Once Upon A Time Cakes

Welcome

At Once Upon a Time Cakes we provide a personal and professional service from your initial consultation to delivery and set-up at your choice of venue.

Julie specialises in uniquely designed wedding cakes, paying particular attention to the client’s requirements in order to create a personal and outstanding wedding cake. Whether you are looking for a modern or traditional style cake, we will ensure that it is in perfect keeping with your theme and completes your dream wedding.
With an extremely wide selection of flavours we are guaranteed to create a mouth watering cake which will be to everyone’s tastes.

Julie also makes Birthday, Christening, Corporate, Anniversary and Cupcakes to complete any special occasion. Julie will be pleased to discuss your idea with you, however extravagant it may be.
Please contact us to set up a consultation and tasting.

About Once Upon A Time Cakes

Cake designer Julie Wilkinson has been making celebration cakes for over twenty years.
Her passion for baking started as a child when she would create delicious cakes for family and friends. Her enthusiasm grew as she began to peruse it further and create stunning works of art for various weddings and events. She began to specialise in painting directly onto the iced surface and creating elaborate 3-D designs.

Always keeping up with the times, her designs have progressed into more basic cakes as the need for sophistication and simplicity grew, as well as mastering the art of cupcakes. From light sponge to rich fruit, each recipe has been developed over time to make sure that it is as perfect as possible using the highest quality ingredients. Please take time to browse through our gallery in order to draw inspiration and see the quality of our work.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have or to set up a consultation and taste session.

Services

Design Service
All cakes are bespoke and designed with you to create your perfect cake. We can either design something completely new, or alter a previous design from our portfolio. All colours can be matched exactly, if provided with an example so that it is in perfect keeping with your colour scheme and any theme you may have at your celebration.

Consultations and cake tasting
Consultations are by appointment only. Cake tasting samples will be provided at the consultation, please let us know when booking if you require particular flavours to try.

Allergies and Special Dietary Requirements
Nuts:
Our fruit and coffee and walnut cakes are the only cakes that contain nuts as an ingredient, although a nut free recipe is available on request. All of our other flavours do not contain nuts as an ingredient; however, we cannot guarantee that the ingredients used are not from a contaminated source.
Wheat free:
We can make wheat free cakes in a variety of flavours.
Alcohol:
Our fruitcake is made with brandy, and our amaretto cake with amaretto, but we can also make them alcohol free if required. We cannot make the Irish cream cakes without alcohol.
Please contact us regarding any allergies you may have.

Cakes decorated with fresh flowers
If you require fresh flowers on your cake please provide us with the details of your florist so we can liaise with them. We complete the cake with fresh flowers on site paying particular attention to wrapping the stems in order not to contaminate your cake.
Please note some flowers are toxic and therefore not suitable; please talk to your florist about this. We will not be held legally responsible for any contamination to our food if supplied with toxic flowers.

Cakes decorated with non-edible materials
Please note that accessories such as brooches, ribbons, silk flowers, diamantes, beads and feathers that are used to decorate some of our cakes must be removed from your cake before serving. All of our non-edible accessories are only used at the clients request and Once Upon a Time Cakes accepts no responsibility for any harm that may occur from their misuse.

Stand hire
We can supply stands, for hire, for our wedding cakes if required. A hire charge of £25 plus a £35 refundable deposit is required. The deposit is held until the stand is returned to us in the same condition as supplied. Stands must be returned within 7 days.

Payment terms
To confirm an order, a non-refundable deposit of £150 is required for wedding cakes and celebration cake deposit will depend on the requirements. The balance is due one month before the delivery or collection of the cake. We accept payment by cheque, BACS transfer and paypal.

Collection/Delivery
Delivery to Brighton is free. Quotes for delivery charges for other destinations are available on request. If you choose delivery, we will communicate with the venue regarding timings and set up. All cakes can be collected from our Brighton base. Please note, if the cake is collected, full responsibility for the safety of the cake is with the client and not 'Once Upon a Time Cakes' once it has left our premises.

Cancellation Policy
If you cancel your order for any reason up to one month before the date of your event, your deposit is non-refundable. All other monies paid will be refunded by business cheque within fourteen working days. If your order is cancelled less than one month before the designated event date, you shall receive a refund of 25% of the total cost.

Wedding Cakes

Our wedding cake gallery features an assortment of our bespoke made wedding cakes. We pay particular attention to detail and design the handmade sugar decorations to your needs, if required. We can match any element of your wedding, from colours to designs taken from your wedding dress. We work with you one on one to design the perfect cake for your special day.

Celebration Cakes

All of our celebration cakes are custom made to your wishes. Below is a small selection of cakes we have previously made. All our cakes can be personalised in a variety of ways to suit the occasion. If you require a photo painted or transferred onto the cake, like shown above, please send us the photo in high quality. Prices depend on size and designs, please enquire.

Favours

We offer a variety of wedding favours which can be adapted to your needs, and link with the cake or your theme.
Each favour is individually wrapped, and can also be personalised to double up as a name place. We can make cookies in a selection of flavours and shapes. We also make mini cakes and chocolate lollies. All our favours are also suitable for other celebrations. Prices on request.

Flavours & Fillings

All of our cakes are freshly bakes and are available in a variety of flavours. We use our own unique recipes with the finest of ingredients to make mouth watering cakes. Each tier can be a different flavour.

Cake Flavours	Cake Filling & Frosting
Vanilla Chocolate Chocolate mud cake White chocolate mud cake Chocolate orange Caramel Light fruit Rich fruit Carrot Lemon Orange Strawberry Raspberry Coconut Ginger Espresso Coffee and walnut Irish cream Amaretto Rose Earl grey Red velvet	Vanilla Chocolate White chocolate Chocolate orange Chocolate liquor Caramel Lemon Orange cream cheese Orange blossom Lime and coconut Ginger fudge Coffee Irish cream Amaretto Rose Brandy butter

Portion Guide

We can advise you on size and number of cakes required to feed your guests but this table will help you estimate the number of portions cakes will yield.
The following gives an approximate number of portions

Fruit cakes	Round cakes	Square cakes
6"	25	35
8"	40	45
10"	75	90
12"	110	130
Sponge cakes	Round cakes	Square cakes
6"	14	18
8"	25	32
10"	39	50
12"	56	72

Contact

If you would like to make an enquiry, then please contact Julie Wilkinson

Mobile: 07780 774235

Email: info@onceuponatimecakes.co.uk

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