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Gifts for National Girlfriends Day

Don’t forget to get your girlfriend a gift!

Girlfriends, they’re wonderful people. They often look after their partners really well, and are always there when we need them, no matter what. If you have the best girlfriend and you want to show her some extra appreciation this year, then why not celebrate National Girlfriends Day on the 1st of August 2021 with her.

It can be hard to think of something to get your loved one, especially if there’s nothing they specifically want. But you don’t need to get her a keepsake to make her feel loved, sometimes even a simple tasty treat can go a long way.

Sponge has lots of tasty treats that you can gift, that we know your other half will love.

Whole Cakes

Who doesn’t love cake? We have lots of yummy cake flavours to choose from here are a few of our top picks:

Strawberries & Cream Cake – A double-layered summer beauty! A fluffy and soft vanilla sponge sandwiched together with sweet strawberry buttercream and drizzled with white chocolate on top. Enjoy with a glass of fizz on a hot sunny day or pair with a warming cuppa for those drizzly English summer days!

Chocolate & Caramel Cake – This yummy sponge cake is flavoured with chocolate and caramel creating a marbled effect. It is sandwiched together with a generous double layer of buttercream - chocolate buttercream on the bottom and caramel buttercream on top. It is finished off with more chocolate buttercream on top, a gorgeous drizzle of chocolate, and a sprinkle of crushed salted butter pieces.

Lemon Drizzle Cake – A lemon drizzle cake with a sweet citrus sponge made with lemon oil & bound together with lashings of lemon buttercream. The sponge is infused with natural lemon oil and made with free range eggs to create a light and fluffy citrus cake. Natural lemon oil is also used in the buttercream and white chocolate is drizzled on top.

Rocky Road Cake – A rocky road cake with a marbled chocolate sponge and chocolate butter cream. Naturally flavoured vanilla sponge and delicious chocolate sponge are swirled together creating an indulgent marbled sponge. English butter and chocolate create a smooth buttercream, with marshmallows and crispy chocolate pearls on top.

Victoria Sponge Cake – A Victoria sponge cake with a light fluffy vanilla sponge, raspberry jam, and vanilla buttercream. Free range eggs, flour, and natural vanilla flavouring creates our award-winning light and fluffy Victoria Sponge. The buttercream is made from English butter and natural vanilla flavouring which is complemented perfectly with quality raspberry jam.

These are just a few of the fabulous flavours available, there are lots of flavours available.

We also have gluten free cakes, dairy free cakes and vegan cakes available – so every girlfriend can enjoy a tasty cake on National Girlfriends Day.

Celebration Boxes

Celebrate your girlfriend by gifting her a fabulous celebration box with lots of goodies that will make her smile. Our celebration packs come with two different drinks options - a mini bottle of Prosecco or two cans of Belvoir sparkling water - raspberry lemonade and elderflower Presse. The box also includes four baby sponge cakes (a choice of traditional, quirky, gluten free, or vegan flavours), four party poppers, two balloons, two paper party hats, and a personalised greetings card.

Brownies

Send her a yummy brownie! If she is a chocoholic our delicious brownies really will make her grin, here are the standard brownie flavours that are available:

Triple Chocolate Brownie – Our classic Triple Chocolate Brownie is gloriously gooey in the middle with melted triple chocolate chunks running throughout. It is encased with a crunchy top and decorated with a triple chocolate drizzle. Pure. Chocolate. Heaven.

Chocolate Orange Brownie – A classic and well loved combination of chocolate and orange make this brownie truly tempting! A gooey chocolate orange flavoured brownie with orange chocolate chunks dotted through the middle. Topped with a pretty white chocolate, dark chocolate, and orange chocolate drizzle effect. The ultimate brownie for any Terry's Chocolate Orange lovers out there...

Raspberry & White Chocolate Brownie – Our luxurious White Chocolate and Raspberry Brownies are the perfect blend of gooey rich chocolate, sharp raspberries and sweet white chocolate. Raspberry pieces and white chocolate chunks run through the middle, and on the top is a pretty raspberry and white chocolate drizzle with a sprinkling of delicious raspberry pieces. Yum.

Hazelnut Praline Brownie – This decadent and creamy Hazelnut Praline brownie is a nutella lover's dream! The rich and gooey chocolate brownie has hazelnut praline and roasted hazelnut pieces running through it. It is then topped with more hazelnut pieces and spun in deliciously dark chocolate.

Four Sharing Brownie – The ultimate brownie sharing box! Four of our scrumptious and gooey brownies flavours in one - Triple Chocolate, Raspberry and White Chocolate, Chocolate Orange and Hazelnut Praline Brownies. Each brownie flavour wedge cuts in to two generous portions serving 8 in total. Perfect as a dessert, an alternative to a birthday cake or as a treat for the family!

Speculoos Biscoff Brownie – Our Speculoos Biscoff Brownie is full of sugar and spice and all things nice! A delicious chocolate brownie - gloriously gooey in the middle with melted triple chocolate chunks running throughout, topped with a generous layer of biscoff spread and then covered with a crunchy biscoff crumb. Chocolate and biscoff work perfectly together giving the chocolate brownies a dark caramel flavour with hints of cinnamon and other spices. Pure bliss.

There are also gluten free brownies, and vegan brownies available too.

Cake Cards

If you’re looking to send your girlfriend a small token of your appreciation, then one of our Cake Cards could be just the thing to make her smile. They are wonderful letterbox gifts, and you don’t have to worry about her being home, as they are posted straight through the door. There are lots of wonderful card designs to choose from, we are sure there will be one that she will adore, or you could even create your own with our photo cards. Then you can write a personalised message inside the card, and add a slice or two of delicious cake, plus some extra goodies to create your letterbox gift.