We have 2 locations, Gardners Bakery, 85 Harborough Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 7SL and Gardners Cakery, 28 Church Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7AA.

All of our cakes are made in our Northampton bakery, using traditional methods and recipes passed down through generations. We have a 5* Food & Hygiene rating.

Ordering your celebration cakes has never been easier!

Step 1: Choose your design, size, flavour & personalisation. You can even upload your own image for an edible print!

Step 2: Add to cart, choose your store for collection & pick up date.

Step 3: Head to checkout and pay - you will receive an order confirmation within 24 working hours & your order will be ready in store on your chosen day.

If possible, minimum 1 week notice would be great. You can book up to 1 year in advance if you’d like to be organised and avoid disappointment, as during busy periods some cakes may not be possible at short notice.

However, lots of cakes on our website can be ordered with only 1-2 days notice.

You can also contact the store you’d like to collect from direct to discuss very late notice and same day collection options - payment will need to be taken over the phone.

Unless stated, our cakes are priced for vanilla sponge cakes, either our jam and cream sponge, angel cake or madeira cake.

We offer chocolate, lemon, red velvet on some designs.

Tap here to view more details on flavours and portion sizing.

No, we don't sell plain cakes for customers to decorate themselves.

Our basic range must have a piped message included on top - if this is not written on the order we will contact you to ask for your personalisation.

Details of allergens in our cakes, cupcakes and cookies are available on request. We use gluten, dairy, egg, sesame, nuts, soya, sulphites, celery & other well-known allergens in our bakery.

For this reason, we cannot guarantee that cakes will not contain trace amounts of these ingredients. This includes our ‘free-from’ cakes, including gluten free & vegan.

Most of our cakes last 5 days if kept in suitable conditions.

Cupcakes, giant cookies and gluten free are best enjoyed on the day of collection or the day after, and shortbread cookies last up to 2 months.

Store your cake in a cool, dry place but do not refrigerate. Once cut, wrap in foil and store in an airtight container.

We do! We have hundreds of designs on our main website - tap here to visit.

If you have a photo of a cake that is not shown in our collection, or you would like to design your own, you can contact the store you would like to collect from directly for a quote.

We recommend emailing, sending us a direct message on social media or popping in store with your ideas. Let us know portion size, when the cake is for and any extra details.

Lots of our cakes, cupcakes and cookies have the option to add your own edible photo.

Please attach the highest quality image you have, bearing in mind on some the photo will be made round.

Please see our terms and conditions for printing quality and copyright.

Our edible scans come in multiple sizes. A small photo is a little smaller than 1/4 of an A4 page, a medium is a little smaller than 1/2 and a full is a little smaller than a whole A4, or it will fill the cake.

We have a wide range of toppers that can be added to your cakes, found under our 'toppers' section. These include edible and non-edible figurines. Although your toppers may be made from icing, please be aware of structural supports including wires, straws & polystyrene.

Once an order has been placed, you will need to wait until the store you are collecting from has confirmed the order. This may take over 24 hours. You will receive a 6-7 digit reference number, starting with B (Northampton) or C (Market Harborough). 

You can then contact the store you have booked collection with:

-Gardners Bakery (Northampton) - info@gardnersbakery.co.uk - 01604 458555

-Gardners Cakery
(Market Harborough) - amber@gardnerscakery.co.uk - 01858 468042

Once you have received your 6-7 digit confirmation number, you can contact the store directly to discuss cancellation options.

Please note, due to website and transaction fees there is a minimum 50% cancellation fee - full details can be found in our terms and conditions.

Cakes must be handled carefully and placed in a safe place, on a flat surface. You must put the cake in the boot or foot well of the car when travelling and NOT on car seats or a persons lap.

You must drive very carefully when transporting a cake, especially around corners and roundabouts. Cakes need to be kept flat as if not, this can cause them to slide.You must not stack cake boxes or push the sides of the box inwards. Cakes with icing models on should be handled with extra care and attention as they are very fragile.   

Sorry, we don’t offer a delivery service on Gardners cakes. All products are for collection from your choice of our two stores.

Please note: At checkout the store pick-up address will automatically fill in, if this gets changed we will contact you to confirm the correct address for collection.

If you're having issues ordering online, we recommend calling the store you'd like to collect from.

Once the cake has been collected and left the store, you are agreeing you are happy with the cake how it is. If there is an issue with your cake, you must contact the store you collected it from as soon as possible. For full details, see our terms and conditions.

To pass security checks your billing address must match with the address your card is registered to.

The store collection address will automatically fill in. On page 2 of checkout (after filling in your card details) you need to select option 2 and enter your billing address.

If option 1 stays selected, it will use the collection address, and payment will fail.

Payment will show as attempted in your bank, but unless you received an order confirmation number, your money will return shortly as the order did not go through.

Natasha's law states any pre-packaged food (food that is pre-packed and ready for customers to pick up off the shelves - PPDS) must have full ingredients and allergen details readily available. All of our treats in store have these details, and any non pre-packaged treats have allergen details available upon request. Foods that are ordered online, over the phone, or face to face are exempt from this labelling, only allergens are required - these are available upon request either verbally or via email.