Est. 2018 · Baked by hand
Tshina’s Cake Boutique
Cut into it
the first layer — The beginning
It started because she would not sit still
In 2018 she lost her job. She did not want to sit down and be stressed — she wanted to keep her mind busy. She had always loved baking and had never had the time for it. Suddenly time was the one thing she had.
She baked for her family. Then a friend asked her to bake for her, and offered to pay. That was the whole beginning of it.
She does not have to think twice about baking. She does it without effort.
“It’s the only place I want to be. I’m so passionate about it.”
the second layer — Celebration
Cakes built to hold a room
Wedding cakes that carry their own weight across four tiers, and birthday cakes that get photographed before anyone is allowed to touch them.
Every cake is built to order around the day it belongs to — the flavours, the height, the sugar work. Nothing comes off a shelf.
- WeddingTwo to five tiers, sugar flowers, tasting before you commit
- BirthdaySingle tier to towering, sculpted or classic
- AnniversaryQuieter, richer, usually chocolate
the third layer — The small things
The scones are the quiet legend
So fluffy they barely hold together, and deliberately less sweet — because a scone is supposed to leave room for what you put on it.
- SconesFluffy, less sweet, sold faster than they cool
- CupcakesBy the dozen, iced to match the cake
- Jam tartsShort pastry, proper jam
- SnowballsCoconut, jam, and no restraint
the fourth layer — Occasions
Boardrooms, birthdays, and the days without a name
Corporate orders for launches, staff days and client gifting — branded, boxed and delivered on time, at whatever quantity the room needs.
And the rest: baptisms, graduations, funerals, apologies, Tuesdays. Cakes for all occasions means all of them.
The work
Straight from the kitchen
A few of the cakes that have gone out to weddings, birthdays and boardrooms around Kempton Park and greater Johannesburg. There is more on Instagram, where they turn up the day they are finished.
Order
Tell us about the day
Orders are taken by email, one conversation at a time. Send a note with what you have in mind and she’ll come back to you with a quote and a date.
How much notice
- Wedding cakesthree to four weeks
- Birthday & celebrationone week
- Corporate ordersone to two weeks
- Scones & small bakestwo to three days
Shorter notice is sometimes possible — ask.
What to include in your first email
- 01The date. And whether it can move.
- 02The occasion. Wedding, birthday, corporate, other.
- 03How many people it needs to feed.
- 04Flavours you love, and anything you cannot eat.
- 05A picture of a cake you like, if you have one.
Another way
Prefer to talk it through?
Some things are easier said than typed — a date that is still moving, a design you have not settled on, flavours you want to think out loud about. Send her a message and she will pick it up between bakes.
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