Letterbox gifts · by post
Letterbox cakes, posted UK-wide
The same flavours I bake as cupcakes, cut into proper thick slices rather than the mean little fingers a supermarket calls a portion. Packed flat, posted anywhere in the UK. They arrive with the post, so nobody has to be in.
(you will want a plate)
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Order this box
£24.00, and the postage is already in the price. It goes by Royal Mail as a large letter, straight through the door, so nobody has to be in. Add a message at the checkout and it is hand-written onto a card in the box, with never an invoice inside a gift.
Pick one or two flavours
The menu
What goes in the box
Every slice is cut from a cake baked for your order. Nothing here has been sitting under a dome.
The cakes
Vanilla bean sponge with vanilla buttercream, strawberry jam
Real vanilla with a spoon of strawberry jam in the middle.
Deep chocolate sponge with coffee buttercream, caramel, chocolate shavings
Chocolate sponge, coffee buttercream, caramel and chocolate shavings.
Red velvet sponge with white chocolate buttercream, white chocolate curls, velvet crumb
White chocolate buttercream, chocolate curls and a velvet crumb.
Orange sponge with orange zest buttercream, candied chocolate orange
Orange sponge, orange zest buttercream, candied chocolate orange.
Lemon sponge with lemon buttercream, lemon curd centre
Lemon sponge with a curd centre and lemon buttercream.
Vanilla sponge with salted caramel buttercream, caramel drizzle, sea salt
Salted caramel buttercream with a caramel drizzle and sea salt.
Spiced carrot sponge with cinnamon buttercream, toasted walnut
Spiced carrot sponge, cinnamon buttercream, toasted walnut.
Chocolate sponge with cookie buttercream, crushed chocolate biscuit
Chocolate sponge with cookie buttercream and crushed biscuit.
Vanilla sponge with caramelised biscuit buttercream, biscuit crumb
Caramelised biscuit spread through the buttercream, biscuit on top.
Vanilla sponge with strawberry buttercream, freeze-dried strawberry
Vanilla sponge, strawberry buttercream, freeze-dried strawberry.
£24.00 the box, postage included, anywhere in the UK.
Why these ten
These are the flavours that travel, the same ten the cupcake boxes run on. A cake going through the post needs to be moist enough to survive a day or two and firm enough to hold its shape in a box, and every one of these does both without help. The vanilla is made with real vanilla, seeds and all, with strawberry jam through the middle. The chocolate sits under coffee buttercream, which keeps it from being sickly, and the orange has fresh zest in the sponge and in the buttercream, so the citrus comes through twice. Red velvet gets white chocolate buttercream, the spiced carrot is the one people order again, and lemon, salted caramel, cookies and cream, caramelised biscuit and strawberries and cream round out the ten.
Cut thick, packed flat
Slices go into the box in a single layer, so nothing sits on top of anything else and nothing arrives squashed. The box is designed around the standard UK letterbox slot and posts like a large letter. Each one carries a full ingredient and allergen label with a best-before date, the same as every order that leaves this kitchen.
Sending it to somebody else
Most letterbox cake goes to a person who isn't you. Add a message with your order and it goes in the box; there is no invoice inside a gift. If you want it to land on a particular day, say so and I'll post it to arrive around then, though the last mile is Royal Mail's and I won't pretend otherwise.
What is on the label
Every box carries a full ingredient and allergen label to UK requirements, with a best-before date on it, so you know exactly what you are eating and when to eat it by.
Everything is baked in a home kitchen where all 14 major allergens are present, including nuts. Allergens & ingredients
The other letterbox gifts
Letterbox cakes, answered
What cakes can you post through a letterbox?
The same flavours I bake as cupcakes: vanilla with strawberry jam, chocolate with coffee buttercream and caramel, red velvet, chocolate orange, lemon, salted caramel, spiced carrot, cookies and cream, caramelised biscuit, and strawberries and cream. All cut into thick slices and packed flat in a slim box.
How long do letterbox cake slices keep?
Each box carries a best-before date on its label. The slices are baked for your order, and they are at their best in the first few days, which is when they arrive.
Can I mix cake slices and brownies in one box?
Yes, that is the treats box. Say how you want it split and I'll build it that way.
Boxes are baked to order in Peterborough and posted anywhere in the UK. If you are local and would rather collect, that is the pastries and pies side of the kitchen.