Watermelon Cake

This cake began from a very different place to most of our designs: not from a flavour craving or a colour palette, but from a feeling of sadness at how much comfort many of us live with while others are denied even the basics. The watermelon design carries that thought quietly, with a small portion of proceeds donated to Save the Children’s Gaza Appeal, but it is still very much a celebration cake: red velvet chocolate chip sponge, green vanilla sponge and silky Swiss meringue buttercream in red, green and white, designed to reveal its watermelon layers when cut. It has become one of our most unexpectedly viral cakes, but what matters most to me is that it holds both joy and hope in the same slice.

Red Velvet Choc Chip Sponge: Flour (wheat, gluten), sugar, egg, milk, buttermilk (milk), yoghurt (milk), sunflower oil, baking powder, vanilla extract, salt, cocoa, colouring Red (glycerol E422, propylene glycol E1520, silicon dioxide E551, water, colours E124 & E12), dark chocolate chips [(Min cocoa 54.5%) Sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier; soya lecithin, natural vanilla].

Green Sponge: Flour (wheat, gluten), sugar, egg, milk, buttermilk (milk), yoghurt (milk), sunflower oil, baking powder, vanilla extract, salt, cocoa, colouring Green (Glycerol, Propylene, Glycol, E551, Food Colour: E104, E133).

Buttercream: Sugar, Egg White, Butter (milk), Vanilla Extract, colouring Red (glycerol E422, propylene glycol E1520, silicon dioxide E551, water, colours E124 & E12), colouring Green (Glycerol, Propylene, Glycol, E551, Food Colour: E104, E133).

Decorations

Dark chocolate chips: (Min cocoa 54.5%) Sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier; soya lecithin, natural vanilla.

* 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 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.