Café Conditorei Bäckerei SPATZ

A Winterthur confectioner with an online wedding cake shop

Café Conditorei Bäckerei SPATZ is a café, confectioner and bakery in Winterthur with 2 addresses: Frauenfelderstrasse 104 in 8404 Winterthur and a branch, Filiale Rosenberg, at Schaffhauserstrasse 152 in 8400 Winterthur. It runs its range through an online shop, reachable under both spatz-dessert.ch and spatzdessert.ch, where wedding cakes (Hochzeitstorten) sit in their own category beside photo cakes, birthday and children's cakes, standard cakes, cake accessories and an apéro range.

What sets SPATZ apart for a couple planning from abroad is that it works like a shop rather than a studio. Each wedding cake is a named design with a price including VAT, a guest count and a lead time, and it can be put in the basket and ordered online. That makes budgeting straightforward, as long as one of the designs fits.

The designs on the first page of the catalog

The first page of the wedding cake category lists these designs, with the prices and lead times shown there:

• Sofa Torte, for 18 people with heart figures, Fr. 195, 10 working days
• Weisse Schleppen Torte, for 10-12 people, Fr. 159, 4 working days
• Herz mit rotem Tuch, for 8-10 people, Fr. 119, 3 working days
• Herz Rosetten Torte, for 8-10 people, Fr. 89, 3 working days
• Silber Herz Torte, for 10-12 people, Fr. 105, 3 working days
• Azoren Hochzeitstorte, for 10 people with a real flower, Fr. 95, 5 days
• Wiesendangen Torte, for 10-12 people, Fr. 119, 3 working days
• Naked Torte, for about 10 people without text or letters, Fr. 89, 8 working days
• Rom mit Tauben, for 10-12 people, Fr. 159, 8 days
• Klein Venedig Hochzeitstorte, for 10-12 people decorated with sugar flowers, Fr. 109, 5 days
• Blümchen Rot/Weiss Torte, for 10 people, Fr. 89, 2 working days
• Vogelpaar Torte, for 10 people, Fr. 130, 8 working days
• Rom, for 10-12 people, Fr. 95, 3 working days
• Türingen Rund Hochzeitstorte, for 10-12 people with real red roses, Fr. 115, 3 days
• Klein Genf Hochzeitstorte, for 10 people with a flower, Fr. 115, 5 days
• Nimm mich Hochzeitstorte, with a figure, Fr. 243.40, 5 working days
• Schokoladen-Milch Torte, for 25-30 people, Fr. 391.50, 10 working days
• Holland Torte, for 20-24 people, Fr. 195.80, 5 working days

Two further designs, the Las Vegas Hochzeitstorte with flowers (Fr. 16.90) and the Schokoladen Hochzeitstorte without flowers (Fr. 14.90), are listed without a guest count. The category runs over 3 pages, so there are more designs than the first page shows.

Designs priced per person

Some wedding cakes are priced per guest rather than per cake, which matters for a larger wedding. The Palermo Hochzeitstorte, with sugar roses and English-style decoration, costs Fr. 9.50 per person, and the price excludes the bridal couple figure. The Florenz Hochzeitstorte, with marzipan roses and decoration, costs Fr. 13.90 per person. Both show a lead time of 5 days and let the buyer choose the cake type: chocolate mousse, strawberry mousse, Black Forest (Schwarzwälder) or Schweden Torte. A kissing bridal couple figure is offered as an accessory. Since the per-person designs scale with the guest list, they are the natural choice for a wedding beyond the 30 guests served by the largest fixed-size design on the first page; for the Las Vegas and Schokoladen designs, a couple should check whether the low price shown is also per person.

Delivery or collection

The product pages give two options: delivery, at a surcharge that depends on the region ("Aufpreis je nach Region"), or collection by the customer (Selbstabholer). The surcharge is not published, and the pages do not say how far SPATZ delivers, so a couple marrying outside Winterthur should ask for the delivery price for their venue before ordering.

Lead times in practice

The lead times run from 2 working days for the Blümchen Rot/Weiss Torte to 10 working days for the Sofa Torte and the Schokoladen-Milch Torte. These are the shop's minimum production times, not advice on when to book a wedding cake. A couple ordering from abroad can place the order well ahead, but the site does not say how far in advance orders are accepted or whether a date can be reserved.

Apéro from the same shop

The apéro range is priced just as clearly. A small platter of 11 mixed mini sandwiches costs Fr. 45.90 and a large platter of 20 costs Fr. 81, both on disposable platters. Individual items include mini sandwiches from Fr. 3.90, triangle canapés with quark sauce, cucumber, tomato and olive at Fr. 4.10, apéro bruschetta at Fr. 3.50, ciabatta at Fr. 8.20 and a long filled country baguette giving about 10-12 pieces for 3 people at Fr. 28. The sandwich page shows a lead time of 1 day. For a small wedding apéro, cake and savory food can come in one order.

Contact

The Frauenfelderstrasse shop can be reached on 052 242 12 10 and Filiale Rosenberg on 052 203 08 33; both addresses show an email link. The shop asks anyone with allergies to contact the SPATZ staff directly ("Haben Sie Allergien, kontaktieren Sie bitte unsere SPATZ Mitarbeiter:innen"), which is sensible advice for a wedding with guests on restricted diets.

What the site does not settle

The site is in German and says nothing about service in English, although the online shop lets a couple order without a conversation. It does not say whether a catalog design can be changed (colors, flavors, size) or whether fully custom wedding cakes are made, and it offers no tasting or consultation. The regional delivery surcharges, the delivery area and the latest order date are not published. The fixed-size designs mostly serve 8 to 12 people, so a couple should look at the per-person designs or ask about scaling for a larger wedding.

Who it suits

SPATZ suits couples marrying in or around Winterthur who are happy to choose a wedding cake from a catalog, want to know the price in advance, and prefer ordering online to a consultation. It also suits small weddings that want cake and apéro from one supplier. It suits less well a couple who wants a one-of-a-kind design worked out in person, or who needs to know delivery costs to a distant venue before committing.