THE CAKE HOLEHitchin
Three tier wedding cake with hand piped detail and fresh flowers in the Cake Hole bakery

Hitchin, since the shop first opened

Artisan cakes and chocolates,
made by hand on Churchyard.

Wedding cakes, birthdays, christenings and chocolates for people who want the real thing. Tell us the occasion and we will design it with you.

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Independent and family run

Made fresh on Churchyard

Full allergy guidance

Delivery and set up across Hertfordshire

Wedding tastings by appointment

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Made by hand in the shop

Why we exist

A small shop with a very long memory for people's occasions.

We are an independent bakery on Churchyard in Hitchin, tucked beside St Mary's. Every cake that leaves us is bespoke, baked and finished by the same small team, and quoted honestly on size, style and the hours the decoration really takes.

We have iced first birthdays and then their weddings. That is the part of this we care about most, and it is why we still make everything on the premises rather than buying it in.

See how we work
The Cake Hole shopfront with its striped awning and window display on Churchyard in HitchinA baker piping fine royal icing detail onto a tiered cake

Find a cake

Describe the cake in your head. We will show you ours.

Type the occasion, the person and the mood. Every cake in our gallery is tagged by style, so the closest matches come back in a second.

The chocolate counter

Hand made chocolates, tempered on the marble at Churchyard.

Alongside the cakes we make truffles, salted caramels, filled slabs and foil wrapped novelties by hand. Boxes are put together to order, so you can choose the fillings, the ribbon and the size, whether it is a thank you gift, a wedding favour or a corporate order.

  • Truffle and praline gift boxes
  • Salted caramel and fruit slabs
  • Wedding favours and table gifts
  • Seasonal Easter and Christmas ranges
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A box of hand made truffles dusted with cocoa and finished with gold leaf
A chocolatier tempering glossy dark chocolate on a marble slabHand made chocolate slabs and foil wrapped chocolates on the shop counter

How we work

Four steps, and a person on the end of the phone throughout.

  1. Step 1

    Tell us the occasion

    A short note about the day, the people and the flavours you love. No brief is too rough.

  2. Step 2

    Design and taste

    We sketch the cake and, for weddings, sit you down with a tasting box before anything is agreed.

  3. Step 3

    Made by hand

    Baked, filled and finished in the shop on Churchyard, in the week of your date.

  4. Step 4

    Delivered and set

    Collect from us, or let us deliver and set the cake in place so it is right when you walk in.

In their words

The notes that come back after the day itself.

Thank you for our absolutely brilliant chocolate and summer fruits cake you made for our 25th wedding anniversary party. It looked and tasted amazing.
Anniversary cake, Hitchin
As always, you have excelled and managed to produce another masterpiece of a wedding cake. Many thanks for all your hard work.
Wedding cake client
Thank you so much for our cake. We are absolutely thrilled, and cannot believe how amazing it looked and tasted.
Celebration cake, Hertfordshire

In the diary

What is coming up at the shop.

Call us on 01462 420 553 for exact dates and to hold a place.

Autumn

Wedding cake tasting mornings

Sit with us in the shop, taste four of our sponges and talk through your day. Places are limited and booked by phone.

Winter

Christmas chocolate collection

Our boxed truffles and festive chocolates come back to the counter, alongside Christmas cake orders.

Spring

Sugarcraft evening

An evening class on piping and sugar flowers, hosted after hours in the shop.

The Churchyard Journal

Notes from the kitchen.

Slices of cake on plates with a notebook during a wedding cake tasting

Weddings

What actually happens at a wedding cake tasting

Four sponges, three fillings and an honest conversation about your venue, your guests and your budget. Here is how we run ours, and what to bring with you.

6 minute read

Autumn fruit, spices, butter and flour on a dark wooden table

Kitchen

Why a cake made in October tastes different

Fruit, butter and spice all move with the seasons, and so do our recipes.

4 minute read

Sugar flowers being shaped by hand on a workbench

Craft

Sugar flowers, petal by petal

The slowest part of any cake, and the part people always reach out to touch.

5 minute read

The letter from Churchyard

Seasonal collections, tasting mornings and the occasional recipe. Sent rarely, never shared.

A finished celebration cake in peach buttercream with sugar roses and gold leaf
If you can describe the day, we can make the cake for it. Just talk to us early and nothing has to be rushed.

Sarah, head baker at The Cake Hole

Enquire

Tell us about your occasion.

Fill this in and we will come back to you personally, usually within one working day. In a hurry, call the shop on 01462 420 553.

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