this all started with this batch of Brownies 😅

Yes, September 2017 was the year I made my first ever batch of Brownies and this whole cray-zy journey began!

We didn’t officially start the business until a little later in 2019, but the first ideation and recipe creations was going down and we had great support from some close friends and family.

We think you’ll all hopefully agree that what we produce today has changed significantly but that OG brownie to this day has never changed, the same recipe but perfected so it tastes and looks incredible 👌

See, our ethos around baking has always been TASTE first and then to make it look as tempting…too many times we’ve bought bakes that look amazing but the taste is a let down, and it’s usually because the focus has been on the LOOK 👀 rather than making sure it tastes delicious first. A focus on the flavour and consistent is what we feel makes our bakes stand out 🫶

This September we’re wanting to celebrate and look back over the years to what we’ve baked, perhaps bring back some bakes which you may not have seen for a while…OG Crayniacs, let us know in the comments what you fancy and we will try to make it happen throughout September for you 😁

If we had a £1 for every time someone asks us ‘how do you guys work together’, we’d be set for Prosecco for life 😂If you...
29/08/2026

If we had a £1 for every time someone asks us ‘how do you guys work together’, we’d be set for Prosecco for life 😂

If you’re new here, we’re Craig and Matt 👋, happily married for 4 years and together for 12 years in total, and we own and created Cray Bakes!

Over many years, we’ve had to learn how to make sure our relationship is never sacrificed for the business, nothing is more important to us than each other so we’ve implemented some rules and things we do to make sure we’re always showing up for each other and our relationship!

🌴 We love a Holiday ☀️ travel and seeing the world is our passion, we lead pretty simple lives but when it comes to travel we like to splurge and treat ourselves…working hard in the business allows us to fulfil our travel passions!

🍝 FOOD IS LIFE 😂 and it’s the best way to a mans heart or so we’ve been told! When he has time, Matt is a keen cook and loves to experiment with new meals for us…we do need to work on this little more but going out to try new places is also sometime we love to do.

📆 Weekend dates are totally ON 💯 we’ve never really had the time to commit to doing something all the time, but we’ve tried hard to spend time every month to have a weekend date, if it’s going out for food, a trip to the cinema or going round vinyl stores - ONE RULE, no Cray Bakes chats 🚫

🫶 I think there’s something in relationships where you just need some space and ‘YOU TIME’ which is a good thing, we have different interests and friends, so we’ve always respected each other that if we want time alone then that’s cool and then we’re always here for each other when we want to spend time together. Works for us ✌️

🧑‍🍳 Work stays at work is very important, yes we do have to do work at home, but when we’re home and if we’ve had a disagreement at work, we never bring it home, we never stay mad at each other as we make sure to understand it’s a work thing and not a personal thing!

😎 Coined the phrase Chill Sundays 😝 yes, this is that one day of the week where we RELAX, no work, no plans, just relaxing and getting ready for the week ahead!

OOO is ON 🌴The bakery is closed for a week as we take our late summer holidays 🔥Apparently, we take a lot of holidays 😅,...
28/08/2026

OOO is ON 🌴

The bakery is closed for a week as we take our late summer holidays 🔥

Apparently, we take a lot of holidays 😅, BUT when you work hard, you’ve gotta play harder ✌️

What sometimes people see isn’t always what’s happening behind the scenes here at Cray Bakes…you see us smiling away at the shop and on socials, but what goes into running this business is a lot of early mornings and late nights baking away, stressful days making sure everyone gets their orders which they’ve paid for (Take note, Terry 😬) and making sure everyone is taken cared of at the shop, but that is simply one part of making this business work…this doesn’t include the hours of extra work Matt and I do to make sure our finances are in order, stock is ordered, socials are done, staff are paid, the bakery is cleaned….the list is endless! We’ve stopped counting the amount of hours we actually spend working now!

And don’t get us wrong, this isn’t us complaining, we wouldn’t change it for the world as we love what we do and we love running our own business, and it seems to be working for us…but know that a lot of our life is spent doing Cray Bakes and we sacrifice friends and family time to do it, so when we do get some time off, we like to take it travelling and feel like we’ve earned a nice relax in the sun ☀️

Much love to everyone who keeps allowing us to do this and make sure to keep it Cray Bakes whilst we’re away over at our stockists and keep supporting local businesses right now as we know how hard they’re all working right now 😘

C&M x

LAST DAY VIBES ✌️🌴 HERE TIL 2PM 🫶This is it guys, we’re closing early today so get your orders in now. Orders online unt...
27/08/2026

LAST DAY VIBES ✌️🌴 HERE TIL 2PM 🫶

This is it guys, we’re closing early today so get your orders in now.

Orders online until 1pm will be shipped out today for next day delivery 🚚

Or pop in-store to see us before we close for just over a week 😬

Recently told this was the best brownie we’ve ever done by an long time Crayniac…be our guest 😝Order online now to avoid...
25/08/2026

Recently told this was the best brownie we’ve ever done by an long time Crayniac…be our guest 😝

Order online now to avoid missing out this week before we head away for our staff holidays: https://www.craybakestheshop.co.uk

P.s no hot breakfast sandwiches this week 😬 baking has to take priority ✌️

Address

Blackwood Hall Business Park, North Duffield
Selby
YO85DD

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 4pm
Thursday 7:30am - 4pm
Friday 7:30am - 4pm

Telephone

+447817987102

Website

,

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Cray Bakes posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category