Boutique Bakery

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About Boutique Bakery

Cakes. Chester, Cheshire.

££

£500 - £1000

A wedding cake can be an incredible centrepiece for your Big Day; it can tie together themes, colours and ideas; it can serve as your dessert, be a mid-evening sugar hit to keep everyone on the dance floor or serve as your favours – it’s just got to be delicious and make people say, ‘WOW!’. On this basis I set up the Boutique Bakery – to provide scrumptious and elegant cakes that help make your day perfectly memorable.

Based in a home studio in Chester, Boutique Bakery is a multi-award-winning wedding cake studio run by me, Nicola Thomas, providing elegant, creative and delicious designs to couples primarily across the North West and Wales

With a background in art history, I have previously worked in leading London fine art galleries and also for an iconic design store. I have been fortunate to combine this experience with training with some of the cake world’s premier teachers, which has allowed me to refine my skills and define the ‘look’ of a Boutique Bakery creation; clean architectural lines and a limited colour palette combined with the softness and fragility of sugar blooms.

The experience of making my own wedding cake taught me a number of things, the most important of which was that flavour and texture is key. Who wants an amazing looking cake that tastes bland and sticks dry crumbs to the roof of your mouth? I offer an ever-expanding selection of both classic and inventive flavours to ensure that your cake is always going to taste as good as it looks.

So, if you’ve got the excitement of a wedding coming up, please get in touch – I’d love to have a chat, over some cake.

Previous Weddings

Iscoyd Park is one of my favourite wedding venues – I am a preferred supplier and was also married there myself, so it is always a treat to return there with a cake.  One of the most memorable was Paul and Aisha who, after a covid-enforced delay, finally had their celebration with family and friends in November 2021.  Their vision for the day changed dramatically as the years passed and they had decided that they no longer wanted the cake design we had jointly created.  Instead, they sent me mood boards that they had shared with their florist and left me to create them a surprise cake that they would only see on the day.  The venue décor was beautifully designed by the talented Sass Flower and it was a real relight to see my cake fit in perfectly with the overall theme – and to receive hugely positive feedback from the couple after the event.

I often refer to Old Palace as my local – this incredible historic venue is just a short drive from my home and I am fortunate to be a preferred supplier, returning on a regular basis with a cake. Angie and Geraldine will always be one of my favourite couples, who went through date, venue and design changes, alongside multiple postponements before they had their perfect day. The cake was just a dream brief, with a simple colour palette, floating tier, and a fabulous cascade of sugar flowers

Some of my most memorable designs have been created for weddings at sister venues, Colshaw Hall and Merrydale Manor. One of my favourites was created for Paul and Sam in September 2022.  They had a very modern vision for their cake, with bold marbling in neutrals, a gold hand painted monogram and groups of delicate wafer paper flowers.  It was challenging and really enjoyable to try a new style and I will always love this design for the new techniques it taught me – and for how it looked in the fabulous Colshaw Hall setting.

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Reviews

Take a look at some reviews from our previous clients.

Will & Jacque, October 2021
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We chose Nicola for our wedding based on her Instagram feed. We were really taken by the beauty of her cakes and the intricacy of her sugar flowers. We really wanted a show stopper of a cake and decided if she was able to craft such beautiful flowers then she should be able to achieve what we hoped for. We were NOT disappointed. Our cake(s) was more than what we'd hoped for and nothing like any of our guests had seen before! We will definitely be using Boutique Bakery again for future events... and will definitely recommend to anyone looking for similar services, particularly our Cheshire family.
Rosie and Karl, July 2021
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We really cannot recommend Nicola enough! I first met her and her husband at the Tatton Park Wedding Show and I knew straight away it had to be Boutique Bakery. Nicola is the most talented baker ever and she made the whole experience so amazingly special. We had a fab time tasting different flavours, getting to know her and also designing a cake. She gave such fab advice and we just trusted her 100%. Our flavours were out of this world and even weeks on from our day guests are still asking about the cake and commenting on how it looked and tasted. Nicola also made our Chief Bridesmaid a beautiful Vegan cake which was equally as amazing, Charlotte absolutely loved it!

We moved our wedding date twice due to COVID and each time she accommodated us (despite being crazy busy) but not only that she supported us too and actually helped keep us grounded, reminding us of what is important!

She is so lovely and talented. We are so happy Nicola was part of our wedding journey and big day! We look forward to keeping in touch and ordering more yummy treats in the future.
Stuart and Rachel, October 22
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I can't recommend Nicola enough and she will be my recommendation to everyone going forward. From sending the initial enquiry, to meeting Nicola to discuss what ideas we had, all the way through to seeing the cake on our wedding day, everything was perfect! Our cake looked amazing and tastes amazing. All of our guests complimented on the cake throughout the night.
Alec and Emma, November 21
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Nicola was absolutely brilliant, from sampling and selecting flavours, through to design and ultimately enjoying it on the day. She designed exactly what we wanted and it was delicious. Due to Covid restrictions we had to downsize, and we arranged with Nicola for cake to be sent to guests who could no longer attend, she was very flexible. We couldn't have asked for more from her, and as a supplier she gave us total peace of mind that it was one thing we didn't need to worry about.
Alec and Emma, November 21
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Nicola was absolutely brilliant, from sampling and selecting flavours, through to design and ultimately enjoying it on the day. She designed exactly what we wanted and it was delicious. Due to Covid restrictions we had to downsize, and we arranged with Nicola for cake to be sent to guests who could no longer attend, she was very flexible. We couldn't have asked for more from her, and as a supplier she gave us total peace of mind that it was one thing we didn't need to worry about.
Sam and Chris, September 21
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Nicola was amazing from start to finish. She helped us design a beautiful wedding cake and was so helpful and quick at replying when I decided to change my colour scheme and part of my cake design! The cake tasted and looked amazing! So many guests went back for seconds they enjoyed it so much! Nicola was the perfect person to design and create our wedding cake, I wouldn’t have changed anything!
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Cheshire & North Wales.

Yes – and Zoom consultations if preferred.

£100 deposit to secure date with full payment 2 months before wedding date.

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