The Cake Shop calls itself New Zealand's favourite cake decorating supplier, and it calls Rolleston, Canterbury home. From the Falcon's Nest at 46 Falcon Road, the team serves everyone from first-time bakers to professional cake decorators, stocking a large range of cake, cookie, cupcake and baking supplies — bakeware, cake boards, boxes and packaging, decorating tools, toppers, edible images and a deep sprinkles selection. The same range is available online with delivery throughout New Zealand, backed by what the team promises will be great service, great products and great delivery times.
The shop's Naked Cake range captures its ethos: we bake, you decorate. Cake bases are baked in store using the best ingredients and free-range eggs, sold fresh or frozen in lots of different shapes and sizes, and delivered nationwide to non-rural addresses. American frosting and macarons sit alongside them in the same range, both flagged as perfect for drip cakes.
There are fresh treats too. Cupcakes are in store Monday to Saturday from 9am until sold out, made with the best ingredients and free-range eggs, and a wide variety of custom cakes — plus brownies and gender reveal cupcakes — can be ordered online or in-store. Add edible images, cake tin hire and one of the region's most useful selections of party supplies, and it's a genuinely handy stop for anyone with a cake to make.
On Falcon Road in Rolleston, a short drive south of Christchurch, The Cake Shop has built its reputation as New Zealand's favourite cake decorating supplier — and it wears that title comfortably. The Falcon Road premises, known as the Falcon's Nest, is two businesses in one: a thoroughly stocked supplies shop serving everyone from nervous first-time bakers to professional decorators, and a working bakery turning out naked cake bases, macarons and a daily cabinet of cupcakes. Everything the shop sells in person also ships nationwide, but Rolleston is where it all happens.
Step inside and you'll find a large range of cake, cookie, cupcake and baking supplies. The shelves cover bakeware, cake boards, cake boxes and packaging, cake decorating tools, cake toppers and edible images, with a deep selection of sprinkles — including themed sprinkle charms like Teddy Bears, Sweet Cherries, Super Dogs, Roarsome Dinosaurs and Pink Hearts. Party supplies, seasonal collections and themed ranges round it out, and new products land regularly.
Everything is available in store or through the online shop, which the team promises comes with great service, great products and great delivery times throughout New Zealand.
The Naked Cake range is the shop's signature idea, and the pitch is simple. Bases are baked in store using the best ingredients and free-range eggs, then sold fresh or frozen in lots of different shapes and sizes, so you can ice and decorate at home and still turn up looking like a pro. American frosting and macarons sit in the same range — the shop flags both as perfect for drip cakes — and naked cakes can be delivered around New Zealand to non-rural addresses.
If you'd rather someone else did the decorating, a wide variety of custom cakes can be ordered online or in-store, alongside brownies and a newer favourite, gender reveal cupcakes. Edible images — a special photo for the top of your cake — can also be ordered either way.
And then there are the cupcakes. Available in store Monday to Saturday from 9am, made with the best ingredients and free-range eggs, they operate on a firm rule: from 9am until sold out. Baked goods are available daily from 9am, and Rolleston locals know to arrive early, especially on Saturdays.
Online orders received before midday and paid by credit card are sent the same day (made-to-order cakes excepted), couriered with NZ Couriers and Aramex to addresses across Auckland, the North Island and the South Island in a targeted 1-5 business days. Rural deliveries may take two extra days, and PO Boxes are off the menu. Prefer to collect? Order online and pick up in store, or browse the extensive range in person.
Payment is by Visa or Mastercard via the secure site or over the phone, or by direct bank deposit — direct credit orders need to show payment within a week or they're cancelled automatically. One caution from the fine print: no refunds or exchanges on edible items for change of mind, so choose carefully, though the team will step in if something arrives faulty or wrong.
There's tin hire too — round, square or special character tins for 3 days for $10.00 with a credit or debit card number held as bond — which solves the novelty-shaped cake problem neatly.
Hours run 7am to 3pm on Mondays, 7am to 4.30pm Tuesday to Friday and 9am to 1pm on Saturdays, closed Sundays and some public holidays; around Christmas, Easter and New Year, standard hours don't apply, so check ahead. Whether you're a decorator rebuilding your sprinkle drawer or a local chasing Saturday cupcakes, The Cake Shop makes it easy to leave with exactly what you came for — and usually a few things you didn't plan on.