A decadent chocolate layer cake made by a Hoylake baker has been named Britain’s best.
Created by Abba Cakes on Market Street, it got the judges vote ahead of more than 100 other entries in seven categories at the UK Food and Drink Shows at the NEC in Birmingham.
“I didn’t expect it,” said founder and owner Laura Johnson.
“I just came for the Classic Cake category, so it was a big surprise but I love it.”
Laura started baking cakes in her native Colombia around 14 years ago before moving to Gran Canaria in Spain to study business administration.
She established her business under the name Abba Cakes, gaining business via word of mouth and social media among the local Canarians.
The patisserie chef moved to the UK with her Bebington-born husband in 2020, the pair having met through a bilingual church in Las Palmas.
As the UK started to open up again after lockdown, Laura put her skills and qualifications to use managing a cafe where she also baked the cakes, and also began supplying them to businesses.
In 2022, she told us: “It’s just so rewarding when you see smiles on people’s faces when they sample some of my cakes or they take it to treat themselves at home or to a loved one, it’s just a real pleasure for me.
“For me, Abba Cakes is the whole idea of bringing a little bit of sweetness, or hope as a Christian would say, to the times of celebration and those other times when we don’t feel so great.
“Life is a great and unique event that must be celebrated, and why not with a bit of cake?”
The winning product comprised layers of dark chocolate sponge and double chocolate ganache plus some dulce de leche running through the centre.
Judges considered it one of the best presented products in the line-up and praised the “beautiful piping skills”.
One judge said: “It’s described as a very dense chocolate, so does exactly what it says on the tin.”
Britain’s Best Cake 2025 took place on Monday 7 April, and was sponsored by Dawn Foods, Kluman & Balter, Rainbow Dust, Sonneveld Group, and St. Ewe Free Range Eggs.
