No celebratory occasion is complete without including a personalised cake topper accessory – a trend that has been growing in popularity over the years. Being one of the first businesses to catch onto the trend, for  Caketopper.lk, one of Sri Lanka’s leading businesses providing customised cake toppers for all special occasions, it’s been a journey of consistent growth since its inception. 

Founder Dheethika Perera, started Caketoppers.lk back in 2018 without realizing the magnitude in which her business would grow over the years. Having offered to cut a topper for her baker cousin, Dheethika’s eye for quality and perfection only bought more repeat orders and a growing clientele which eventually led her to start Caketoppers.lk as a full-time business.  

Today, Caketoppers.lk not only offers customized cake toppers made of wood and acrylic but has also expanded to introduce a variety of tools and products for local and international bakers, catering to home and corporate bakers, and undertakes both small and large orders. Their latest best-selling product that was introduced this year was the cake and fondant stamps that add a personalized touch to every baked good. It is made of biodegradable plastic that can be used for many different baked goods though more popularly used in cakes and cupcakes.

Caketoppers.lk has developed over 1500 designs for these stamps tailored to all occasions including birthdays, anniversaries, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentines Day, Eid, Halloween, Christmas, weddings and many more. They also offer a few variations to the actual stamp for bakers to choose between embossed, debossed stamps, 2-way stamps, textured stamps and dual layer stamps. Other new products added to their latest range include cake scrapers, cookie guides, cake guides, letter stamps and stencils. 

It is the increasing number of new items that is being added to the Caketoppers.lk’s product line that prompted Dheethika to launch a website for business. While social media has always been a great way to display their products, the difficulty in showcasing their full range of products in a quick and easy manner to their customers was what prompted her to develop a website where buyers can view Caketopper.lk’s full products line, inquire for details on customization, select designs of their liking and request for a quotation.

The newly launched website will showcase all their products, special offers and more and will be an easy reference point for customers. Along with the launch of the website, Caketoppers.lk also introduced gift cards where people can buy gift cards as an e-voucher or a physical gift card, to gift to their  baker friends as a thoughtful token for them to purchase any of baker tools and products in the collection.

Speaking on the launch of the website, Dheethika shares that the launch of the website is a huge deal for her, especially to see how the business has grown and evolved so much even in the midst of a pandemic. “I truly believe in the saying ‘from small beginnings comes great things’. We still have a long way to go and we look forward to seeing where this journey will take us. Every year is a new learning curve. I learn so much from the bakers every day and I am thrilled to be able to give back in some medium with these creations.” 

All Caketopper.lk products are 100% locally made, meaning that all items are made in-house from scratch to ensure that they are providing a quality Sri Lankan product. Making these products in-house also means that there is no long waiting time. While clients usually may have had to wait 3-4 weeks for products to come from overseas, Caketoppers.lk is able to provide the same products in less than a week catered and customised to their needs.

“We have some of the best suppliers who we have been working with for a long time and we make sure to inspect and get the best raw materials available. We always research and try out the products during the first 6 months of the year and only release them during July to September and now we are ready for the festive season rush. This ensures that we always have time allocated to provide quality products. We also send out reminders to clients through our social media channels to order in advance as we take only limited orders a week to ensure that our good quality is maintained.”

On a concluding note, Dheethika expresses her gratitude towards her loyal and growing clientele. “It means alot to us that we have become a product in many bakers’ households and bakeries, not only in Colombo but island wide and as of recently in a few countries! It brings us great joy when we see the beautiful creations made using our products.”