Websites for cake makers
Cake maker website, the portfolio sells the cake
Celebration cakes are bought on the eyes. Someone planning a wedding or birthday wants to see cakes like the one they're dreaming of. A stunning gallery, and an easy way to enquire, wins the order.
From £297, live in 7 days, on your own domain.
Cake maker websites
The photos sell the cake
A celebration cake is bought almost entirely on how it looks, which makes a cake maker’s website a portfolio above all else. Someone planning a wedding, a milestone birthday or a special celebration has an idea in their head of the cake they want, and they are looking for a maker who can create something like it, beautifully. So the heart of the site is a stunning gallery of the cakes you have made, presented gorgeously, so a customer can see your style, judge your skill, and imagine their own cake among your work. The photos do the selling, because a customer browsing your gallery either falls for your cakes and wants something like them, or does not, and no description of your baking can substitute for seeing a cake that takes their breath away. Show your work beautifully and let a customer picture their own occasion, and the portfolio does the persuading that wins the order.
That reliance on the visual is what shapes the whole site. This is not a place for lengthy explanation, it is a place to show gorgeous cakes and let them speak. A cake maker’s work is the argument, so the site should present it at its absolute best, with the space and quality that lets each cake shine. Everything else, the occasions covered, the enquiry process, arranges itself around the gallery, because a customer chooses the cake maker whose cakes they love, and the site’s job is to make them fall in love.
Show the range of occasions
Cake customers come for many different occasions, and they want to see that you handle theirs, so showing a range of occasions and styles is important. Wedding cakes, children’s birthday cakes, milestone celebrations, novelty and themed cakes, each is a distinct need with a distinct look, and a customer wants to find examples close to what they are imagining. Showing a varied gallery that clearly covers different occasions helps every kind of customer picture their own cake and recognise you as the right maker for it, and it helps you rank for the specific searches people make, like wedding cakes near me. A gallery that spans the occasions you cater for both reassures customers that you can create their particular kind of cake and widens the searches through which they find you. So the site should show breadth as well as beauty, letting each customer see their own occasion reflected in your work.
Make the bespoke enquiry easy and personal
A bespoke cake is a considered, personal purchase, usually for an occasion that matters, so once your gallery has won a customer’s heart, the site needs to make enquiring easy, welcoming and personal. A customer who has fallen for your style wants a simple, friendly way to discuss their idea, their occasion, their vision, and to feel reassured that you will create something special just for them. So the enquiry process should be effortless and personal, inviting them to share what they want rather than presenting a cold form. The gallery wins the customer’s admiration, and an easy, warm enquiry process turns that admiration into an actual order. Making both halves effortless, falling in love with the work, then reaching out about their own cake, is how the site converts a browsing dreamer into a booked commission for their special occasion.
Meet the customer planning an occasion
People planning a special occasion research cake makers online, browsing galleries and looking for a maker whose cakes they love, so being findable with a beautiful portfolio is central to getting orders. Someone planning a wedding, birthday or celebration searches for a cake maker, looks through galleries, and enquires with the one whose work most captures what they want. A stunning portfolio site that shows your style, covers the different occasions you cater for, and makes enquiring easy reaches those customers at the moment they are choosing and wins their orders. For a bespoke, visual purchase decided on the strength of the work, a gorgeous, findable portfolio site is exactly what wins the order, which is what a cake maker’s website is for.
A straight price, and getting found
I build cake maker websites from £297, on spec and live within seven days on your own domain, so you see the finished site before you pay. Getting found comes down to a stunning gallery, a clear range of occasions, an easy and personal enquiry process, and being findable when people plan an occasion. Do that and you become the cake maker a customer trusts with their special day, which is exactly what a cake maker’s website is for.
How it works
From message to live in four steps.
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Message me
Tell me your trade and your town on WhatsApp. No forms to wade through, no call to book.
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£99 to start
A £99 deposit gets your build going and comes off your quote. It covers some of the build time.
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I build it, you see it
I build the whole site, framed around your work, and send it to you finished to look at.
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Pay the rest, go live
Happy with it? You pay the balance, it goes live on your own domain, and it is yours to keep.
What you get
What a cake making site from me includes.
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Built on spec
I build it first and send it finished. You see the real thing before you decide, not a mock-up.
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Live in 7 days
From the go-ahead, your site is live within a week. No months of back and forth.
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On your own domain
It goes live in your name. You own the site and everything on it, with no lock-in.
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Genuinely fast
Static pages, no WordPress. Fast pages rank better and turn more visitors into calls.
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Found on Google
Built to be found in local search, with the plumbing done properly from day one.
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Looked after
Someone looks after it and changes it when you need. Two small edits a month, your listing kept current.
What it costs
A straight price.
From £297 to build it, first three months of Care included, then £49 a month.
You own the site outright and can stop the monthly plan whenever you like. Hosting is part of Care and Grow, so one of those keeps it online after the first three months, or you host it yourself. See the full pricing.
Common questions
Questions I get asked.
What makes a good cake maker website?
A stunning gallery of your cakes and an easy way to enquire. Celebration cakes are a visual, bespoke purchase, so the site should showcase gorgeous photos of cakes you have made, wedding cakes, birthday cakes, celebration cakes, so a customer can see your style and imagine their own, and make it easy to enquire about a bespoke order. The photos do the selling, because someone planning a special occasion chooses a cake maker whose work they love and can picture for their own event.
Why is the portfolio so important for a cake maker?
Because a celebration cake is bought on how it looks, and photos are the only way to show that. Someone planning a wedding, birthday or celebration wants to see cakes like the one they are dreaming of, and a gallery of your real cakes proves your skill and style far better than any description. A customer browsing your work either loves it and wants something like it, or does not, so the portfolio, shown beautifully, is the decisive thing on the site. It is what lets a customer picture their own cake and choose you to make it.
Should I show a range of occasions and styles?
Yes, because customers come for different occasions and want to see you handle theirs. Wedding cakes, children's birthday cakes, milestone celebrations, novelty cakes, each is a different need and style, so showing a range helps a customer find something like what they want and see that you can create it. It also helps you rank for specific searches like wedding cakes near me. A varied gallery that clearly covers different occasions and styles helps every kind of customer picture their own cake and recognise you as the right maker for it.
How does the site win a bespoke order?
By showing beautiful work and making enquiring easy and personal. A bespoke cake is a considered, personal purchase, often for an important occasion, so a customer who has fallen for your style needs a simple, welcoming way to discuss their idea. Making it easy to enquire, and reassuring them that you will create something special for their occasion, turns admiration into an order. The gallery wins their heart, and an easy, personal enquiry process closes the order, so the site should make both effortless.
Do cake makers get orders from a website?
Yes, because celebration cakes are a visual, planned purchase people research online. Someone planning an occasion searches for a cake maker, browses galleries, and enquires with one whose cakes they love. A stunning portfolio site that shows your style, covers different occasions, and makes enquiring easy reaches those customers and wins their orders. For a bespoke, visual purchase chosen on the strength of the work, a beautiful, findable portfolio site is central to getting orders.
How quickly can my cake maker website be live?
I build it on spec and have it live within seven days, on your own domain, so you see the finished site before you pay anything. From £297.
Tell me your town and I'll build you a cake making site on spec, so you can see it before you pay. Or read Website examples, see the full pricing, or get in touch.