Ice Cream Cakes for Baptisms, Christenings & First Communions

Celebrating a baptism, christening, first communion or confirmation in London, Ontario? Bring the family together over a Merla-Mae ice cream cake, handcrafted with premium ice cream and made to match the day: soft white, blue or pink borders, piped flowers, and “Congratulations!” or your own words.

Order Your Cake Call (519) 438-CAKE
Round white ice cream cake with a smooth blank top, ringed with light blue and white piped rosettes and green leaves, with small blue rosettes on the bottom border, at Merla-Mae Ice Cream in London, Ontario

Made to order, made for the day

Soft Colours, Piped Flowers & Your Own Words

You design the cake in our order form. If you’re unsure about anything, just choose your best option, and we’ll follow up.

Colours
Top and bottom borders in white whip cream, blue, pink, purple, yellow or green, as well as red, chocolate fudge or decorator’s choice
Decorations
Piped flowers, fruits, cookies, chocolate bars, balloons or decorator’s choice, with or without a chocolate drip
Message
“Congratulations!”, your own words (choose Other in the form) or no message at all
Photo
A favourite photo printed on edible paper (optional, extra charge)
Flavour
Eight flavour profiles, including Merla-Mae’s Original, Oreo, Pralines & Cream and Strawberry
See all eight flavour profiles
Round white ice cream cake with a blank top, pink piped roses and green leaves around the edge, a chocolate piped border with gold sprinkles and a chocolate drip down the sides, at Merla-Mae Ice Cream in London, Ontario
Pink piped roses with a chocolate drip

Serves 3 to 40+

A Size for the Family Gathering

After the service, everyone comes back together. Choose the size that fits your table, whether it’s a quiet lunch at home or the whole extended family.

Close family
6″ Heart or Baby Round (serves 3–4), Tear Drop (serves 5–7) or Small Square (serves 6–8)
Family lunch
Small Log or Small Round (serves 8–10), Large Round or 9″ Heart (serves 12–14)
A full table
Large Square (serves 15–20)
Everyone
Slab cakes for big groups. A small slab serves 25–30, and a large slab serves 35–40+.
Pick your size in the order form
Round ice cream cake with a smooth ivory top, a cream piped border with pink and lavender piped roses and green leaves, and a pink piped bottom border, at Merla-Mae Ice Cream in London, Ontario

Portrait cakes

Put a Favourite Photo on the Cake

Turn a favourite photo into an edible keepsake: a baby picture, a family photo or the image that means the most to you, right on top of the cake.

  1. 1Send us your image: upload it with your order, bring it in, or email it to us.
  2. 2We print it onto a special edible paper.
  3. 3We build a custom ice cream cake around it.
Good to know: a cake photo is optional and costs extra. Trouble uploading? Email it to cakes@merlamae.com.
Round portrait ice cream cake seen from above, with an edible photo of the lit-up ice cream shop at night printed on top, framed by yellow and green piped borders, at Merla-Mae Ice Cream in London, Ontario
A photo of our shop at night, printed on the cake

How ordering works

Order Your Cake in Three Steps

  1. 1Build your cake in our online order form: size, flavour, borders, decorations, message and photo.
  2. 2We follow up with your price and everything you need to know.
  3. 3Pick it up at the shop, any time after 11:00 am.

Orders placed through the form need at least 24 hours’ notice. Final pricing is confirmed after we review your order details. Planning a spring communion or a fall baptism? Place your order as soon as you know the date.

Allergies? List them in the order form. We also offer peanut-free and gluten-free ice cream cakes upon request. Read our allergy safety information
Start your cake order

Short on time?

Need a Cake Sooner?

We offer a variety of ready-made ice cream cakes and pies available in-store daily. In a time crunch? Contact us directly: in many cases, we can prepare your custom cake within 3–4 hours.

Call(519) 438-CAKE Emailcakes@merlamae.com
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For the kids and the whole family

More Treats for the Whole Family

Something for the kids at the party, and treats for the freezer when everyone heads home.

A tall, peaked swirl of vanilla soft-serve in a white cup, surrounded by open tubs of toppings: rainbow sprinkles, crushed chocolate cookies, chocolate sauce, a golden sauce, candy-coated chocolates and a crunchy crumble, at Merla-Mae Ice Cream in London, Ontario

DIY Sundae Kits

Our ice cream, ready in cups, with the sauces and toppings packed on the side, so every guest builds their own sundae. See party orders
Three ice cream sandwiches rolled edge to edge in colourful candy at Merla-Mae Ice Cream in London, Ontario

Ice Cream Sandwiches

Vanilla soft-serve between two chocolate cookie wafers, made fresh by hand. Grab a 6-pack box for the freezer, plain or rolled. See ice cream sandwiches
Litre tubs of chocolate, twist and vanilla soft-serve from Merla-Mae Ice Cream in London, Ontario

Litre Tubs

Litre tubs of vanilla, chocolate or twist soft-serve, or any hard scoop flavour. Pre-packed, or packed for you at the window. See litre tubs

Planning a bigger get-together? Tell us the date and how many guests, and we’ll let you know what we can have ready.

Email catering@merlamae.com Party orders & catering

Celebrate together

Gather the family. Make it Merla-Mae.

Whether you know exactly what you want or need help designing the perfect cake, we’re here to help.

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