Ruby’s of London (luxury vegan wedding cakes)

Ruby’s of London offers (they are expensive but we’re talking luxury here!) vegan cakes and bakes, ideal for weddings and other special occasions. They are all made with natural ingredients and free from palm oil. There is also now a second outlet in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

You have to order these in advance, but are available for quick delivery around the city. The range includes fancy cakes, along with cupcakes, donuts and small cakes. All beautifully decorated.

Ruby began her business selling homemade cakes at local markets, and became so successful, it’s now one of the most elite bakeries in London.

How to Spot Quality Vegan Ingredients

There are many companies offering vegan wedding cakes, but be sure to check the ingredients (avoid ones with palm oil or pet-toxic xylitol (lethal from a few dropped crumbs). 

Also be sure that the baker uses proper flavourings (like real vanilla over fake). Anything with an E-number is not a proper artisan baker.

One supermarket ‘luxury chocolate cake’ contains refined sugar, glucose syrup, palm oil, lots of unfamiliar ingredients and more palm oil. And fat-reduced cocoa powder (it does not even contain any real chocolate!) So it’s not tasty, not healthy, packed in plastic, and expensive for what it is.

Homemade Vegan Wedding Cake Recipe

This Vanilla Wedding Cake (The Vegan 8) is not simple! But this is a good recipe for ambitious cooks or caterers being asked to make a wedding cake for customers.

Brandi took a lot of time and effort to make this recipe, and says not to sub even one ingredient. If you do it right, it tastes like conventional wedding cake, and also slices well. So it’s a trip to the shops to find cornstarch and white rice flour!

A Simpler Vegan Wedding Cake Recipe!

This cake is not specifically for weddings, but it’s much simpler to make. Find the recipe in Freya’s wonderful book Simply Vegan Baking (she was a contestant on the Great British Bake-Off).