Black Hatbox Buttercream Bloom Cake

I love the drama of this cake: the black hatbox shape gives it restraint, then the flowers completely soften it. Buttercream florals take patience and control, but here the contrast makes every petal feel more deliberate. It is bold, romantic and just a little bit wicked.

Sponge:

Vanilla - Flour (wheat, gluten), sugar, egg , milk, buttermilk (milk), yoghurt (milk), sunflower and rapeseed oil, baking powder, vanilla extract, salt.

Chocolate - Flour (wheat gluten), sugar, egg, milk, cocoa, sunflower and rapeseed oil, sodium bicarbonate (raising agent: E500), instant coffee granules, vanilla extract.

Lemon - Flour (wheat , gluten), sugar, egg , milk , buttermilk (milk), yoghurt (milk), sunflower oil and rapeseed oil, baking powder, lemon zest, lemon juice, natural lemon flavouring with other natural flavourings, vanilla extract, salt.

Red Velvet - Wheat flour (gluten), eggs, milk, buttermilk (milk), sunflower and rapeseed oil, sugar, baking powder, vanilla extract, cocoa powder, colouring Red [Vegetable Glycerine E422, Mono Propylene Glycol E1520, Water, Ponceau 4R E124, Allura Red E129].

Cookies & Cream -Wheat flour ( gluten ), eggs , milk , buttermilk ( milk ), sunflower and rapeseed oil, sugar, baking powder, vanilla extract, Oreo [Wheat Flour, Sugar, Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder 4,5 %, Wheat Starch, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Raising Agents (Potassium Carbonates, Ammonium Carbonates, Sodium Carbonates), Salt, Emulsifiers (Soya Lecithin, Sunflower Lecithin), Flavouring].

Pistachio - Wheat flour (gluten), eggs, milk, buttermilk (milk), sunflower and rapeseed oil, sugar, baking powder, vanilla extract, Pistachios (nuts).

Buttercream: Sugar, egg white, butter (milk), vanilla extract, salt, colouring Pink (Glycerol, Propylene, Glycol, E551, Food Colour: E104, E155, E129), colouring Yellow (glycerol E422, propylene glycol E551, colours E104 & E110), colouring Green (Glycerol, Propylene, Glycol, E551, Food Colour: E104, E133), colouring Blue (glycerol E422, propylene glycol E1520, silicon dioxide E551, water, colours E133 & E122), colouring Purple (Glycerol, Propylene, Glycol, E551, Food Colour: E122, E133), colouring Black (Glycerine E422, Mono propylene glycol E1520, Water, Silica E551, Food colour - E124 E133 E104).

*Although not necessarily present in this particular product, the colours used across our range of products may include the colours E102*, E104, E110, E122 & E129 - which may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in some children. All products are produced on premises handling eggs, gluten, nuts, peanuts, milk, sesame and soya hence may contain traces. Please note cakes may contain cocktail sticks and dowelling for support.

Each cake is hand-made individually and carefully and while will look similar to the images, may not be identical.

Our cakes are vegetarian and made in bakeries that handle wheat, gluten, eggs, milk and nuts. We do not offer vegan or gluten-free cakes. Standard delivery is by our own drivers within the London and Surrey areas we serve; further-afield delivery may be arranged in advance. Our bakeries are not customer collection points.