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How to choose the perfect wedding cake in London - without spending a fortune. Plus, loads of tips on organising and booking your wedding cake.

Walk into a bakery in London right now, and you're bound to spot them - chunky, golden and as big as your hand, we're talking about New York-style cookies. Two amazing women, Pam and Connie, started the craze in their tiny NYC basement bakery way back when - it's fair to say that America fell in love with these giant, chunky, gooey cookies, but why?

Whether your small human is dinosaur-obsessed, football mad or just in it for the icing, there’s a cake in here with their name (and probably their favourite colour) on it.

Some bakeries on this side of the pond struggle with Red Velvet, either getting the recipe wrong or swamping it with insanely sweet, grainy cream cheese icing. The truth is that many of them are total snobs and don't want to make Red Velvet cake because it's  beneath them

At Flavourtown Bakery, we believe vanilla is anything but basic. In fact, it’s the unsung hero behind some of London’s best cakes. Go behind the scenes with us in our new Back To The Bake series as we reveal why our iconic vanilla sponge is fluffier, more flavour-packed, and downright unforgettable. Spoiler alert: once you try it, “vanilla” will never mean boring again.

Our Fulham bakery is famous for the epic Weekend special cakes and this was one of our recent favourites. Cereal milk is a popular flavour in America, and we couldn't wait to put our spin on it.