Raie's Cakes

Raie's Cakes is based right here in Sittingbourne. It’s where everything happens, mostly in the kitchen with flour all over the place. We’ve been doing this for a bit now, just baking and getting orders ready for people in the area. It’s a small operation. Most days, it smells like vanilla or chocolate depending on what’s in the oven. Sittingbourne is a quiet enough place to work from. We started out small and stayed that way because it's easier to manage things ourselves. Sometimes the ovens act up, or we run out of sugar at the wrong time, but that’s just how it is when you’re busy. We spend a lot of time cleaning up after a big batch of cakes is done. There isn’t a massive shopfront or anything flashy to see. It’s more about the actual work of mixing and decorating. We have recipes we’ve used for years, scribbled on bits of paper. Our neighbors probably know when we’re baking because of the smell. We don’t have a big team, just a couple of us making sure things look decent before they go out. It gets a bit chaotic during the holidays, but we like the routine. We’re just local people doing something we know how to do. Sittingbourne is home, and this is what we do here every day. We enjoy the process of turning simple ingredients into something people can enjoy with their families. It keeps us quite busy most weeks.