Best bakery in Egham, Surrey? Why people keep driving to a Cake Shed to find out
If you've searched for the best bakery in Egham or the best cake shop in Surrey, you've probably found the usual mix of supermarket bakeries and chains. What you might not have found yet is a small pink shed on Barons Way. Which is exactly the point.
Simple & Sweet Surrey is an independent, home-baked cake business run by Billie Dix from a self-service Cake Shed in Egham. No staff, no till, no shopfront. Just a shed stocked with fresh bakes every Saturday and an honesty box for payment. It sounds small. It hasn't stayed that way.
What is the Cake Shed?
The Cake Shed is a self-service bakery stand at 20 Barons Way, Egham, TW20 8EQ, open Saturdays, 9am to 9pm. Billie bakes everything the night before, fills the shed in the morning, and customers help themselves: brownies, cookies, cookie pies, blondies, cake slices and whatever's new that week. More on what a Cake Shed actually is.
It's grown fast by word of mouth alone:
300 bakes sold in 3.5 hours
400 bakes sold in 2.5 hours on a later Saturday
A 5.0 rating on Google
A 5 (Very Good) Food Hygiene Rating
No advertising budget, no chain backing. Just a home baker in Egham whose cakes people kept coming back for.
What makes it stand out from other Surrey bakeries
It's genuinely independent. Every bake is made by Billie, in her own kitchen, the night before it's sold. Nothing is mass-produced or shipped in.
The menu changes every week. Rather than a fixed bakery menu, the shed is restocked with a rotating mix of cookies, brownies, cake slices and seasonal specials, so regulars come back to see what's new on Instagram.
It's built entirely on trust. The honesty box, self-service format is unusual for a bakery in Surrey. There's no one on site taking payment, and it works because the community has backed it.
It's a local story, not a franchise. Simple & Sweet started as a hobby, home baking and cake decorating, before growing into weekly sell-outs and, now, a move to a bigger shed.
Where to find Simple & Sweet Surrey
Address: 20 Barons Way, Egham, Surrey, TW20 8EQ
Open: Saturdays, 9am to 9pm. Always check Instagram before setting off, as hours and stock can change.
Rated: 5.0 on Google and a 5 Food Hygiene Rating. Been already? Leave a Google review.
Follow @simpleandsweetsurrey on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook for the latest opening days, weekly menus and sell-out alerts. You'll also find the shed on Honesty Box.
FAQs
- Is Simple & Sweet Surrey a shop?
- No. It's a self-service Cake Shed outside Billie's home in Egham, open Saturdays. There's no shopfront or staff; customers pick their bakes and pay via an honesty box.
- What does Simple & Sweet Surrey sell?
- Home-baked brownies, cookies, cookie pies, blondies and cake slices. The stock changes weekly, so there's no fixed menu. The latest lineup is posted on Instagram.
- Where is the Cake Shed?
- 20 Barons Way, Egham, Surrey, TW20 8EQ.
- What are the opening hours?
- Saturdays, 9am to 9pm, though this can vary. Instagram @simpleandsweetsurrey is the most up-to-date source.
- Does Simple & Sweet Surrey take orders?
- Billie is flat out with the Cake Shed right now, so personal orders are paused, but they'll be back soon. You can register your interest on the website at simpleandsweetsurrey.co.uk/orders.