Yes, free delivery is offered around the Blenheim area.

Can you make custom cake designs?

Yes, fully personalised cakes are made for any celebration — please allow 4 days' notice.

Do you offer dairy free or gluten free options?

Many cakes are available dairy free, and the marzipan is naturally vegan, dairy free and gluten free.

Do you make cakes for special events like baby showers or gender reveals?

Yes, cakes are made for gender reveals, hen/stag parties, baby showers and graduations.

Do you make adult-themed cakes?

Yes, email the bakery to see examples of adult-themed designs.

What payment methods do you accept?

PayPal, bank transfer, and cash. Company orders have 7 days to pay from the invoice date.

Can you make vegan cakes?

Yes, vegan cakes are made to order, with Black Forest and Pina Colada recommended.

Baking Friends

bakery — Riversdale · Blenheim

About Baking Friends

Baking Friends is a Chilean-style cake maker based in Blenheim, run by Carina and built around traditional family recipes for cakes and marzipan. The range spans layered sponge and flaky pastry cakes filled with custard, caramel, berries and cream, alongside a signature secret-recipe marzipan made from almonds, offered plain, chocolate-covered or as custom designs. Most cakes can be made dairy free or gluten free, and the marzipan itself is vegan, dairy free and gluten free.

Alongside the everyday cake range, Baking Friends creates fully personalised custom cakes for birthdays and celebrations, plus cakes for gender reveals, hen and stag parties, baby showers and graduations, with adult-themed designs available on request by email. Vegan cakes can also be made to order, with Black Forest and Pina Colada as popular flavour picks. Orders can be paid by PayPal, bank transfer or cash, and the bakery offers free delivery around the Blenheim area.

Traditional Chilean Cakes and Marzipan in Blenheim

Baking Friends brings a taste of Chile to Blenheim, specialising in traditional Chilean-style cakes and a secret-recipe marzipan made from nothing more than almonds and care. The bakery's tagline sums up its philosophy simply: "the sweetness is inside."

A Chilean cake range

The cake menu leans into layered sponges and flaky pastries filled with custard, caramel, berries and cream. Selva Negra pairs a moist chocolate sponge with mixed berries and vanilla cream, while Santiago Cake combines sponge and flaky pastry with a trio of berries, maple chantilly cream, caramel and walnuts. Chilean pancake-style cakes are a particular specialty, with Chocolate Pancake layering real marzipan, Nutella and berries under cacao chantilly cream, and Orange Pancake doing the same with orange custard and cream. Around Christmas, Baking Friends also makes Pan De Pascua, a traditional Chilean spiced bread filled with dried fruit, raisins, walnuts and almonds.

Many of the cakes, including Tres Leches, Lemon Pie and the Chocolate Coconut Bounty Cake, are available dairy free, and the bakery's marzipan is vegan, dairy free and gluten free by nature — made just from almonds, sugar and no artificial flavours or additives.

Custom cakes for any celebration

Beyond the everyday range, Baking Friends creates fully personalised custom cake designs for birthdays and celebrations, with four days' notice requested to bring a design to life. The bakery also caters for special events including gender reveals, hen and stag parties, baby showers and graduations, and can create adult-themed cake designs on request — email the bakery to see examples. Vegan cakes are made to order too, with Black Forest and Pina Colada among the recommended flavours.

Ordering and delivery

Orders can be placed through the website's contact form or by phone, with payment accepted via PayPal, bank transfer or cash. Company orders are given seven days to pay from the invoice date. Baking Friends offers free delivery around the Blenheim area, making it easy to get a custom cake to wherever the celebration is happening.

Signature items

Selva Negra
Torta Amor
Chocolate Pancake
Tres Leches
Pan De Pascua
Natural Marzipan

Selva Negra — Moist chocolate sponge, mixed berries, reduction, vanilla cream and chocolate pieces
Santiago Cake — Sponge and flaky pastry filled with a trio of berries, maple chantilly cream, caramel and walnuts
Hojarasca Vanilla-Caramel — Layers of flaky pastry filled with vanilla custard and homemade caramel, covered with walnuts and caramel
Torta Amor — Flaky pastry filled with caramel, raspberry and cream, covered with caramel, walnuts and marzipan hearts
Tres Leches — Vanilla sponge made with a milk trilogy, filled with vanilla custard, covered with Italian meringue (DF available)
Chocolate Pancake — Chilean pancake-style cake with layers of marzipan, Nutella and berries, covered with cacao chantilly cream
Lemon Pie — Thin pancake sponge filled with lemon custard, Italian meringue and lemon syrup (DF available)
Bruselina — Cinnamon pancake layers filled with Nutella cream and caramel
Chocolate Coconut Bounty Cake — Chocolate sponge filled with coconut bounty cream and berries reduction (DF available)
Pineapple Cream Cake — Vanilla sponge filled with pineapple and cream, can be made with your favourite fruit
Orange Pancake — Chilean pancake-style cake filled with orange custard and Nutella, covered with orange cream
Pan De Pascua — Traditional Chilean Christmas bread with cinnamon, cloves and anis, fruits, raisins, walnuts and almonds

Marzipan

Natural Roll — 100g soft almond marzipan, vegan, dairy free and gluten free
Chocolate-Covered Roll — Marzipan roll covered in chocolate
Custom Design — Marzipan shaped into a custom design, quote on request

Custom & Event Cakes

Personalised Custom Cake — Fully personalised cake design for any celebration, 4 days notice requested
Special Event Cakes — Cakes for gender reveals, hen/stag parties, baby showers and graduations
Adult-Themed Cakes — Adult-themed designs available, email for examples
Vegan Cakes — Vegan cakes made to order, Black Forest and Pina Colada recommended

Frequently asked questions

Do you deliver?: Yes, free delivery is offered around the Blenheim area.
Can you make custom cake designs?: Yes, fully personalised cakes are made for any celebration — please allow 4 days' notice.
Do you offer dairy free or gluten free options?: Many cakes are available dairy free, and the marzipan is naturally vegan, dairy free and gluten free.
Do you make cakes for special events like baby showers or gender reveals?: Yes, cakes are made for gender reveals, hen/stag parties, baby showers and graduations.
Do you make adult-themed cakes?: Yes, email the bakery to see examples of adult-themed designs.
What payment methods do you accept?: PayPal, bank transfer, and cash. Company orders have 7 days to pay from the invoice date.
Can you make vegan cakes?: Yes, vegan cakes are made to order, with Black Forest and Pina Colada recommended.

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