Looking for a vintage cake? It's the old-style decorated look: a round or heart-shaped cake with heavily piped borders and ruffles, finished with bows, pearls or cream roses. It feels like a cake from an old photo album, and it suits birthdays and small get-togethers. Here are the Avon Cake designs in this style, with sizes and servings, colour and writing options, and how to order.
Were you after the funny "goodbye old age" birthday cake instead? That's the Goodbye Old Age cake, with more ideas in our Arabic post ميني كيك دورين عمر قديم.
What makes a cake "vintage"?
It's all in the decoration, not the taste. Here's what you'll see in our photos:
- Piped borders: wavy rows of cream around the top edge and the base, sometimes a third row around the middle.
- Ruffles: cream piped in folds, like the edge of a fabric skirt.
- Bows: satin ribbons tied around the cake.
- Pearls: small pearls dotted along the borders.
- Cream roses: a cluster in the middle, or tiny roses along the edge.
- Soft colours or bold red: pale pink, sky blue, cream, or all-red for hearts.
Round vintage cakes
- Mini vintage two-tier: two tiers in pale pink cream with white borders and small red cream roses. 2+4 inch serves 3–4 and 4+6 inch serves 8–10.
- My Mother, Lady of Roses: light blue with pink cream ruffles and borders, topped with pink cream roses and pearls. 6 inch, serves 6–8.
- Crown cake: cream-coloured, with ruffled borders, pearls and a silver crown on top. 6 inch, serves 6–8.
- Royal Blue cake: blue, with ruffled borders, small gold stars and "Happy Birthday" on top, in front of a printed backdrop with the birthday person's photos and name. 6 inch, serves 6–8.
- Birthday Joy cake: light green with pink, or light green with blue, plus a party backdrop with a photo and name. 6 inch, serves 6–8.
- Mini two-tier graduation cake: a 2+4 inch two-tier with vintage piping and a graduation cap on top. Each one serves 3–4, and you can order 1 to 4.
Vintage heart cakes
- Heartbeat cake: a red heart with ruffled borders, pearls and red bows, with "I love you" in white. 5 to 12 inch.
- Classic board cake: a heart decorated with roses, with a board and a calendar marking your date. 6 to 12 inch.
- Crystal heart cake: a red heart with cream ruffles, red satin bows and colourful crystals, with the age piped in the middle. 6 to 12 inch. The crystals are decoration only and not edible, so remove them before eating.
More hearts in heart and love cakes.
Colours
- Set colour: most designs come as shown. The mini two-tier is pale pink, Lady of Roses is light blue with pink, the Crown cake is cream, Royal Blue is blue, and the Heartbeat and Crystal heart cakes are red.
- Your pick: Birthday Joy comes in light green with pink or light green with blue. The graduation mini comes in white, pink, light blue or yellow.
- A different colour: in design your cake you choose the shape, filling, colour and writing yourself.
Writing on a vintage cake
Writing is up to 25 characters, and where it goes depends on the design:
- On the cake: Heartbeat, Classic board, Royal Blue and Birthday Joy.
- On the base: the mini vintage two-tier, the Crown cake and the graduation mini. The Classic board cake also takes a second line on the base, plus the date.
- Age only: the Crystal heart cake.
- No writing field: Lady of Roses.
Short lines that suit the style:
- "Happy Birthday"
- "I love you"
- "Forever young"
- "Love you, Mum"
- "Happy 30th, Sara"
- "Cheers to 25 years"
What size do you need?
| Size | Serves |
|---|---|
| Mini two-tier 2+4 inch | 3–4 |
| 5 inch | 3–4 |
| 6 inch | 6–8 |
| Two-tier 4+6 inch | 8–10 |
| 8 inch | 12–16 |
| 10 inch | 20–24 |
| 12 inch | 28–32 |
Sizes vary by design and show on each product page. 12 inch needs a day's notice.
Fillings and flavour
Every design here offers five fillings: cream, Nutella, blueberry, Lotus and pistachio. The cake flavour is chocolate, and vanilla is available in selected cities, booked a day ahead.
How to order
- Open the design, then pick the size, the filling and the colour if there's a choice.
- Type your line. For Royal Blue and Birthday Joy, upload the photos when you order.
Choose your city, then a delivery slot or pickup from a branch.
Cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Khobar, Qatif, Al-Ahsa, Makkah, Madinah, Buraydah and Unaizah. Every design in this guide can be ordered in all nine.
- Fee: 29 SAR, free for orders from 300 SAR.
- Slots: 9am–2pm, 2pm–7pm and 7pm–midnight.
- Same day: regular sizes can be booked for today while a slot is open. Outside Riyadh, the morning slot must be booked by 11pm the day before.
- Pickup: from a branch in every city except Unaizah.
For elegant designs beyond the vintage look, see elegant cakes for occasions. For a daughter, sister or friend, see birthday cake ideas for women.
Common questions
How is a vintage cake different from a regular cake?
It's the look: piped borders, ruffles, bows and pearls. You still choose the filling from five, like the other designs here.
Do you have vintage heart cakes?
Yes. The Heartbeat cake comes in 5 to 12 inch, and the Classic board and Crystal heart cakes in 6 to 12 inch.
What's your smallest vintage cake?
The mini vintage two-tier at 2+4 inch, which serves 3–4. The graduation mini is the same size.
Can I choose the colour?
On Birthday Joy and the graduation mini, yes. The others come as shown.
Can I order for today?
Regular sizes, yes, while a slot is open. 12 inch and vanilla need a day's notice.
Pick your design from birthday cakes, or start with the mini vintage two-tier.
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