If you're searching for types of cake to pick one for an occasion, the useful question isn't what each one is called but what you'll actually order. At Avon Cake a cake varies in four ways: shape, size, flavour and filling, and how much you design. Here's each one, with real examples from our range.
1. Shape
Heart, round and square
Regular sizes come in round, heart and square, and the same size table (below) applies to all three.
- Heart: the Heartbeat Cake is heart-shaped, from 5 inch to 12 inch.
- Square: the Square Comic Cake, from 6 inch to 10 inch.
- Round or square, your pick:Paint Your Cake is a white 5-inch cake you colour yourself, and you choose round or square.
Two tiers and three tiers
- Two tiers: the Mini Heart Two-Tier Cake comes in 2+4 inch (serves 3–4) and 4+6 inch (serves 8–10).
- Three tiers: the Comic 3-Layer Cake is 6, 5 and 4 inch and serves 11–14.
Rectangles and large squares
For very large groups, because they cut easily into squares: 10×14 or the square 6×8 serves 25–30, and 11×21 serves 60–70.
For big cakes, tiers and rectangles there's a full guide: large cakes.
Small and mini
For a gift or one or two people, these small formats each have their own size:
- Cup: the Cake Cup, serves 1–2.
- Martini: the Martini Cake in a martini glass, serves 1–2.
- Ring box: the Mini Ring Box, a 2-inch cake for one.
- Burger box and lunch box: 4 inch, serves 2–3, like the Birthday Lunch Box.
- Cupcakes: the Hello Kitty Cupcakes, 8 pieces, two of them with an age written on.
Browse all of them in mini cakes and cupcakes.
2. Size: how many people does it serve?
| Type | Size | Serves |
|---|---|---|
| Round, heart or square | 4 inch | 2–3 |
| 5 inch | 3–4 | |
| 6 inch | 6–8 | |
| 8 inch | 12–16 | |
| 10 inch | 20–24 | |
| 12 inch | 28–32 | |
| Double height | 6 inch | 14–18 |
| 8 inch | 26–30 | |
| Two tiers | 2+4 inch | 3–4 |
| 4+6 inch | 8–10 | |
| 6+8 inch | 18–22 | |
| Three tiers | 6+5+4 inch | 11–14 |
| Rectangle or large square | 10×14 or 6×8 | 25–30 |
| 11×21 | 60–70 | |
| Cup or martini | 1–2 | |
| Ring box or cupcake | 1 | |
| Burger box or lunch box | 2–3 |
Sizes vary from design to design, so check the product page. If your guest count falls between two sizes, take the larger one. For more detail: cake sizes and servings.
3. Flavour and filling
People mix these up, so here's the difference:
- Cake flavour: chocolate. Vanilla is available in selected cities and is booked a day ahead.
- Filling: cream, Nutella, berry, Lotus or pistachio. These are fillings, not flavours, and you choose one on the product page.
Most of our cakes take all five fillings. The martini takes two, and some products, such as packages, have no filling to choose. Each filling is covered in cake fillings.
4. How much do you want to design?
| Option | What happens | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Ready design | Pick a cake from birthday cakes as shown in the photo | Ordering quickly |
| Design your cake | Choose shape, then filling, colour and writing; you can print a photo | You have a specific idea |
| Make it yourself | A cake with white cream; you decorate it with the piping bags that come with it | You want the activity itself |
Writing on a cake is up to 25 characters. The make-it-yourself cake comes as cup, martini, 4, 6 or 8 inch.
Choosing quickly
- Count your guests and use the size table.
- Match the shape to the occasion: a heart for something romantic, tiers for a bigger party, a mini for a gift.
- Pick the filling from the five above, separately from the cake flavour.
- Decide how much design: ready, or your own.
Delivery
We deliver in 10 cities. Delivery is 29 SAR, free for orders from 300 SAR. Details on the delivery page.
FAQ
How many types of cake do you have?
By shape: round, heart, square, two-tier, three-tier and minis (cup, martini, ring box, burger box, lunch box, cupcake). On top of that you choose size and filling.
What types of birthday cake are there?
Most come in several sizes and shapes; browse birthday cakes. For small occasions, a mini is usually enough.
What's the difference between cake flavour and filling?
The flavour belongs to the cake itself (chocolate, with vanilla in selected cities). The filling is chosen separately from five.
How many does a 6-inch cake serve?
6–8 people; the double-height 6-inch serves 14–18.
Can I design the cake myself?
Yes, in design your cake, or decorate it yourself with make it yourself.
Pick your cake from birthday cakes, or start your own in design your cake.
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