Effortlessly Upsell Cakes on Your Restaurant Dessert Menu

We’ve got seven utterly mouthwatering ways to elevate brownies and cakes at your restaurant. Whether you’re a dessert parlour, cafe or restaurant that wants to bring fun to your dessert menu, we’ve got you covered with these creative upsell ideas that your customers will definitely want to try.

How to Upsell Desserts in a Restaurant

Selling more desserts in your restaurant is about having in-demand products on your menu, but also about presenting them in the best way possible. You want to get customers excited about your sweet treats.

From offering enticing images and write-ups on your menu to showing your latest dessert dishes on your social media feeds, there are plenty of ways to encourage customers to order dessert, rather than just ask for the bill!

To improve your profit margins, you can also upsell your menu by adding some delightful details. You can elevate a classic cake or brownie into something wonderfully unique and interesting—a great idea for dessert-based restaurants.

Elevate Your Dessert Menu With These Creative Ideas

Some minimal but delicious upsell ideas include adding cream, ice cream, custard, sorbet and fruit.

However, if you want to go further with your dessert offerings and deliver something that your customers might not have seen before (but will definitely want to try!), these seven ideas crafted by the passionate Cakehead team could be just the thing.

Edible Flowers and Freshly Whipped Cream

Have you tried our Lemon, Orange & Polenta Cake? We’ve dressed ours up with edible flowers and a dollop of freshly whipped cream for a real showstopper. Give it a try on your cake counter!

Ice Cream and Garnish

Upsell your popular Double Chocolate Brownies with a decorative chocolate drizzle and delicious ice cream. Finish with some mint and icing sugar for an extra sophisticated dessert!

Brownie Skillet

The ultimate sharing dessert! Brownie skillet is served just like cookie dough. Add a scoop of Madagascan vanilla ice cream, a sweet sauce, and your choice of topping! We went for Belgian chocolate sauce and honeycomb pieces.

Simply bake our Belgian Double Chocolate Brownies and make it all your own.

For extra fun and personalisation, you could even let your customers build their own brownie dessert creation with a choice of toppings.

Berries and Freshly Whipped Cream

Lighten up a chocolate brownie dessert with a combination of berries and freshly whipped cream. It’s a great way to add an attractive splash of colour to the dish, and we’re confident your customers will love it! We recommend pairing one of our delicious brownies with a spoonful of indulgent cream and zesty freeze-dried raspberries. Yum!

Pair a Dessert with a Milkshake

For this dessert creation, we’ve paired Caramelised Biscuit Brownies with a Biscoff milkshake for extra indulgence. This one’s perfect for cafes and restaurants alike. We don’t know about you, but this one has our mouths watering. We’re sure your customers won’t be able to resist either!

The Ultimate Ice Cream Sundae

When the summer heats up, customers have one thing on their minds: ice cream. Chop our wholesale brownies up to make the perfect ice cream sundae… Go bananas with cream, ice cream, sauce, fruit and other sweet toppings. Just don’t forget the best bit—the chopped Double Chocolate Brownies! It’s the perfect indulgent weekend treat for your customers.

Brownie Trifle

A British classic! Why not swap out the sponge for scrumptious Double Chocolate Brownie pieces? It’s a chocolatey twist on the classic dessert. I’m sure you’ll agree that served with distinct layers in a see-through dessert glass is definitely the most decadent way to serve this one!

Get Creative and Upsell Your Dessert Menu

Can’t wait to create an Instagram-worthy dessert and cake menu for your customers? What are you waiting for? Create a wholesale account to order your Wholesale Cakes online at Cakehead today. When you shop with us, you’ll benefit from next-day delivery and a friendly, smooth-as-buttercream service on your wholesale cakes and goodies.