TL;DR: Courtyard by Marriott’s in-house bakery makes cheesecakes, mousse cakes and sponge cakes sold through Kapruka, priced from Rs 3,870 to Rs 17,680. All ship with same-day islandwide delivery, so the cake you pick can reach almost anywhere in Sri Lanka the day you order it.
What are Courtyard by Marriott cakes and why are they sold on Kapruka?
Courtyard by Marriott Colombo runs its own hotel bakery, and a selection of that bakery’s cakes is listed for sale on Courtyard by Marriott cakes on Kapruka rather than only through the hotel’s front desk. Kapruka carries a handful of hotel-brand bakeries this way — it’s a small but distinct shelf inside the wider cakes catalogue, separate from Kapruka’s own bakery lines.
The appeal is straightforward: you get a hotel bakery’s recipe and finish without needing to visit the hotel or place a phone order through their kitchen. In my time handling Kapruka’s cakes catalogue, this category tends to draw a specific kind of buyer — someone who has eaten a Courtyard cake at an event before and wants that exact cake again for a birthday, anniversary, or a colleague’s send-off.
One honest limitation: because these are baked at a single hotel kitchen rather than a dedicated large-scale bakery, flavor availability can shift batch to batch. If a specific listed cake shows as temporarily unavailable, that’s the hotel kitchen’s production schedule, not a Kapruka stock error.
Which Courtyard by Marriott cake should you order?
The lineup runs from simple square cakes under Rs 5,000 to layered mousse cakes near Rs 18,000. The table below covers the six varieties with a confirmed price on the Courtyard by Marriott cake selection page as of this writing.
| Cake | Price (LKR) | Weight | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Velvet Square Cake | 4,240 | – | smallest item, square format |
| Signature Ribbon Cake | 3,870 | 2.22 lbs | Courtyard’s house layered sponge |
| Vanilla Cheesecake | 11,860 | 2.66 lbs / 1.2 kg | almond crumble base, white chocolate ganache top |
| Blueberry Cheesecake | 12,590 | 2.66 lbs | baked cheesecake with blueberry topping |
| Cherry Cheesecake | 12,590 | 2.22 lbs | baked cheesecake with cherry topping |
| Blueberry Mousse Cake | 17,680 | 2.22 lbs / 1.0 kg | vanilla sponge, blueberry mousse, blueberry glaze |
The catalogue also lists Vanilla Strawberry Sponge Cake, Mocha Cake, Black Forest Cake, White Forest Cake and Strawberry Mousse Cake without a fixed price shown at the time of writing, so check the live listing for those before you commit to one.
1. Is the Vanilla Cheesecake a safe pick for a first-time order?
At Rs 11,860 for 2.66 lbs (1.2 kg), this is the cake I’d point a first-time buyer toward. The base is a buttery almond crumble rather than a plain biscuit base, and it’s finished with a white chocolate ganache layer on top, which reads more like a hotel dessert menu item than a standard bakery cheesecake.
2. Which cake works for a small gathering on a tighter cake budget?
At Rs 4,240 this is the lowest-priced item in the category. It suits a small office celebration or a family dessert where you don’t need a large centerpiece cake — a square format rather than the round layered cakes elsewhere on the page.
3. What makes the Signature Ribbon Cake different from the other flavors?
Priced at Rs 3,870 for 2.22 lbs, this is the cake most specific to Courtyard’s own bakery identity rather than a generic flavor category. If you’ve had it at a hotel event and want to recreate that exact taste, this is the one to search for by name on the Courtyard by Marriott birthday cakes listing.
4. How do the Blueberry Cheesecake and Cherry Cheesecake compare?
Both are baked cheesecakes at Rs 12,590, one topped with blueberry and one with cherry, at slightly different weights (2.66 lbs vs 2.22 lbs). Pick based on the fruit topping preference of the person you’re ordering for rather than any difference in texture — the cheesecake base is the same style across both.
5. What is the Blueberry Mousse Cake like compared to the cheesecakes?
At Rs 17,680 for 2.22 lbs (1.0 kg), this is the highest-priced cake in the category. It layers a vanilla sponge with blueberry mousse and a blueberry glaze, which makes it lighter in texture than the cheesecakes above despite the higher price — mousse cakes use less dense filling by volume.
6. What about the Mocha, Black Forest, White Forest and other listed flavors?
These appear on the category page by name but without a confirmed price locked at the time of writing. Treat them as worth asking about if you have a specific flavor preference, but confirm current price and availability on the live listing rather than assuming they match the priced items above.
What mistakes do people make when ordering a hotel-brand cake online?
A few patterns show up often enough in this category to call out directly.
- Assuming delivery is Colombo-only. It isn’t. Kapruka’s own category page states same-day, islandwide delivery for this range, the same as most of the cakes catalogue.
- Ordering the wrong weight for the group size. As a rough guide, 1 kg of cake serves roughly 8 to 10 people, so a 1.2 kg cheesecake suits a small gathering, not an office party of 30.
- Not checking for a message card or candle add-on before checkout. These are separate add-ons on many cake listings, not automatically included.
- Waiting until the delivery date to place the order. Hotel-bakery items still need normal processing time like any cake order; ordering the same morning you need it cuts your delivery window close.
- Confusing the cake name with a generic flavor. “Signature Ribbon Cake” and “Vanilla Cheesecake” are specific named products on this page, not general categories — search by the exact name if you’re trying to reorder something you’ve had before.
What does a real Courtyard by Marriott cake order look like?
A customer once wrote in wanting to reorder “that cheesecake from the Courtyard buffet” for a birthday two days out, without knowing the product name. Going through the category page’s photos and weights, it turned out to be the Vanilla Cheesecake at 1.2 kg rather than one of the two fruit cheesecakes, since the almond crumble base and white ganache top matched what they described. Matching by description against the listed weight and finish, rather than guessing from flavor name alone, is usually the fastest way to identify the right cake in this catalogue.
FAQ
Is delivery for Courtyard by Marriott cakes islandwide or Colombo-only?
Delivery is same-day and islandwide, as stated directly on Kapruka’s category page for this range. It follows the same delivery framing as the rest of Kapruka’s cakes catalogue rather than being restricted to Colombo.
How much do Courtyard by Marriott cakes cost on Kapruka?
Prices run from Rs 3,870 for the Signature Ribbon Cake up to Rs 17,680 for the Blueberry Mousse Cake, with most cheesecakes between Rs 11,860 and Rs 12,590. The Red Velvet Square Cake sits near the low end at Rs 4,240 for a smaller square format.
What is the difference between the Vanilla Cheesecake and the fruit cheesecakes?
The Vanilla Cheesecake uses an almond crumble base with a white chocolate ganache top, while the Blueberry and Cherry Cheesecakes are finished with a fruit topping instead. Pricing is close across all three, so topping preference is the main factor.
What size cake should I order for a group of 10?
As a rough guide, 1 kg of cake serves about 8 to 10 people, so a cake in the 1.0 to 1.2 kg range fits a group that size. The Vanilla Cheesecake at 1.2 kg or the Blueberry Mousse Cake at 1.0 kg both fall in that range.
Can I order these cakes for same-day delivery?
Same-day delivery is available on this category, subject to ordering before the site’s daily cut-off time for your delivery address. Outstation addresses are safer with a day’s advance notice.
Are all the flavors on the category page always in stock?
Not always. Because these cakes come from a single hotel bakery kitchen, some flavors can show as temporarily unavailable depending on the kitchen’s batch schedule.
Cheesecake or mousse cake? The weight and finish, not just the flavor name, is usually the fastest way to pick the right one for your group. See the full Courtyard by Marriott cakes on Kapruka listing for current prices and availability.
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About the author
Akthar works in Content & Operations at Kapruka, Sri Lanka’s online shopping and
delivery service. He has spent over four years helping customers across all nine
provinces order electronics, gifts and everyday essentials online, and writes from
first-hand experience of how orders, payments and islandwide delivery actually work.
Last updated: June 2026.