The Lane Bakery — Restaurant in Dover

Last year The Lane did my wedding cake as we really wanted one from somewhere local. Initially I wasn’t sure they’d be up for it as we wanted something stylized with squiggles and flowers - straight from Pinterest rather than something I’d seen the bakery had done before. Even with a change of staff however they smashed it. I’d say their flavours and techniques are pretty classic but they were very open to all of our suggestions and ideas. They delivered it to our venue and set it up, and we did a few matching vegan cupcakes too. Overall very pleased and hassle free, and now I see just how hard they work to gain and keep customers as a local I want to try and support them as much as I can (although I don’t purchase very often because my waistline would not thank me) My dad is also dairy free and we got him a tray of cupcakes for his birthday, and he said it was some of the best cake he’d had since only having...

My boyfriend surprised me with a birthday cake. I'm not sure how he arranged it, but he asked for a Last Unicorn theme from one of my favorite childhood movies I'd made him watch recently and they made this beautiful specialty cake for us. My aunt who was celebrating with us is gluten free, and it was so great they have gluten free options as well. We decided to go with a normal flour cake, but with gluten free cupcakes for my aunt. The cake was delicious and my aunt said the gluten free cupcakes were really good as well!

The cake is properly huge and recommend having the staff show you how they recommend cutting it (in squares rather than normal cake slices) otherwise you will end up with absolutely...

I went to The Lane Bakery last week for their cake decorating masterclass. I had that much fun that I have booked another class for next month so they can show me more of their knowledge! They prepare the sponge of your choice in advance for you so that you can then crack on with doing the fun part of decorating. We had Anna and Amy on hand to teach us anything that we wanted to know. It was a good giggle, relaxed vibe, and best of all you got to take your creation home to share it with your family/friends. 10/10...