Need A Cake

Specialties

All types of celebration cakes made to order. Wedding cakes, Birthday cakes, corporate cakes to. We do the lot its amazing but true. If you make your own that’s great news to hear. Just come to us to buy all of your gear. Boards, boxes, Marzipan and icing in bulk. Cakes decorations for every occasion you will love coming to look.

We are a specialist bespoke handmade cake company who will be able to make a cake for your requirements. Large corporate orders not a problem.

History

Established in 1997.

Rachel Brown is the owner of Berkshire’s largest independent specialist cake decorating business, which celebrates its 26^th year in 2012. She also is the Creative Director of the Berkshire Cake Decorating Academy, a course created to inspire and teach people in the art of cake-​making.

She has published books on cake decorating styles and technique which are now in several languages, recently translated into Dutch and Spanish. After taking course in catering, she left school and took an apprenticeship, focussing on cakes and cake decoration, eventually becoming a manageress of a bakery. Whilst gaining all the hands-​on experience she needed, Rachel also relentlessly studied the art of «sugarcraft», which she went on to take many qualifications in. She went on to take all her teaching qualifications simultaneously opening up Need-​A-​Cake so that her students could get all the materials they needed for the course. Their courses often sell out, they teach weekend and evenings.

Meet the Business Owner

Rachel R.

Business Owner

Rachel Brown is the owner of Berkshire’s largest independent specialist cake decorating business, which celebrates its 26^th year in 2012. She also is the Creative Director of the Berkshire Cake Decorating Academy, a course created to inspire and teach people in the art of cake-​making.

She has published books on cake decorating styles and technique which are now in several language. Whilst gaining all the hands-​on experience she needed, Rachel also relentlessly studied the art of «sugarcraft», which she went on to take many qualifications in. She went on to take all her teaching qualifications and now is an external verifier for colleges.

Following the steady growth of the business, Rachel decided to move premises in December 2010. They have continued to grow, at an excellent pace. Their courses sell out they have increased their range, to teaching both weekends and weekdays, and there are several courses being developed by Rachel and more books to follow.