Kimmi's Cakes

18/10/2026

POV: two cakes to ganache before lunch 🍫

Ganache is what gives you sharp edges. Buttercream alone moves, chocolate sets hard, so once it’s on and chilled you’ve got a shell you can fondant over without a single bulge.

Warm it to just spreadable, never pourable. Build it up slightly proud of the board, then scrape back with the edge dead flat against the plate. Chill, check the seams, do it again where it needs it.

Which do you prefer watching, POV like this or time lapse? Tell me and I’ll film more of whichever.

17/10/2026

Halloween pop-up, Friday 30 October 🎃

10am to 4pm at the unit. Unit 54, BSS House, Cheney Manor, Swindon SN2 2PJ. Free parking, come in through the loading bay marked Access D 🚗

Eleven things on the table 👇

🧁 Toffee apple, spiced pumpkin and chocolate orange cupcakes
🍪 Monster and Bueno hazelnut praline New York cookies
🍞 Blackberry and apple and sticky ginger mini loaves
🍫 Bonfire toffee and s’mores brownies
🍰 Red velvet and black forest by the slice

🌱 The spiced pumpkin and the black forest are both vegan and made without gluten, and several of the others are made without gluten too.

⏰ Pre-order online if there is something you want to be sure of. I bake to the numbers on the Wednesday, so pre-orders close Tuesday 27 October at midnight. Whatever is left comes to the table on the day.

🔗 Pre-order here:
https://www.kimmiscakes.co.uk/weekly-menu

15/10/2026

A stage and a drum kit for Louis turning 18 🥁

The bottom tier is the stage, with speaker stacks, spotlights, gold truss on the corners and music notes down the side. The tier above is a bass drum, black with gold hardware all the way round, and on the top there is a drum kit and a Strat, all made by hand, down to the badge on the kick drum.

Vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream, 80 portions.

Happy 18th Louis 🩷

Got a cake like this in mind? Have a look here:
https://www.kimmiscakes.co.uk/celebrationcakes

14/10/2026

Hand painted places for Ben and Andrew at Stanton Manor Hotel 🤍

Every tier painted by hand in black and grey, all the way round. The windmill from the Vicar of Dibley on the top, then New York and Paris and the Colosseum, and York, Berlin, Sorrento and St Michael's Mount around the bottom. All the places that mean something to them.

Three tiers in white fondant. Orange and passionfruit on top, salted caramel in the middle, classic vanilla on the bottom. 84 portions, plus six made without gluten cupcakes so nobody missed out.

Their own topper with the date on it, and a little fondant dog sat on the board.

Painting takes time and it is my favourite kind of order to get. If you have places you want on your cake, send them over.

Congratulations Ben and Andrew 🩷

Planning your wedding cake? You can find more information here:
https://www.kimmiscakes.co.uk/weddingcakes

13/10/2026

A semi naked cake with a copper drip for Hollie and Jonny at Lillibrooke Manor 🤍

Three tiers on a log slice, finished with clusters of white roses, lisianthus, waxflower and greenery, and their own gold topper with the date on it.

Oreo on the top tier, banoffee in the middle, orange and passionfruit on the bottom. 111 portions between them.

Semi naked is a lovely one for a barn or a manor. You still see the sponge through the buttercream, so it feels relaxed rather than formal, and the copper lifts it.

Congratulations Hollie and Jonny 🩷

Planning your wedding cake? You can find more information here:
https://www.kimmiscakes.co.uk/weddingcakes

12/10/2026

Carole is 60 ⚡

Pale pink buttercream with hand painted leopard print in cobalt blue, coral and lime green, a piped shell border round the top, and macarons in pink, pistachio and yellow with gold sugar pearls dotted between them.

Bright, vibrant and nothing like a traditional 60th, which was exactly the brief.

Happy 60th Carole!

Planning a big birthday? Find out more about my bespoke cakes here:
https://www.kimmiscakes.co.uk/bespoke-cakes-swindon

Explore all the flavours here:
https://www.kimmiscakes.co.uk/flavours

09/10/2026

🎃 Half term, Saturday 24 October.

An hour decorating six spooky cupcakes with your little one. We provide everything, you just turn up.

What you get:
🧁 6 freshly baked cupcakes
🎨 Buttercream ready made and coloured
🕷️ A table of sweets, sprinkles and Halloween decorations
🛠️ All the piping bags, nozzles and equipment
📦 A box to carry them home

Six places at each sitting, and one place is one adult and one child together, £25.

Bringing two children? Book a second place in the same sitting and use the code SECONDCHILD at checkout for £10 off. One grown up can stay with both.

10am: kimmiscakes.co.uk/service-page/halloween-parent-child-cupcake-class-24-october-2026-10am
12pm: kimmiscakes.co.uk/service-page/halloween-parent-child-cupcake-class-24-october-2026-12pm
2pm: kimmiscakes.co.uk/service-page/halloween-parent-child-cupcake-class-24-october-2026-2pm

📍 BSS House, Cheney Manor Road, Swindon. Held in the meeting rooms at the front of the building, free parking on site.

Small-group cake decorating classes in Swindon, with a maximum of 2 students. Buttercream, ganache, fondant and sharp edges. All tools and ingredients included.

06/10/2026

Branded cupcakes for WFM 💙

Thirty six of them, topped with buttercream and an edible printed logo disc matched to their two blues.

Three flavours across the order: Chocolate Orange, Salted Caramel and Classic Vanilla.

Boxed by the dozen so they can be handed round an office or taken straight to an event with nothing else to do to them.

Getting a logo onto a cupcake and keeping it sharp comes down to the print and the disc underneath. These came out really crisp.

Something coming up at work? Find out more about branded cakes, cupcakes and biscuits here:
https://www.kimmiscakes.co.uk/corporate