wedding cake

A wedding cake from a wedding in Stevenage

wedding cake

A wedding cake from a wedding in Stevenage

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CUSTOM WEDDING & CELEBRATION CAKE MAKER BASED IN STEVENAGE.

CAKES FOR ALL OCCASIONS

Whether you are celebrating your wedding, a birthday, a baby shower or just having a party, you will find your perfect cake right here. All of our cakes have a gluten free and vegan option too.

DELICIOUS CAKES

Pink and white cupcakes in a piped design

WEDDINGS

Creative birthday cakes. Choose from themed cakes, two tiered, drip cakes and more.

Your wedding your way! Wedding cakes, dessert tables or brownies the choice is yours! Packages tailored to exactly what you are looking for.

I've been called

"A gluten free cake goddess"

and

"A cake wizard"

I'll take both but I'll let you decide for yourself how good you think the bakes are.

I'm Stacey - Head Cake Taster - at The Mad Batter's Baked Goods!

Based in Stevenage, The Mad Batter is all about offering a personal experience that is inclusive of any dietary need.

Whether you are looking for a themed cake for your next childrens birthday party or a beautiful wedding cake package, you will find the most creative designs and delicious bakes right here.

We have done this by creating a bakery with a difference, click here to find out more.

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY

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That means no compromises 👀
I never want anyone to order what they think they should have based on everyone else and what they did or that they follow a free from diet so just have to accept awful tasting cake.
Part of ordering from TMB means that we’ve got all of that covered. Things like :

✨ Personalised perfection
Each cake is crafted to reflect your vision, ensuring it resonates with your event’s theme and personal style. This isn’t just a cake (unless you want it to be) it’s a love letter in layers.
Everything is designed and created with the things you hand pick from colours to the flavours, it’s all about you.
I don’t just wanna hear your preferences, I want you to feel encouraged to have a vision, then that’ll be re-created exactly as you want it. We listen, tweak and dream with you to make sure the final cake feels like yours, not ours.

🧁Accommodating your dietary needs without compromise
Custom cakes can be tailored to accommodate various dietary needs, including gluten-free, vegan, egg free, soy free and dairy free, ensuring everyone can indulge without hesitation.
By working closely with me, you can ensure that your cake not only looks incredible but also caters to dietary restrictions you or your guests may have while still tasting like actual cake!

📦 No more settling for “Close enough, that’ll do.”
With supermarket cakes or set menus, you adjust your expectations. Here, we adjust the cake. You get exactly what you imagined—not a compromise. This isn’t something mass-produced. It’s crafted by hand in small batches, with care and clarity from start to finish.

🕊️ Freedom from the rules
We take time to truly understand your vibe, your event, your needs to then deliver something that feels effortlessly you.
That Pinterest board you’ve been quietly curating for years? We get it—and we get it right. No generic cakes here—just your dream, translated into buttercream.
Whether it’s a nostalgic flavour from your childhood or something bold and unexpected, the flavours are just as custom as the design, break all the rules!

Ready to elevate your next event? Let’s create something beautiful together 🧁

The nicest words about what was such a fun cake to make. Sprinkles and donuts all day long please 🍩💙🧁

🔥 When the oven isn’t the only thing heating up…

Summer cake chaos? Not on our watch! 😅🍰
Here are my top tricks to keep your buttercream from slipping, to keep your cakes cool, firm, and flawless—even on the hottest days and your sanity intact. 💪☀️

Save this for the next meltdown (yours or the cakes - no judgement) and tag a baker who needs to see this! 🧁❄️

Thursday morning is the perfect time to go and grab a treat for the bank holiday weekend
Find us stocked at
@budgenswalkern @budgenswattonatstones @budgens_of_meppershall_po @greatashbybudgens

And no judgement if you want it for breakfast 👀🍰

🚨 CAKE CRISIS? 🚨

Like everyone else, I woke up to the new of the chaos this morning about the M&S cyber attacks, meaning that wedding cakes were suddenly off the table…

If you’re one of the couples affected, I’m so sorry this is the last thing anyone need before their wedding, so that being said, If I can help, I will ❤️

I’m opening up a few limited slots for last-minute semi-naked wedding cakes, handmade by me with the same care and quality I give to all my couples.

This is an offering with limited space due to my availability, and as a much smaller and independent business compared to M&S, I can’t match their prices, but I can try and offer something more budget friendly - these are not the same size as any cake I usually offer which is why they’ll be cheaper to the people who have been let down and therefore the prices can’t be compared to anything I usually offer.

The cakes would be collection only and subject to avaliabilty

A 6 + 8 inch 2 tier cake with 2 layers per tier = £115

Whilst I know it costs more than M&S, I can promise you won’t be let down on your big day, it’ll be made by hand with attention to detail. So if you need a beautiful, delicious cake and a bit of calm in the chaos—drop me a message. I’ll help however I can 🤍

Why does a “wedding cake” cost more?

Let me explain before you serve Colin the Caterpillar at your reception. 🐛🎂

➡️ You could ask me for a 2-tier cake for a birthday. You could ask me for the SAME CAKE for a wedding.
➡️ The price? It’s based on the TIME it takes to make it, not the title you give it.
➡️ It doesn’t matter to me if you’re celebrating a birthday, wedding, divorce, new nose job, or just throwing the cake off a balcony for ✨reasons✨ (we’ve all been there, right)

If it’s the same amount of time, it’s the same cost 🧁

➡️ That’s why it costs more. TIME = MONEY.

💬 Moral of the story:
Order whatever you want, call it whatever you want, but the cost is the cost ✌🏻

Sincerely,
A cake maker who is slowly losing their mind. 😂🧁

If you had to sum up TMB in a cake this would be it 💕🍊

📸 -@margessonphotography

I made my own wedding cake. Because I’m a baker - is what I tell people 👀 
When the reality is that I’m a massive a control freak. And because I didn’t trust anyone else not to mess it up / wanna spend my day going well I wouldn’t of done it like that but whatever … 🫠

Anyway, It was stunning. Dreamy. Beyond obsessed.
 It got cut for the photo. And then? Nothing. Not a bite. Not a crumb. 🫠

Meanwhile, the dessert table? A full-on sugar stampede.😂❤️

Cookies? Gone. Brownies? Obliterated. Blondies? Like they didn’t exist 😍
 My cake? Still standing. Just sitting there. Gorgeous. Unbothered. Unbitten.
Basically a very expensive centrepiece. Just me and my uneaten legacy 😩

We left it for the venue staff in the end, best shift they’ve ever worked I reckon 🕺🪩 
But it’s got me thinking…
 Is the wedding cake officially dead? Has the dessert table taken over? 🍰🍫🍬🍪

Do you do ‘free from’… safely? 🧐

It’s allergy awareness week so the perfect time to get into this.

We DO make gluten free bakes, but we don’t take it lightly.
Gluten free for example, isn’t just a trend or a buzzword for us. It’s a serious commitment to both quality and safety. That’s why we’ve got:

✔️ A dedicated oven for gluten-free bakes
✔️ Separate utensils and workspaces to prevent any cross-contamination
✔️ And a whole lot of obsessive cleaning between batches to keep everything 100% safe

But here’s the thing, just because a product says it’s gluten-free doesn’t mean it’s actually safe.

We’ve all seen the ‘free from’ label on Instagram, but unless a bakery is going above and beyond to make sure they have zero risk of contamination, that label could be meaningless - whether they are a registered baker or not

Before you buy:
✅ Check full ingredients - is it as free from allergens as they say?
✅ Ask questions! Don’t feel shy. Your health is worth it!
✅ Know the bakery! Can they actually guarantee what they’re selling?

And a word of warning: especially when shopping online, those rules get murky.

Distance selling doesn’t always follow the same strict guidelines as buying in-store, so it’s up to you to know what you’re putting in your belly.

At TMB, we’re all about doing things properly. No shortcuts, no cutting corners. When we say a cake is gluten-free, we mean it — because your health is far more important than anything else!

So when you see that “free from” label — ask yourself: Do they actually do it safely?

Stay safe, stay informed, and always know exactly what’s in your cake. 🍰

When I quoted my client for a custom cake, her jaw dropped! 💀

”You charge HOW much for a cake?!’”😳 - she looked at me like I’d asked her to give me her first born child

Me: pulls out the receipts like a lawyer in court
Here’s the tea and the math AKA the breakdown ☕🍰

But once I walked her through everything that goes into it she totally got it.

Ingredients, time, custom design … it all adds up

Let’s normalise pricing for skill, not just ingredients. 💅🎂

Knowing your worth isn’t rude. Explaining it isn’t begging.

Make sure you explain your value, don’t downplay it 👏

To my fellow cake artists: don’t shrink to fit a budget you can’t survive on ❤️

And if you have someone who says “Well what can I get for £30?”

…you can get a cupcake 🧁✨

I know you’re not meant to have favourites but I don’t think anything is ever gonna top this 😍

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“They Say They Do Gluten Free…” Cross-contamination isn’t just a myth. It’s real. And it’s how you end up with a bloated wedding party and an angry group chat.

“They’re Not Registered or Insured” If your cake maker vanishes after the cake collapses, and they’re not insured — you’re not getting your money or your day back.

“They Say ‘Trust Me’… with No Hygiene Proof” I trust my dog. Doesn’t mean I want him making a three-tier.

“The Cake Looked Pretty… But Was It ALIVE?” True story: it was mouldy before they cut it. And no, that wasn’t a pistachio filling.

“They Do EVERYTHING” Pick someone who bakes cakes like it’s their religion. Not someone who also makes resin coasters and hamsters in hats.

“They’re Suspiciously Cheap” There’s a difference between affordable and “why does this taste like despair?” You get what you pay for.
 Your cake deserves better. Vet your baker. Ask questions. Check hygiene ratings. (Or just hire me — I like cake that doesn’t rot on the inside.)

If cake is my love language what are you picking as your food based answer? 🍰💕

9 years ago, I made my first gluten-free cake… and it was tragic 😅🫠

I wasn’t a professional baker. I was just someone who was tired of dry, dense, flavourless cakes being the only option 😩

That one terrible cake? It started everything 😍

I’ve spent years testing, failing, learning, and obsessing over how to make gluten-free cakes that actually taste good. Not just “good for gluten-free”… but just GOOD 🕺

And now, I get to make those cakes for others who felt like they were missing out 👯

This is why experience matters—GF baking isn’t just swapping flour, so if that’s you - stick around. You don’t have to settle 🎉

📸 @bubearphotography

The best cake photos from Jemma + Young’s big day 💕

When Jeni came to me and said, “I want a disco skull wedding cake,” it was the stuff dreams are made of.

Literal glittering, slightly spooky, unhinged-in-the-best-way fever dreams.

And honestly? That’s exactly how it should be. Your wedding should scream YOU — in a colourful, chaotic, glitter-bomb sort of way.

Not just stand there quietly like a Victorian ghost holding a tiered fruitcake that no one actually wants to eat (sorry to anyone that got married in the 50s).
Want neon lights? Zombie figurines? A cake shaped like your dog riding a unicorn through a field of jellybeans?

YOUR 👏 WEDDING 👏 YOUR 👏 WAY

This is your day. Your weird, beautiful, gloriously offbeat love story deserves to be honoured with a cake that slays — not one that snoozes.

Sure traditional is cute. But being yourself?

That’s iconic 🪩✨

Join the Cake Club 🍰🎉

Earn points + turn them into rewards.

Talk about having your cake and eating it 😍

Head to the website to get signed up 🕺🪩

Let’s talk about wholesale and how we got here 🍰

Find us weekly at @budgenswalkern @budgenswattonatstones @budgens_of_meppershall_po @budgensgreatashby @discoverbudgens @thistleandwillow_ 🍰💕🎉

Being here is gonna be one of the best decisions you’ve ever made …

Stacey 👋🏻
Owner of TMB and cake obsessive 🍰
Creating all things events, weddings + just because - huge advocate of treat yourself, just because 😍🙌🏻
Your cake, your way no matter the dietary restrictions 🕺

Head to the bio to get yours or find out where you can grab a treat in stores 🪩

What can you get from TMB? 👀

It’s all about baking and creating cakes that you would actually wanna eat. Bright colours, fun designs and incredible flavours. Plus we can do it free from but so it actually tastes like cake. 💁🏻‍♀️

Celebration cakes, wedding cakes, online bakes directly to your door, wholesale stock … we’ve got you covered 🕺🪩

Cupcake decorating workshops are finally happening 🎉

We’re hosting them at @thistleandwillow_ 🛍️

Learn how to decorate and perfect your piping in this 2 hour workshop, where you’ll also take your box of 4 decorated cupcakes home and included is our Buttercream worth £10 free 🙌🏻✨

£35 a person, 6 spaces only if you wanted to book a space pop me a message 🧁🧁🧁

Bit of a different one from me today 💕

I’d really appreciate it if you could read through to the end and maybe even share

2025 is for us ✨🍰

Say it louder for the people at the back …
📣 Free From 👏doesn’t 👏mean 👏gross!

Well not anymore 👀

Your cake your way 💁🏻‍♀️whether that’s gluten free, vegan, soy free, dairy free, nut free - basically anything except sugar free cos y’know it’s still cake 😍

TMB is all about you and what you want and if that includes dietary requirements you need to cater for then the design, flavour and taste shouldn’t be compromised 🥳🎉

Am I funny or do all cake makers suffer from trauma 👀🤔

Callum + Kirsty asked me to create their favourite brownie + blondie flavours for their wedding 3 years ago and then Callum ordered 3 of each flavour for their 3 year wedding anniversary this weekend

Be more Callum, I promise there’s no better anniversary gift 😍🙌🏻

Easter has arrived 🐣

This year we’ve got cheesecake eggs and we listened to your feedback and as always here at TMB, your cake your way and this is no different 🕺

Classic, gluten free + vegan options available 🙌🏻

Milk or white chocolate, caramel, biscoff, brownie, mini egg - you name it we can do it 😍🎉

To order drop me a comment or pop over a DM and we’ll get you booked in. 25 spots available , 4 already taken ✨🪩

We restocked some products at @thistleandwillow_ yesterday
Thistle and Willow have been a part of the High street since 2024 and they stock only independent local businesses

Go and check them out and grab a sweet treat from us while you’re there ✨🍰

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CUSTOM WEDDING & CELEBRATION CAKE MAKER BASED IN STEVENAGE.

CAKES FOR ALL OCCASIONS

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY

AS SEEN IN...

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