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Welcome to Meg Rivers Cakes, the world famous mail order bakery. With many years' experience in mail order, we provide a fast and convenient way to have delicious, home-baked cakes delivered to your door. A Meg Rivers mail order cake makes a delicious treat for friends and family and is the perfect way to remember someone far away.

At our artisan bakery in the Cotswolds, we combine the finest ingredients with traditional recipes and baking methods to create wholesome, natural products for you to enjoy. Baking in small batches ensures that our products are consistently high quality and because our goods are sold by mail order it means they're fresh every time - direct from our ovens to your door!

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Our superb Simnel cake is now available in two sizes - both hand crafted to the same award... Free gift wrapping and a personal message included - that's Mothering Sunday sorted. Forget the cute baby clothes, this box of goodies is sure to go down better with the exhausted...
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You can't have a birthday without a cake and if it comes with some yummy flapjack, four different... Fresh Meg Rivers cakes delivered to your door every month of the year, the ultimate treat for... Another brilliant idea from Meg Rivers. Now if you're having 'a bit of a do', we've a mouth-watering...
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Six of the best! Scaled down versions of our most popular cakes - almond fruit, st clements,... 'You sounded thin!' I could really relate to the sentiment behind this when I asked a customer... PLEASE NOTE:We require 7 days notice for celebration cake orders.
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These include brownie, bakewell and flapjack. Brownie: Rich, moist and nutty; made with fine... The ingredients of our chocolate cake speak for themselves. The rich, smooth flavour of the... A real, retro favourite. Loaded with cherries, bursting with colour and flavour, this cake...
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Made with a high ground almond content for a moist texture and subtle flavour, this is our... A must for all chocoholics! It's the quality of the ingredients that make our cookies so irresistible. Hot and spicy, these gingerbread biscuits really are the business. Crisp, with a satisfying...
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There may be no tartan tin but when it comes to shortbread, these are the real McCoy and they're... You simply have to try these. Just looking at the picture is enough to make you feel peckish....  
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A freshly baked cake delivered in the post every month - what a brilliant idea!

This is how it works… each month we send you a different cake, many exclusive to the Cake Club, and you get to play taster. Which will be your favourite? Maybe it’ll be the Classic Christmas cake, or something lighter like Hazelnut and Chocolate. Elderflower and Gooseberry always gets rave reviews. Join the Cake Club and judge for yourself. This is the perfect gift for any true cake fan.

Cake Club membership

Fresh Meg Rivers cakes delivered to your door every month of the year, the ultimate treat for the true cake fan. Cake Club membership lasts for twelve, six or three months and can commence at any time of year. The price includes UK mainland post and packing, ask for details for costs outside this region. As well as a selection of delicious recipes, which changes from year to year, members who take the full twelve months membership receive one of our award winning Simnel cakes at Easter and a Classic iced cake for Christmas.

From £50.00 (3 month membership)

   
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Meg Rivers' interest in baking began as a child in the family owned teashop. Always passionate about healthy eating, she later started baking cakes for her children, using only natural ingredients. Friends and neighbours began asking her to bake cakes for them too and requests to send them as gifts overseas gave her the idea to turn her hobby into her career. Soon the kitchen of her home proved insufficient to cope with demand and the business moved to a picturesque bakery in the Warwickshire village of Middle Tysoe.

Over the ensuing years the business continued to grow, gaining awards and plaudits along the way, and now serves thousands of mail order customers worldwide. Following Meg Rivers' untimely death in January 2001, ownership of the business passed to Julian Day, a family friend and former colleague.

In 2002 the business moved to a brand new bakery in the nearby village of Blackwell. Baking continues using Meg Rivers' original recipes and methods and with the same commitment to producing wholesome and delicious foods. "We use only the best available ingredients, locally sourced where possible" Says Julian "We don't add any artificial flavourings, colourings or preservatives. Cakes are made in small batches and every cake is finished and decorated by hand."
 
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Q. Can I freeze your cakes, traybakes and biscuits?
A. Yes, all Meg Rivers products are suitable for home freezing.
Q. How big are your Standard cakes?
A. Standard cakes are baked in a 5” diameter x 3” deep tin.
Q. How big are your Large cakes?
A. Large cakes are baked in a 7” diameter x 3” deep tin.
Q. Are your products suitable for vegetarians?
A. Yes, all our products are suitable for vegetarians.
Q. Do you have any wheat-free products suitable?
A. Only flapjack, which is made with oats, and a wheat-free Chocolate Christmas cake (available December only) made with ground almonds in place of flour. However, all our products are made in the same kitchen so may contain traces of gluten.
Q. Do you have any dairy-free cakes?
A. No, all our products contain dairy products.
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UK Mainland £6.00 / UK Offshore £10.00 / Overseas POA.
Delivery FAQ’s    
Q. How much is delivery? A. UK Mainland is £6.00, UK Offshore is £10.00
Q. Is this per item? A. No, per address
Q. How do you send your parcels out? A. UK Mainland deliveries are by courier and are fully traceable, UK Offshore and Overseas parcels are by Royal Mail and not traceable.
Q. How long does it take for parcels to arrive? A. UK Mainland is a Next Working Day service, UK Offshore is 3 – 5 Working days. Nb Orders must be received by 10.00am for Next Day Delivery.
Q. I want to send a gift –
what happens if no one is there?
A. Our couriers cannot leave parcels without prior instruction, so a card will be left asking recipient to contact their local depot.
Q. How do I avoid this? A. Give instructions and we’ll advise the courier eg ‘If out leave on step’ or ‘Leave Safe’.
Q. ‘Leave Safe’ – what does that mean? A. This means the courier will leave the parcel in an enclosed porch/garage or similar belonging to the property address, ensuring the parcel is not visible from the road, then post a card advising the recipients where the parcel has been placed.
Q. Do you send parcels abroad? A. Yes, but entirely at customers’ own risk.
Q. How much does it cost to send overseas? A. It depends on the destination and the weight of the parcel so please call the sales office for an individual quotation.
Q. Do you send to BFPO’s? A. Yes.
Q. Is it free to send to BFPO addresses? A. Yes and no! Some BFPO addresses are free and some are charged. Please call the sales office for details.
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Contact Us


Please feel free to contact us with any questions, suggestions etc. We are only a small bakery, so if we cannot get to the phone, please leave a message and we will call you back as soon as we can.


Meg Rivers
Blackwell Business Park
Blackwell
Shipston on Stour
Warwickshire
CV36 4PE

t: +44 (0)1608 682858
e: sales@megrivers.com

 
Home made
Welcome to our new Spring/Summer brochure. Regular customers will notice that it's a bit of a departure from our normal style. As usual, all the yummy shots of cakes in the centre section were taken right here in the bakery - we simply take a cake from the rack and click away. With our products, what you see is what you get.

But there is something else about what we do that's a bit more difficult to capture. We are lucky to live and work in the Cotswold countryside and I'm sure this lovely environment impacts on the way we work. Yes, we operate in the internet age, often our cakes are made and despatched one day to be with our customers at the other end of the country the next, and yes, our kitchen is bang up to date, squeaky clean and full of shiny stainless steel, but I like the fact that the bakery is housed in a building that was formerly a cowshed and that the occasional pheasant will amble past the office window. There's a connection somehow between this rural location and the pace of country life that is reflected in the traditional craft methods we employ in our baking.
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