Cakes is a dessert Base Recipes that can be chosen in the Headquarters to start a run. Introduced in the Bakery update, this is the second dessert base recipe introduced in the game.
Until the player acquires a Main, all customer groups will have a 100% order chance of desserts, instead from the 25% chance, and all starters & side cards are unable to appear as options to be selected.
Cakes affects the customer's 
eating time. Depending on which cake is given to the customers, the eating duration will increase by a certain amount. If a group is given different desserts with different eating time modifiers, then the dessert with the largest modifier will take effect. This eating time modifier does not stack with other food sources like Black Coffee, but will stack multiplicatively from different non-food sources like 
Leisurely Eating or Sharp Cutlery.
Note: Cooking times listed below are standardised for a Hob at 1x 
, but all Cakes runs start with an Oven at 2x
¶ Unique Customer Ordering - Flavour
Cakes are ordered differently than other dishes, with customers ordering a flavour of cake, rather than a specific item. As such, multiple different items can satisfy a customer, providing it is the matching flavour. For example, if a customer orders a Chocolate cake, the customer will accept a Chocolate Doughnut, Chocolate Cookie, Chocolate Cupcake, Chocolate Sponge Cake, or Brownie as their food.
Each type of cake (excluding Brownies) can be given one of 3 flavours:
- Chocolate
- Coffee
- Lemon
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¶ Recipe Combinations
Depending on chosen Cards, a customer order for Cakes may involve each of the following elements...
- One of
Chocolate or Coffee or Lemon
There are various possible recipe options for Cakes, which may involve...
- One of the correct flavours of Cookies or Cupcake or Sponge Cake or Doughnut or Brownies (Chocolate only)
¶ Desserts
¶ 
Cakes (a.k.a Cookies + Chocolate Flavour)
– Adds cakes as a dessert
+100 XP3 
2x eating time (6s)
¶ Preparation Steps
¶ Cakes
Customers order Cakes by flavour. Serve them any Cake of the correct flavour.
¶ Cake Flavour - Chocolate
- Cook Chocolate and use in a cake recipe 2s | +2s to burn
¶ Cake Batter
Chop Egg 0.1s- Combine Mixing Bowl with Chopped Egg and Flour and Sugar and
Knead 2s
¶ Cookies
- Combine Cake Batter with a Flavour
- Combine with Cookie Tray and Cook 18s | +12s to burn
Portion 1s and serve! (provides 4 portions)
¶ Ingredients and Equipment
The following items are granted on Day 1 of a Cakes run, in addition to the usual Appliances. They can also appear as Blueprints, with the exception of Starter Hob.
Mixing Bowls
Oven
Starter Hob (x2)
Cookie Tray
Sugar
Flour
Eggs
Chocolate
¶ Sponge Cake
– Provides 6 pieces of cake.
– Add flavour after baking
I hope everyone wants chocolate
+15% 
+100 XP5 3x eating time (9s)
¶ Preparation Steps
- Combine Cake Batter with Milk
- Combine Mixing Bowl with Cake Tin and Cook 45s | +12s to burn
- Combine Cooked Sponge with flavour
- Portion 1s and serve! (provides 6 portions)
¶ Ingredients and Equipment
The following item is granted once this Card is chosen, unless already required by another Recipe. It will also begin appearing as a Blueprint.
Cake Tin
¶ Cupcake
– Provides 4 individual cakes.
– Add flavour after baking
Something for everyone
+15% +100 XP5 3x eating time (9s)
¶ Preparation Steps
- Combine Cake Batter with Milk
- Combine Mixing Bowl with Cupcake Tray and Cook 12s | +12s to burn
- Portion 1s (provides 4 portions)
- Combine Cupcake with flavour and serve!
¶ Ingredients and Equipment
The following item is granted once this Card is chosen, unless already required by another Recipe. It will also begin appearing as a Blueprint.
Cupcake Tray
¶ Doughnut
– Provides 12 individual doughnuts. Add flavour after baking
A hole new perspective
+15% +100 XP5 2x eating time (6s)
¶ Preparation Steps
- Combine Cake Batter with Milk
- Combine Mixing Bowl with Doughnut Tray and leave to rise 10s
- Combine Pot with Oil
- Portion Doughnut Tray 1s and Combine with pot (provides 12 portions)
- Cook Pot with Doughnut 2s and Portion 1s (provides 1 portion)
- Combine Cooked Doughnut with flavour and serve!
¶ Ingredients and Equipment
The following item is granted once this Card is chosen, unless already required by another Recipe. It will also begin appearing as a Blueprint.
Doughnut Tray
Pot Stack
Milk
Oil
¶ Brownies
– Chocolate only. Provides 6 individual cake portions
– Add flavour before baking
+15% +100 XP3 2x eating time (6s)
¶ Preparation Steps
- Combine Cake Batter with Chcocolate flavour
- Combine Mixing Bowl with Brownie Tray and Cook 9s | +20s to burn
- Portion 1s and serve! (provides 6 portions)
¶ Ingredients and Equipment
The following item is granted once this Card is chosen, unless already required by another Recipe. It will also begin appearing as a Blueprint.
Brownie Tray
¶ Cake Flavour - Coffee
– Adds coffee as a cake flavour.
-15% +100 XP
¶ Preparation Steps
- Grab Coffee Cup from Coffee Machine and Place back into Machine
Fill Coffee Cup 3s (automatic, does not burn)- Grab Coffee and use in a cake recipe!
¶ Ingredients and Equipment!
The following item is granted once this Card is chosen, unless already required by another Recipe. It will also begin appearing as a Blueprint.
Coffee Machine
¶ Cake Flavour - Lemon
– Adds lemon as a cake flavour.
-15% +100 XP
¶ Preparation Steps
- Chop lemon and use in a cake recipe 1s
¶ Ingredients and Equipment
The following item is granted once this Card is chosen, unless already required by another Recipe. It will also begin appearing as a Blueprint.
Lemon Tree