Smart Cake

What Smart Cake does

Smart Cake (Smartcake) is a privately-held artisanal bakery and catering business headquartered in Madrid, Spain, operating with a team of approximately 8 employees. The company designs and produces custom-decorated cakes (Tartas Decoradas), hand-decorated fondant cookies, creative cupcakes, personalized cake pops, customized gift packs, and spoonable desserts, all made to order with customizable flavors, fillings, and decorations. It also offers catering services for corporate breakfasts, children's parties, and themed events, including themed presentations tailored to client preferences and budgets.

The business runs on a direct-to-consumer model with no proprietary technology platform. All operations are traditional bakery activities: handmade production, bespoke design, and manual order management. Customers place orders through the company website (smartcake.es), Instagram direct messages, phone, or email, and choose between pickup at the Madrid location or home delivery within the Madrid service area. Products are not transacted through an automated e-commerce checkout; pricing is custom quote-based and not publicly disclosed, varying by complexity, size, and customization requirements.

Smart Cake serves two primary customer segments: individual consumers purchasing baked goods for personal celebrations (birthdays, weddings, communions, baptisms, baby showers) and corporate/business clients seeking branded desserts, client gifts, employee appreciation items, and catering for meetings and events. Marketing relies on the website as a digital storefront, Instagram for visual showcase and direct engagement, and word-of-mouth referrals. The company is independently operated with no disclosed investors, parent company, or external capital.

Name

Smart Cake

Legal name

Smartcake

Website

https://smartcake.es

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Smart Cake is a Madrid-based artisanal bakery producing custom cakes, decorated cookies, cupcakes, cake pops, and event catering. It serves individual consumers for personal celebrations and corporate clients for branded gifts and events, operating via direct ordering with pickup and home delivery in Madrid.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Bakery & Cake Design

NAICS

Baked Goods Retailers (445291), Retail Bakeries (311811)

SIC

Bakery Products (2050)

akta.pro primary industry

Cake Shops & Custom Celebration Cakes (THAFAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dessert & Bakery Catering (Cakes, Pastries, Candy) (HSACAGAI), Patisseries & Dessert Boutiques (CRAHAGAB), Dessert-First Bakeries (Cupcakes, Cookies, Brownies) (THAFAFAH)

Keywords

• Custom cake design
• Artisanal bakery
• Decorated cookies
• Event catering
• Corporate catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Cakes and Pastries: One-time purchase model for customized cakes, decorated cookies, cupcakes, and cake pops. Customers order bespoke items for special occasions with pricing based on complexity, size, and customization requirements.
2. Corporate and Event Catering: Catering services for business breakfasts, children's parties, and corporate events. Menu includes pastries, croissants, muffins, fresh fruits, coffee, tea, juices, and water. Customized presentations for themed events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Smart Cake is a Madrid-based artisanal custom bakery that designs and produces fully personalized celebration desserts — including custom-decorated cakes, hand-decorated fondant cookies, creative cupcakes, personalized cake pops, custom gift packs, and spoonable desserts — made to order with fresh premium ingredients for individual celebrations (birthdays, weddings, communions, baptisms, baby showers) and corporate gifts. The company also offers a catering service for corporate breakfasts, children's parties, and themed events, with orders placed by phone, email, Instagram, or contact form and fulfilled via pickup or home delivery in the Madrid area.

Product overview

Smart Cake is a custom pastry business based in Madrid offering a portfolio of handcrafted desserts and catering services. The core products include custom-decorated cakes (Tartas Decoradas), decorated fondant cookies, creative cupcakes, personalized cake pops, custom gift packs, and spoonable desserts. The company also provides catering services specializing in corporate breakfasts and children's party catering. All products are made to order with customizable designs, flavors, and decorations for various occasions including weddings, communions, baptisms, birthdays, and corporate events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Decorated Cakes (Tartas Decoradas) Fully custom-decorated cakes with fluffy sponge in multiple flavors, fillings (dulce de leche, jam, white or milk ganache, buttercream), and exteriors of fondant or buttercream with customizable texts, figures, and edible photo printing. Designed for individual celebrations such as birthdays, weddings, communions, baptisms, and corporate events.
• Decorated Cookies (Galletas Decoradas) Hand-decorated cookies with fondant, featuring detailed personalized designs for birthdays, weddings, baby showers, communions, and corporate events and gifts. Made with high-quality ingredients.
• Cupcakes Individual cupcakes in liners, customizable in flavor, filling, and decoration (buttercream, fondant, edible paper). Often presented in towers as an alternative to traditional celebration cakes.
• Cake Pops Small cake balls on lollipop sticks in a wide variety of flavors and styles, intended as a fun treat for special occasions, children's parties, weddings, and gifts.
• Custom Gift Packs (Packs Personalizados) Customized gift packs containing homemade cookies, candy skewers, chocolates, and other treats, carefully crafted and presented in personalized bags or boxes for special celebrations.
• Spoonable Desserts (Cuchareables) Spoonable desserts offered as part of the Smart Cake product portfolio, presented on the website under the Cuchareables category.
• Catering Service Catering services for corporate breakfasts, children's parties, and themed events, including preparation, presentation, and professional serving of pastries, croissants, muffins, fresh fruits, coffee, tea, juices, and water, tailored to client preferences and budget.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Etsy (Custom Bakery Sellers): Marketplace where many home-based and small custom bakeries sell decorated cookies and celebration cakes. Comparable as a competitive channel where Smart Cake's target customers also discover custom dessert makers.

Direct peers

• Carlo's Bakery: Custom cake and decorated cookie specialist with strong visual brand presence. Directly comparable for custom celebration cakes and decorated cookies targeting personal and corporate events.
• Bakery Lorraine: Artisanal bakery specializing in French-inspired pastries and custom celebration cakes. Comparable for custom celebration cakes and artisanal pastry positioning.
• Buttercup Bake Shop: NYC-based custom cake and cupcake bakery for personal and corporate events. Comparable DTC custom celebration dessert model with similar occasion-led demand.
• Sprinkles Cupcakes: Premium cupcake and custom cake brand with both retail and DTC ordering. Comparable as a custom celebration dessert operator with a strong digital storefront and visual product marketing.
• Magnolia Bakery: Iconic US-based custom bakery known for cupcakes and decorated celebration cakes. Directly comparable as a custom celebration dessert brand relying on Instagram-driven discovery and DTC ordering.
• Geiger's Decorated Cookies: Specializes in hand-decorated custom cookies for celebrations and corporate gifting. Comparable for the decorated cookie and corporate gifting product line Smart Cake offers.

Broad incumbents

• Pastelerías Mallorca: Established Spanish bakery chain with broad cake and pastry offerings. Comparable as a Madrid-area bakery competitor but at much larger scale and across a wider product portfolio.

Emerging players

• Goldbelly: Online marketplace for shipping artisanal and custom desserts nationwide. Comparable as a discovery and distribution channel for premium custom bakeries exploring DTC growth beyond their local market.

Regional players

• Tartas Cuky's: Spanish custom cake specialist serving personal celebrations across Spain. Comparable as a regional custom celebration cake competitor with similar occasion-focused product mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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