Meet Melissa
Cake designer. Baker. Creative.
Hello, I’m Melissa, the founder and cake designer behind Bramble & Wild.
For more than 15 years, I’ve been baking and creating cakes, turning something I genuinely love into a business that allows me to combine two of my favourite things — beautiful design and really good food.
Bramble & Wild is based in the Lake District, an incredible part of the world that has naturally influenced the way I work. I’m drawn to organic textures, beautiful florals, understated details and designs that feel considered rather than overdone.
A little about Bramble & Wild
For me, wedding cake design has never been about simply choosing a cake from a catalogue.
Every wedding is different, and your cake should feel as though it belongs within it.
I take inspiration from your venue, flowers, stationery, colour palette, styling and the overall atmosphere you’re creating, bringing those details together to create a cake that feels completely personal to your celebration.
Sometimes that means beautifully clean tiers and minimal detailing. Sometimes it's texture, hand-painted elements, fresh flowers or something a little more unexpected.
The common thread is always the same: beautiful proportions, considered design and exceptional flavour.
Experience matters
Having spent many years working within the Lake District wedding industry, I’ve had the privilege of creating cakes for celebrations at some of the region’s most beautiful venues and working alongside incredibly talented local wedding suppliers.
That experience means I understand that your wedding cake isn't simply an individual element of the day.
It becomes part of the room.
Part of the styling.
Part of the photographs.
And, eventually, part of the memories.
From our first conversation and your initial design ideas through to personally delivering and styling your cake at the venue, I want the whole experience to feel relaxed, considered and completely taken care of.
Beautiful outside. Exceptional inside.
As much as I love the design process, I am first and foremost a baker.
A wedding cake can look incredible, but if guests don't want another slice, I haven't done my job properly.
Flavour is every bit as important as appearance at Bramble & Wild. Each cake is baked from scratch using carefully selected ingredients, with flavour combinations designed to be generous, memorable and genuinely delicious.
Because nobody should have to choose between a wedding cake that looks beautiful and one that tastes incredible.
You should have both.
A little wild by nature
Living and working in the Lake District means inspiration is never particularly far away.
The changing seasons, landscape, wildflowers, colours and textures of the Lakes often find their way subtly into my work.
It's also where the name Bramble & Wild feels most at home.
My style continues to evolve, but my approach remains the same: creating beautiful, modern wedding cakes with personality — cakes that feel at home in their surroundings and, most importantly, feel like they belong to the couple they're created for.
If you're planning your wedding and feel that Bramble & Wild could be part of it, I'd love to hear what you're creating.