We are still creating our beautiful hand-crafted cakes throughout lockdown. Order online or call 01865 248691 for local delivery or click & collect from Oxford Monday to Saturday 10am-3pm. Click here for our latest Covid-19 safety precautions.

Beautiful Cakes for Every Occasion

Choose one of our ready made designs or create your own bespoke masterpiece!

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The Cake Shop

Choose one of our ready-made designs or create your own bespoke masterpiece! Fresh from The Cake Shop, customised for you.

Due to the intricate and fragile nature of our creations, all our cakes can be collected from our Oxford or Banbury shops or delivered within a 30-mile radius by our dedicated Cake Shop drivers. Check here to see if you are inside our delivery area. If you’re not within our delivery area, please call to discuss options.

We also have a specially selected range of cost-effective quick cakes which are available for delivery or collection.

Order a birthday, wedding or special occasion cake from our selection online or contact our shop on 01865 248691 to arrange a free consultation for a bespoke creation.

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Special Occasion Cakes

Anniversary cakes, baby shower cakes, christening cakes, engagement cakes, graduation cakes, retirement cakes, Christmas cakes, Halloween cakes... we have them all and more!

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Birthday Cakes

Whatever you’re looking for we have it, whether that’s a child's birthday cake, a boy's birthday cake, a girl's birthday cake, a women's birthday cake, a men's birthday cake, a number cake or your own creation!

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Wedding Cakes

Your special day deserves a very special cake! Choose one of our ready-to-order designs or arrange a consultation to create a completely bespoke wedding cake. See our gallery for inspiration.

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Corporate Cakes

We can make impressive and delicious cakes for your organisation for any occasion, including product launches, anniversaries, team building events, retirements, and much more.

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Quick Cakes

We offer a range of customisable, cost-effective, premium cakes which are usually available within a week. Fire up your imagination and ready, set, cake!

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Photo Cakes

Print your own edible image directly onto fondant icing for a highly personalised celebration cake.

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Our Favourites

  • A handbag carrying a bottle of champagne, all in cake! Ideal for a handbag fan's special occasion and available in vanilla or chocolate sponge. Please note, due to the intricacy of this cake, we need at least 2 weeks' notice. If you would like a different handbag or label on the bottle, please contact the shop before ordering for a bespoke quote.
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  • New York in all its finery celebrated in cake form with a beautiful 3D Statue of Liberty. This cake is intricately hand-crafted by our expert Cake Decorators to make your occasion truly memorable. Please select one of our delicious options of vanilla sponge, chocolate sponge, carrot cake, red velvet sponge or rich fruit cake.
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  • Sitting on top of the world, this lady is ready for an adventure! A 3D cake globe with hand-painted details, and marzipan model next to a fondant suitcase, this cake is bound to impress all your guests. To personalise the model, please contact the shop as soon as you order.
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  • This amazing two tier cake is a celebration of animals! With Noah's Ark and the flood (represented in blue icing), you will find plenty of animals going two by two: sheep, monkeys, ducks, frogs, elephants, mice, rabbits, pigs, snakes, giraffes and ladybirds! Such a stunning cake will impress at your special event. Choose from our delicious options of vanilla sponge, chocolate sponge or rich fruit cake for this two tier cake.
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  • Surprise your guests and get ready for tea time with this colourful hand-crafted teapot, cup, sandwiches and pastries all made out of delicious vanilla or chocolate sponge.
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  • This army tank cake is ready for action wading through chocolate buttercream 'mud', with amazing details including camouflage paint, sugar tyres and a marzipan model of an army man. The model can be personalised, please contact the shop as soon as you order. Please note, due to the intricacy of this cake, we need at least 2 weeks' notice. Available in vanilla or chocolate sponge, this delicious cake is sure to wow at your special event.
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  • A Lightning McQueen car cake will be a very special surprise for your child! With hand-crafted and hand-painted designs, this delicious cake certainly looks the part. Please note, due to the intricacy of this cake, we need at least 2 weeks' notice. Available in vanilla or chocolate sponge, your car-mad child will certainly love this cake!
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  • A cake shaped in the number of your child's birthday! This fun jungle cake is decorated with cheeky animals including a giraffe, monkey, gorilla, snakes, tiger and elephant, and lovely jungle details. This cake is intricately hand-crafted by our expert Cake Decorators to make your occasion truly memorable. Please select one of our delicious options of vanilla or chocolate sponge.
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Bespoke cakes for every occasion

The Cake Shop specialises in exquisitely hand-crafted, premium celebration cakes for any occasion. We have been trading since 1986 and now have two shops, one based in the historic city of Oxford, the other in the market town of Banbury.

Our brilliant cake designers can recreate anything in cake form beautifully decorated with meticulous detail. From cats to cricket bats, unicorns to universities, our custom cakes can be whatever you want them to be. Check out some of our favourites below or see our gallery for ideas then get in touch for a personal consultation with one of our designers.

The only limit is your imagination...

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Pushed for time?

We have created a special range of customisable, cost-effective, premium cakes which are usually available within a week. Choose a quick cake.

The same range of cakes, plus more, are available in our shops and can be ready for you at short notice. Visit us in the Covered Market, Oxford (OX1 3DZ) or 13 George Street, Banbury (OX16 5PN) if you need a cake today!

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Most popular

  • This cake is decorated in brown fondant icing with pink sugared balloons and a pink ribbon, with space for your message. Available in vanilla sponge, chocolate sponge, carrot cake, red velvet sponge or rich fruit cake, this delicious cake will be a tasty addition to your special event.
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  • A classically elegant white fondant covered cake with pink details and message, wrapped in a pink ribbon with pink and red silk flowers. Please note that the flowers may differ from photo. Such a beautiful cake will impress at your special event. Choose from our delicious options of vanilla sponge, chocolate sponge, carrot cake, red velvet sponge or rich fruit cake.
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  • This chocolate cake is for true chocoholics only! Covered in chocolates, chocolate icing and a chocolate message, this is a super sweet cake!
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  • Goal! It's a football pitch cake with green fondant and white iced lines, complete with a plastic football team and goal. Enjoy your football-themed celebration with this cake available in vanilla sponge, chocolate sponge, carrot cake, red velvet sponge or rich fruit cake.
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  • An elegant white cake with beautiful decoration and classic silk flowers, this is ideal for an adult's birthday or other occasion such as anniversary. Please note that the flowers may differ from photo. Available in vanilla sponge, chocolate sponge, carrot cake, red velvet sponge or rich fruit cake, this delicious cake is sure to please at your special event.
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Thank you for our daughter's beautiful cake!

I just wanted to say thank you for our daughter's beautiful cake, it looked and tasted amazing, everyone loved the Tom and Jerry theme, I think it stole the show.

Michelle Tizzani

I just wanted to get in touch to thank you for the incredible cake

We received it yesterday for our organisation's 30th anniversary. We had so many compliments about the cake and the taste was just perfect. Honestly exceeded our expectations. 

Adele Davies

Cake for Horse Trials 25th Anniversary

Just wanted to say a big thank you for the cake, it looked absolutely brilliant as the centre piece to our members area with lots of people commenting about how great it was.

Matilda, Blenheim Horse Trials