Cuckoo's Bakery in Edinburgh

We ordered a last-minute wedding cake (strawberries and cream) from Cuckoo's for the sole purpose of being able to cut a cake with a sword. Turns out that this cake was so delicious that our guests were raving about it for days afterwards which is a rare reaction to wedding cakes in my experience. Was definitely one of the culinary highlights of the night. Delivery was on time to the venue and the cake was in excellent condition. Plus Fiona was a joy to deal with!

The cupcakes here are divine! The staff is also very warm, welcoming and accommodating. They do home delivery, too...

Excellent tea place ! The waitress was extra nice and welcomed us nicely even though they were closing soon. The scone with jam and cream was really good. Definitely recommend !

Our wedding cake from Cuckoos was everything we asked for and more! It looked delish and it tasted even better!!Guests on the day were asking who made the cake and we were proud to say our favourite bakery...Cuckoos.Fiona was brilliant to work with from start to finish. We were unfortunate in having to move our wedding 3 times due to the pandemic, but Fiona kindly understood this and moved our dates for free without any hassle at all. Fiona was always at hand via email if we hand any queries which was great, and it was just a relief to know she had everything covered. We would highly recommend Cuckoos Bakery for any wedding cake...or any cake in general!

The waitress was extremely impertinent and passive aggressive. I ordered a cheese scone and peppermint tea but what came was a fruit scone and black tea. When I asked her about it, she questioned my memory. “Are you sure?!” I think I would know my own order at the very least. She then gestured at the poster and claimed that the cream tea deal doesn’t include cheese scones. I don’t know how true this is as the poster is very general and just said scone. After that, she started slamming the dishes loudly at the counter. Very unpleasant. Will not be coming back which is a pity because the scone was quite decent.

I wouldn't order from this place again. From pictures I saw the website, what they show and what they deliver is completely different. I sent them an email but the owner really doesn't seem to care about the quality of what they send out. The whole point of paying their premium is for the design but if they can't guarantee that what's the point of ordering from them? This was meant to be a gift and what was sent out left me really disappointed.

Cuckoo Bakery is just a sweet little shop. Hard to go wrong with cupcakes and cookies (and more!). Personally, I think there is more frosting than necessary, and they don't have my favorite as a standard flavor (a caramel sponge with a creamy caramel centre topped with dark chocolate wrapped around a fluffy italian meringue), but we've tried a variety of flavors, and they rarely go wrong. In the absence of the 'Hugs and Kisses' cupcake, my go-to is 'Chocolate and Sea-Salted Caramel'. Their empire biscuits are lovely with their tea and coffee.

We ordered a Banana & Sea Salted Caramel cake online for our wedding and it has been absolutely delicious! Thank you :)

I have gone to his bakery on many occasions because their cakes and brownies are the best in Edinburgh (in my humble opinion). The flavours are creative, thoughtful and unique. There is always something for everyone - cake flavours, cookies, brownies and scones. You get a lot for your money in terms of portion size, flavour and decoration.The staff are always very friendly, appear happy at work and authentically engage with customers.We hired Cuckoos to do our wedding cakes in June 2019 and the whole experience was fun (and delicious!). The wedding coordinator, Sophie, was so enthusiastic and actively helped us hone our flavours and designs. We had full creative control and Sophie let us get very creative. So much so, we went for 3 cakes, 2 sets of traybakes and 6 gluten free cupcakes (and 6 cupcakes for ourselves incase we were dancing too much to eat!). At the tasting they mocked up 6 cupcakes (some with flavours we'd chosen and some inspired by our flavour choices). The tasting was fun and we had undivided attention in the store. We could feel Sophie's excitement when they came out and it was infectious! The cakes were STUNNING. People still bring them up and talk about how delicious they were. I'm no Mary Berry so I won't describe the taste/consistency but I will say that everyone at the wedding tucked in and I was getting messages days, weeks and months after about them. Cuckoo's did all the delivery, set up and provided stands, etc. They did such an amazing job, I can't sing their praises high enough. Plus the value for money in terms of wedding cakes was better than anywhere else we had seen - and that was based on ALL our cakes versus one tiered cake form elsewhere.

Cuckoo's did a lovely job on our elopement cake. They delivered on time, communicated promptly and well. The cake was beautifully decorated in just the way we had requested. They even did a bespoke flavor for us, elderflower sponge and buttercream with blackberry jam filling and it was delicious. Thank you so much for nailing this special part of our day 💕