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30/05/2026
The amazing facialist who spends her days keeping us beautiful, finally got a day just to think about herself and her own beauty and wore two amazing dresses and had the chicest London wedding ever. We made her a classic cherry jam cake to match 🤍🤍🤍 congratulations Teresa and Tom 🤍🤍🤍
26/05/2026
Rhubarb and strawberry cake exploding with peonies and poppies and the odd garden rose. thank you for commissioning this for your dear friends and thank you for all your beautiful words—and incredible song choice. When I first bought How to be a Domestic Goddess in an airport bookshop over 25 years ago, little did I know where my journey would take me! But let me say that the sentiment behind that book spoke to me on a deep level. The attitude, the irony, the humour and of course the fun. But especially the deliciousness of it all. My chef and I had a delightful time putting this together and being powerhouse pastry chef goddesses living out our London dreams. IYKYK
24/05/2026
La dolce vita — Sicilian wild strawberry cake with lemon blossom and lemon leaf soak, and a little limoncello Swiss meringue buttercream. Each year I bring an assistant pastry chef to help me teach the participants how to do things the Violet way, but with Sicilian ingredients. Patrizia who is the Extraordinary housekeeper of is also the resident florist. Each day she creates breathtaking centrepieces for the tables and places fresh flowers and vines, fruits and objects throughout the property, also collected baskets of roses for us to@decorate the cakes with. And a special thank you to for taking me on a dawn walk to a patch of wild nasturtiums that we also embellished our cakes with. Also for rolling out sheets of our Bronte pistachio marzipan and getting everyone to play Charades/celebrity with such enthusiasm xx Always a dream🤍tickets now available for 2027. Go to for details. Links in stories x
23/05/2026
Moments caught on film from this year’s culinary retreat in the hills of Sicily beneath the watchful eye of Mt. Etna, overlooking the Ionian Sea. This year we had 20 guests, the most ever, and spent 7 perfect days and nights together, learning, laughing, cooking, baking, exploring and of course eating all the wonderful foods of Sicily. This year we had a special guest appearance by chef and best selling author — I mean, seriously, it’s the best retreat on earth.
Our brilliant and indefatigable host Jon has just released the tickets for next year’s course, April 2027. Act fast before it’s sold out x thank you to the wonderful for her .official shots. More photos to follow. There were so many good ones!
19/05/2026
Thank you gorgeous and Harry .of_sussex for trusting me and my team to make your wedding cake 8 years ago today! It’s not every day you get asked to “do what you do” and design a cake for a prince and princess and to place the cakes on gilt platters and stands used by generations, displayed in front of and his piano then lanced with a sword. We were invited into Buckingham Palace to bake the cakes safely away from paparazzi gathering outside our small bakery in East London. But what I remember most was the love in every single room, palace, castle and kitchen we were in. It took 6 of us 5 days and a LOT of lemons and elderflowers 🍋🍋🍋 Happy Anniversary 💛💛💛 and the wedding cake tasters. 🩷
17/05/2026
Sundays mornings at Violet ❤️❤️and Sunday mornings at mine! Franny and I went halvsies on the brownies topping because mini m&ms are great, but I’m more cacao nib myself. These brownies were exceptional btw. A recipe from my friend ‘s new cookbook Bittersweet. I love every single recipe this woman makes. She always puts texture at the forefront which as I always say to any chefs I work with, is as important as flavour balance. I’ve given you this recipe (we skipped the crystallising step because it was already 9pm— but I’ll try that next). Now go buy her book! Happy Sunday xx
16/05/2026
Some of the beautiful and delicious cakes going out to our community this month! May is in full swing and strawberries and peonies are going wild while tulips are winding down. Peonies forever 🩷🩷🩷
21/04/2026
Whoa! Have you been to Madeira???? The Atlantic Ocean! The tropical fruit! The embroidery! The people, markets, food and of course hotel which was a step back in time with its perfect service, amazing spa and subtropical gardens with every detail thought of and the best turn down gifts ever. Thank you Belmond for the mother-daughter trip of a lifetime. Course I had to bring my agent/friend/Franny’s auntie 🫶🏻 We were working and playing —as is my life always so lots of fun stuff to come soon on that… (made some great new pals and ) felt like castaways on this incredible island and lost ourselves completely in the culture and well, the weather! Take me back xx
17/04/2026
ALFAJORES IN THE BAKERY ALL WEEKEND care of .nyc Dulce de Leche filled soft cookie pillows. Can’t wait for you to try these!!
17/04/2026
Do you LOVE FLAN as much as we do??? Come down to Violet Saturday and Sunday this weekend only for the amazing .nyc pop-up. This is Kati, showing us everything she knows about Flan and her unique take on Latin American classics. Look out for the RELÁMPAGOS and ALFAJORES too!! We can’t wait to share these with you. Come meet Kati and try these delicacies for two days only xx
11/04/2026
We have been making more sheet cakes than round cakes recently which I love and think is a great idea. I love portioning a sheet cake for a big party and love that it’s just two layers of sponge and one layer of filling. You can never beat the simplicity of a round cake but these sheet cakes have got me all nostalgic for the cakes we used to dream about in the bakery department after soccer practice on a cool Spring day when mom way trying to do the weekly grocery shopping. I remember a lot of blue and pink buttercream roses on those sheet cakes. 🩵🩷
06/04/2026
Happy Easter Monday 🥚 Open 9-6 🤍
05/04/2026
Happy Easter! While the amazing photos of the planets are giving us much needed hope and dreams of peace, little activities like this can also make the clouds roll away and the earth seem good again x The delicate work of foraging violets to stem them and decorate matcha lattes and make violet sugar x the perfect Easter experience right outside your door. We found these on a walk to the park. Edit and Franny were picking for well over an hour and came back to painstakingly pick off each stem, rinse and grind up with sugar. We made matcha lattes with our beautiful set from and the girls decorated them with fresh violets. All their ideas! I was so happy I can’t tell you hahaha. When I was a little girl just younger than Franny I wrote a story called “Talking Violets” my mom had a really cool typewriter that had cursive keys. As I told her the story, she typed it up onto red paper. It’s one of the reasons I called my bakery Violet. Because my mom and I would pick violets and bake in the valleys of Inverness in Northern California. I never imagined Franny would be picking violets in patches of green on an estate in East London 40 years later. I love the dichotomy and I love that no matter where violet pop up in the world they bring mystery and inspiration to children. Go foraging everyone! Have a wonderful Easter with your families x
04/04/2026
Easter cakes all weekend through Monday 9-6 ###
02/04/2026
Last month I met the one and only Delia Smith at the restaurant awards where I was a judge and she was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
I introduced myself and told her that when I moved to London and started , I was told I’d better learn how to make mince pies and Christmas cakes if I wanted to start a cake business. And with that I picked up as many of her books as I could find. I wanted to learn from this British icon of cooking at home. Someone who knew what people wanted to eat, much in the same way Alice Waters did in America. She gave instructions like, “do it if you can, but it isn’t disastrous if you can’t” which really took the stress off a California girl with very little experience of dried fruit and maturing cakes! I watched the shows too obviously, but I’m a cookbook girl, so I read and read and baked and baked.
When I was leaving I asked if she was writing anything new, “a book on community” she told me. Just when I thought I couldn’t love her more.
02/04/2026
Robin’s egg madeleines Friday through Monday to celebrate the Easter Holidays!! We are also baking wild strawberry smash cakes, mini egg cupcakes and lemon meringue tarts. Honestly I can’t get enough of our madeleines. Brown butter and honey with our old fashioned glazes that change seasonally. It’s basically like a mini cake donut. 🍩 diet starts Tuesday 🫠
30/03/2026
Some of our favourite cakes we made last week 🤍🤍🤍
24/03/2026
ICE CREAM SANDWICHES this weekend!!! Late last year I discovered .gelato through our friends and headed straight up to Dalston to ring the doorbell to be let through the gate down a little alleyway and into the warehouse where Tommy Rizzo makes his Italian-Argentinian gelato in London.
I love to visit his workshop or just order it direct through Deliveroo for dessert. I’ve fallen in love with the texture, and the flavour combos have a subtle confidence that I trust. I’ve tried almost every flavour!
This Friday and Saturday only, Tommy is bringing his creamy, small-batch gelato magic straight to Violet where we are collaborating on our first ever ICE CREAM SANDWICHES! We are baking fresh chocolate chip and oatmeal-raisin cookies to pair with Tano’s vanilla, flat white, and dulce de leche with chocolate gelatos in the perfect sandwich.
What better way to celebrate Spring Break and Easter holidays than this? Get in line early on Friday and Saturday from midday and meet Tommy himself! Let us know below if you’ll be coming by so we are sure to make enough!
21/03/2026
The Cookie Cake is soooo CUTE! It’s available this weekend and on Deliveroo for last minute birthdays and cute celebrations x our famous Egg Yolk Chocolate Chip Cookie with just the right amount of piped buttercream to make it a party xx serves 6 🩷🩷
16/03/2026
Fresh wild strawberries and the freshest tulips and those fresh mini eggs mean one thing xx it’s Spring!!!!!!! Feeling fresh around here x
15/03/2026
Ten years ago I became a mother to this crazy cute, funny, daring, curious magical being I called Franny. What a great decision that was! It really is the most important job this busy woman ever had and I realise it and don’t take this gift for granted. But I also take it with lightness and grace and joy, each day as it comes. Our children can help us see what is so profoundly clear and essential in life when it feels like everything around us is trying to obscure and complicate it. Thank you my dear angel baby for choosing me. And thank you to all the mothers and godmothers around us helping to make this job easier and so much more fun. I see you x Happy UK Mother’s Day x
13/03/2026
Only £15!!! Our Buttermilk Biscuit Breakfast Sandwich and can of wine special on weekends only!! We just can’t wait to see you x
11/03/2026
Some of the gorgeous tulip cakes we have been making with tulips from one of our organic biodynamic farmers we work with. This time it’s and we have been selling the bouquets at the bakery too! We will have bouquets for all the mothers in your life this weekend too. Whatever we might say, we love getting flowers. Especially from xx
Address
47 Wilton Way
London
E8 3ED
If you're traveling by public transport, you can take a bus to the "Wilton Way Terminus" stop and then walk to Wilton Way. Alternatively, you could take the Overground train to Hackney Central station and walk down Mare Street until you reach Wilton Way.
If driving, there is on-street parking available on Wilton Way itself, as well as nearby streets like Greenwood Road and Warburton Road. However, these options may be limited during peak hours, so it's worth considering paid parking at a nearby car park or using public transport instead.
Opening Hours
| Tuesday |
8am - 6pm |
| Wednesday |
8am - 6pm |
| Thursday |
8am - 6pm |
| Friday |
8am - 5pm |
| Saturday |
9:30am - 6pm |
| Sunday |
9:30am - 5pm |
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What people say
Violet is a bakery, cake shop and cafe located in Wilton Way, East London. What sets Violet apart from other bakeries is that they bake everything fresh right in the shop every day. Their menu includes an array of pastries, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, whoopie pies, scones, savoury quiches, sandwiches and simple green salads daily. They also offer fresh squeezed lemonade, iced coffee and apple juice to quench your thirst. Coffee lovers will be pleased to know that they serve Allpress Coffee and Postcard Teas while bread enthusiasts can indulge in Poilane Sourdough.
Violet's Californian-style bakery has gained quite a following on social media with their delectable treats. Their cherry cupcakes are perfect for a hot summer weekend while their strawberry and coconut pandan cake from Love is a Pink Cake is a must-try for those looking for something unique. They also collaborate with other brands like The Perfect Pool Bag to bring you MORE CAKE bags.
If you're planning an event or just want to treat yourself or loved ones to something special, Violet offers stacked cakes adorned with flowers that are sure to impress. Their Mamey-pixtle tres leches cake, basque cheesecake and chocolate hazelnut cake are all highly recommended.
Overall, Violet is a charming little bakery that offers delicious treats made with love and care. If you're in the area or just passing by Wilton Way, make sure to stop by and indulge in some of their mouth-watering goodies!
