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Our bestselling Christmas cake is a rich fruit bar, topped with marzipan and icing and finished with a decoration depicting Cambridge icon King’s College Chapel.
This Christmas cake is a perfect celebration of a traditional Christmas, and a wonderful taste of Cambridge to send to family and friends. Followers of Carols at King's will also appreciate the nod to this special festive tradition.
We send our famously sticky Chelsea buns to aficionados all over the UK. We’ve been baking our Chelsea buns since 1920 and we make over 300,000 every year, by hand in our artisan bakery in Cambridge.
Enjoy 6 of our traditional Chelsea buns complete with a pot of syrup so you can make them even stickier when they arrive with you. Add the syrup cold or warm both the buns and syrup for that freshly baked feel.
Our traditional Christmas puddings are made by hand, steamed overnight and full of fruit and spices. Our traditional recipe with brandy, dried figs and apples gives our Christmas pudding a warm golden colour.
Our medium pudding is perfect for 6-8 people and comes with heating instructions.
We’ve been baking our famous ultra sticky Chelsea buns since 1920. You can now enjoy our delicious recipe from the comfort of your own home.
We send our buns part-baked for delivery across the UK so no matter how far you are from one of our heritage Cambridge branches you can enjoy a wonderfully warm bun anytime, anyplace.
A printed voucher entitling the bearer to afternoon tea for two at Fitzbillies Trumpington St. (It is not served at our other branches.)
Afternoon tea includes, per person: a selection of 4 finger sandwiches on brown and white bread a sultana scone with raspberry jam and clotted cream and a selection of 3 mini cakes from the bakery - usually a macaron, a fresh fruit tart and a mini chocolate eclair (cake selection may vary depending on season and availability), your choice of tea or coffee and a glass of chilled champagne.
Voucher terms
- Vouchers cannot be exchanged for cash.
- Change cannot be given for any Fitzbillies voucher.
- Vouchers are valid for one year from date of issue.
We operate a walk-in policy. There is no need to book for groups of 6 or less for afternoon tea. Please contact the branch with 48 hours notice.
Delivery information
Only available for delivery within the United Kingdom.
Enjoy our time-tested Fitzbillies Favourites with this gift box of the most popular Fitzbillies treats, including our famous Chelsea buns, shortbread, and macarons. Perfect as a gift or to enjoy with friends and family.
A dozen delicate Fitzbillies macarons in a selection of beautiful flavours, sandwiched with delicious fillings.
We have refined our recipes over the years, and our selection now includes 4 of each of the following: raspberry, pistachio, and salted caramel.
Handmade in our artisan bakery.
Our rich fruit cake is topped with marzipan and icing and finished with a decoration depicting Cambridge icon King’s College Chapel.
This large version of our delicious Christmas cake is perfect for larger gatherings and comes in a white cake tin.
Our Christmas Essentials Box is an ideal festive gift or treat for your own home. Containing three of our most popular products this time of year. Chelsea buns, mince pies and an iced fruit bar hand decorated with King's College Chapel.
Chelsea buns come with three options: fully baked, bake-at-home or cinnamon bake-at-home buns with cream cheese icing.
Our fully baked buns are ready to eat, with re-heat instructions and a pot of extra syrup; bake-at-home buns are ideal if ou can have that freshly baked experience in your own home; and cinnamon buns are a more modern flavour. All buns can be frozen on arrival to be enjoyed at a later date.
Our Christmas Bakery Box features the essential Fitzbillies festive favourites, including our award-winning mince pies, famously sticky Chelsea buns, and our perfectly moreish butter shortbread.
An ideal gift to send to family and friends this Christmas, our bestselling Christmas hamper is sure to delight with delicious treats.
Chelsea buns come with two options: fully baked and ready to eat, with re-heat instructions and a pot of extra syrup, OR bake-at-home so that you can have that freshly baked experience in your own home. Both types of buns can be frozen on arrival to be enjoyed at a later date.
Our Chelsea bun Christmas tree is back for another year to bring you a stunning (and delicious) festive centrepiece!
Whether you're planning a festive party or simply warming up the buns on Christmas morning, you can enjoy the timeless delight of a Fitzbillies bun at home.
Choose from our original Chelsea bun recipe, available fully baked or bake-at-home, or our bake-at-home cinnamon buns with cream cheese icing.
Each tree contains 10 buns and a pot of syrup.
Enjoy a cosy, warming treat over the festive period with our cinnamon bun Christmas tree. Featuring our soft and delicious cinnamon buns with cream cheese icing, these bake-at-home buns are finished in your own oven for the freshest treat.
Perfect as a centrepiece or as a treat for the whole family on Christmas day.
Our original Chelsea buns are also available, and your tree can be frozen on arrival to be baked when you're ready.
Each tree contains 10 buns and a pot of cream cheese icing (cream cheese icing cannot be frozen).
The perfect afternoon or after dinner treat, our artisan bakers have made Fitzbillies macarons in a selection of delightful festive flavours, only available for a limited time!
These delicate macarons add colour to a Christmas table, or can be served with tea, coffee or even Champagne for a luxurious touch.
Enjoy our handmade artisan festive macarons in the following flavours:
Mint Chocolate
Clementine
White Chocolate & Ginger
Cranberry
Salted Caramel
Chocolate
Our award-winning mince pies are the perfect little luxuries at Christmas. Baked by hand in our artisan bakery, we use a buttery shortcrust pastry and rich fruit filling.
Whether you're enjoying the mince pies at home, or sending a gift to friends and family, these mince pies will make Christmas even tastier this year.
Sold in packs of 12.
Gift FAQs
We do not include any billing information or prices in our parcels. We only include any Gift Note messages which are linked to your order.
If you miss adding your Gift Note at checkout, in most instances a Gift Note message can still be added or changed, please contact us at orders@fitzbillies.com or call 01223 211150 as soon as possible so we can advise further.
Our Next Day Delivery collection offers a selection of gifts that can arrive next day using Royal Mail Special Delivery, if ordered before midday. For very last minute gifts, our online gift vouchers can be sent via email straight away, including a gift message, and can be redeemed on any item in our online shop.
You can select any delivery date from the calendar before you check out – this will be the intended date of arrival of your gift. For the most accurate delivery time, please select Special Delivery for a guaranteed arrival before 1pm on your chosen date.
BAKING FOR OVER 100 YEARS
Fitzbillies is a Cambridge institution, delighting town, gown and visitors alike with our buns, cakes and pastries for over 100 years. First opened by Ernest and Arthur Mason in 1920 with their demob money after the First World War, Fitzbillies has been through war, bankruptcies and fire, growing from the original Trumpington Street branch to a thriving collection of bakeries and coffee shops today.
HANDMADE IN CAMBRIDGE
We're proud to be a local, artisan bakery, making our own buns, pastries, bread and cakes 362 days a year. From classic recipes like our Chelsea buns and Fitzbillies sponge cakes to innovative sourdough loaves, our bakers are second to none. Whether it's your morning croissant, a Chelsea bun treat or a wedding cake, we pour care and expertise into everything we make.
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Gifts for Grandparents
Looking for a thoughtful gift for grandparents this Christmas? Here at Fitzbillies, you'll find traditional Christmas cakes, Christmas puddings, and award-winning mince pies to send throughout the UK.
Whether it's a Christmas food hamper or a Chelsea bun subscription, we've got plenty of ways you can treat your favourite grandparents this year. Our classic Christmas puddings are made in Cambridge to our exclusive recipe, and include plenty of fruit, nuts, and stout to make them extra delicious.
Our Christmas cakes are firm favourites with lovers of fruit cake, and are available topped with fruit and nuts, or our Cambridge iced version featuring King's College Chapel. The perfect Christmas gift for a Cambridge local, graduate, or visitor.
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