Black Velvet Lambeth Cake From £125

Black Velvet Lambeth Cake From £125

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Our Black Velvet Lambeth Cake is a rich black cocoa sponge layered with Black Cocoa buttercream and vintage Lambeth piping, with your own message on top if you’d like. Choose a deep black finish, as pictured, or a natural charcoal finish with no added colouring. A gothic favourite for Halloween and a dramatic cake for any celebration. Handmade to order in London, with hand delivery across London and chilled delivery across the UK. From £125.

Colour finish *

Black cocoa on its own gives a deep charcoal grey. For the jet-black finish in our photos, we add black food colouring (contains E102 and E122), which may temporarily stain teeth. If you'd rather avoid colouring, choose natural charcoal.


Choose Your Date * *

Choose the day that suits you best. Each cake is handcrafted to order and delivered chilled with care. We recommend selecting a date at least 3-4 days before your celebration to enjoy complete peace of mind.


Add a Chocolate Finish

Optional — a handcrafted Belgian chocolate finishing touch for your cake

Your Message

Character limits vary by cake size — our team will always make sure your message fits beautifully, even if it needs a small tweak.

Chocolate Message — your words, hand-piped directly onto the surface of your cake.
Chocolate Plaque — a 12cm Belgian chocolate disc, hand-piped with your message and placed on top of your cake.


Add a Trim Colour

Optional — hand-applied ribbon and pearl trim, £20.

A classic Lambeth-style finishing touch: ribbon insertion paired with hand-placed edible pearls in your chosen colour, adding a refined decorative edge to your cake.
Colours shown are representative only and may vary slightly due to screen display and natural variation in ribbon and pearl batches.


Bespoke colour request

Have a specific shade in mind? Select this option and tell us in your message below. For bespoke shade requests, we'll always aim for the closest possible match, but exact colour matching cannot be guaranteed — subject to ribbon and pearl availability.


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Product Description

What Is a Black Velvet Cake?

A Black Velvet Lambeth Cake is a soft, moist chocolate cake made with black cocoa, which gives it a deep dark colour and a rich, slightly bitter cocoa flavour, like a darker cousin of red velvet. Ours is layered with cream cheese frosting, finished with a chocolate drip, and piped in the vintage Lambeth style. Our couture take on a gothic cake works for Halloween and any celebration that calls for drama.

What’s in Our Black Velvet Cake

The sponge is made with black cocoa powder, which is richer and slightly more bitter than regular cocoa. It’s layered with smooth cream cheese frosting, finished with a chocolate drip, and decorated with vintage Lambeth piping.

You can choose your colour finish:

  • Deep black, as pictured: black cocoa with black gel food colouring, for a true jet-black finish.
  • Natural charcoal: black cocoa only, with no added food colouring, giving a softer, deep grey-black finish.

Our deep black finish contains colours E102 and E122, which may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children. Our natural charcoal finish contains no added food colouring.

Ingredients: flour, sugar, cocoa powder, black cocoa powder, buttermilk, oil, eggs, vanilla extract, cream cheese, butter, chocolate. The deep black finish also contains food colouring (E102, E122, E133).

Pictured: deep black finish.

Will a Black Cake Stain Your Teeth?

Our deep black finish uses food colouring, which can temporarily stain teeth and mouths, as with most black cakes. If you’d rather avoid this, choose our natural charcoal finish, made with black cocoa only and no added colouring.

A Gothic Cake for Halloween and Celebrations

Our black velvet cake is a favourite for Halloween parties, and its dramatic look also suits gothic weddings and birthdays, milestone celebrations, and anyone who wants a cake that stands out. For Halloween, please order by 26th October to have a guaranteed Halloween Delivery.

More Lambeth and Halloween Cakes

Explore our Halloween Cakes & Treats, or see our other vintage cakes in Lambeth Cakes, including the Matcha Lambeth Heart Cake and Ube Tall Lambeth Chiffon Cake.

Black Velvet Cake Delivery in London and the UK

Handmade to order in London. We hand deliver across London and send chilled deliveries across the UK.

Ordering from abroad? You can order online from anywhere for delivery to any UK address.

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