GET BAKED

The viral Yorkshire cakery has found a second home in Manchester – and not just anywhere, but right in the middle of the Northern Quarter. Since opening in March 2025, Get Baked has become a firm fixture in Stevenson Square’s ever-buzzing food and drink scene.

Known for its infamous Bertha Cake – a 24-layer chocolate-on-chocolate monster – Get Baked doesn’t do desserts by halves. If you’re not quite ready to commit to all 24 layers, the 16-layer Bert Cake brings the same chaos in a slightly more manageable form. Either way, expect outrageous levels of chocolate and no remorse.

They’ve just taken things even further with a new, limited-edition creation: the Peanut Butter Bert Bundle. This time, Bert’s been laced with ManiLife’s Deep Roast™ Crunchy Peanut Butter – a rich, salty swirl that cuts through the ganache and adds a next-level nutty edge. The bundle includes cocoa-dusted peanuts and a pot of peanut butter fudge sauce, perfect for drenching, stacking and unapologetic spooning. Only 10,000 bundles exist, and they’re selling fast – so if you’re curious about what happens when two cult foodie brands collide, this is your moment.

The Manchester site has expanded on the Leeds original with even more mischief. Alongside the headline cakes, you’ll find new menu additions like Cease and Desist cookies – nostalgic strawberry treats with a not-so-subtle wink to your childhood – plus a line of Thick Shakes so decadent they might technically qualify as cake. Flavours range from the classic Bertha to banana split, strawberry shortcake and blueberry crumble.

The brand’s social media presence is as legendary as its cakes. Founder Rich Myers shares the good, the bad, and the unfiltered via @getbakeduk – from chaotic kitchen dramas to customer complaints about “too much chocolate”. If you’re into dry humour, unhinged marketing, and passive-aggressive cake banter, this one’s worth a follow.

Inside the Manchester shop, you’ll find brownies, soft serve, ice cream sandwiches, baked goods, coffee and more – all served with a hefty dose of attitude. Next door is independent book and magazine store UNITOM, making this the perfect Northern Quarter pairing: a sugar high and a new zine, all in one hit. Grab a treat, claim a spot in the square, and soak in the city.

Get Baked is now one of the fastest growing dessert brands in the UK which is ultimately what led to the opening of this sister site in Manchester this year. However it was not an easy road. “Swings and roundabouts”, as Rich would say. Documenting every part of the new store opening process, founder and owner Rich Myers keeps nothing from his fans via the @getbakeduk Instagram. From the struggles and setbacks to the grand opening day, Rich likes to experience it all, with all of you.

If you don’t follow Get Baked’s expletive-ridden Insta account, get on it. Even if you don’t like cake. Rich’s much talked about marketing practice is mostly him sharing hilarious exchanges with customers. One recent customer was disappointed by “too much chocolate” on the triple chocolate cookies. Another bloke requested non-branded packaging in order to hide their cake expenditure from his wife. Rich lays everything bare, including the caveat on the launch poster that it could actually be “an absolute shit-show”.

It wasn’t though, aside from headline-worthy queues snaking all around the Northern Quarter. Now they’ve died down (a bit), head over and treat yourself to a dessert, soft serve ice cream, coffee, baked goods or even a sandwich. Next door to the equally cool but not as new UNITOM, you can have the best of both worlds and live that classic, idealistic Northern Quarter life. Pop into UNITOM and choose a quirky book or magazine, then skip next door to Get Baked and grab a treat of your choosing. Then, sit out in the square and just bask in the (rare) Manchester sun and always bustling atmosphere.