Lucy Shaw Cakes

Br Rupert Allen's Solemn Vows

2011-07-27T07:50:00.001-07:00

Br Rupert Allen of the Praemonstratensian house in Chelmsford took his Solemn Vows on 22nd July, and I was delighted to be asked to make a cake in honour of this great occasion. The arms of the house and of the order are on the sides and on the top is a white four horned biretta. The Latin quotation is from the ceremony and reads "Suscipe me Domine secundum eloquium tuum et vivam".

Dorothea's First Communion

2011-07-27T07:44:00.001-07:00

These photos should have gone up long ago! My daughter Dorothea had her First Holy Communion last year, and for the great occasion she asked for a cake with herself receiving the Sacrament from Our Lord. Here's what I came up with.

2010-07-22T09:55:00.000-07:00

I created this cake to celebrate the First Holy Communion of Dominic Auty at St Anthony of Padua on 22nd July 2010. Congratulations Dominic!

Alice in Wonderland

2010-04-11T04:29:00.000-07:00

I created this Alice in Wonderland cake for the first baby of Lucie and Tom whose wedding cake keen readers will already have seen (the Bride and Groom under Lamppost cake). Baby Alice's Christening was on 10th April and her cake features her climbing out of the Mad Hatter's teapot.

Lori's cake

2010-02-22T04:06:00.001-08:00

The little sugar model of Lori on this birthday cake features her in her national dress - the dirndel skirt.

Martha and Pippin

2010-01-01T07:43:00.001-08:00

I made these models of two real Dutch rabbits called Martha and Pippin for the birthday of Benna Schellhorn. They aren't as cute as the real ones!

Orin's Naming Day Cake

2010-01-01T07:38:00.000-08:00

I made this cake for Baby Orin's naming day. He is the new brother of Hattie, for whom I made the ".. and the pea went pop!" cake.

Wedding cake with sugar fabric roses

2009-07-11T08:06:00.000-07:00

I made this four tier cake for Emily and Andrew's wedding at Radley College. Although the cake is enormous, it doesn't look out of place in its magnificent surroundings!

Silver anniversary

2009-07-04T07:18:00.000-07:00

I made this cake for the silver wedding anniversary of Allan and Sarah.

Curly piped side design

2009-06-21T08:10:00.000-07:00

I made this contemporary cake for Kerry's wedding in June. It was finished with fresh flowers, which weren't ready in time for this photo.

Cascade of chocolate roses

2009-06-19T08:05:00.000-07:00

I created this cake with its cascade of white and milk chocolate roses for Emma Hancock's wedding in May. The modelling, I must confess, was not done by me!

Fluffy gold hearts

2009-05-17T13:59:00.000-07:00

I made this wedding anniversary cake for Mr and Mrs Teal, who are celebrating in style on a Salter's Steamers boat trip up the river.

St John Vianney

2009-05-09T09:14:00.001-07:00

I made this cake for Gwen’s sixtieth birthday party. She is a great Francophile, and the Curé d'Ars is one of her favourite saints, so he makes his appearance on this cake. The words read "S. Jean-Marie Vianney, priez pour nous". Many happy returns of the day!

St Mark and the Lion

2009-04-26T04:29:00.000-07:00

For Mark Lewin’s reception into the Church I made this cake with his patron saint on it: St Mark the Evangelist accompanied by the Winged Lion of St Mark. The books round the base are the ones Mark read on his “book journey” to the faith. The words round the figures read: “Eratis sicut oves errantes sed conversi estis nunc ad Pastorem”, a quotation from the Epistle of the day of his reception which translates as: “You were as sheep going astray but now you are converted to the Shepherd” (2 Peter 21-25) Co-incidentally it was also Mark’s birthday on the day of his baptism, so there is a Many Happy Returns of the Day message in Latin on the cake board. Congratulations, Mark!

Bride and Groom at Glastonbury

2009-04-17T04:47:00.000-07:00

For Zac and Kim's wedding I made this Glastonbury cake along with a stack of cupcakes. I used edible photo transfers for some of them, made by Jane Asher Party Cakes.

St Cecilia

2009-03-23T07:49:00.000-07:00

For Cecilia Shaw's Christening cake I made this cake with her patron saint on the top. St Cecilia is the patron saint of music, not because she is known to have played any instrument but because she spurned earthly music, preferring to listen to the angelic choirs of heaven. This model is loosely based on the painting by Raphael in which the saint is pictured holding the portative organ upside down with other instruments including a viol scattered around her feet. Roses and lilies were chosen as additional decorations because, according to legend, St Cecilia's guardian angel crowned her and her husband with these flowers on their wedding night by after they dedicated themselves to Christ.

Jivers' cake

2009-03-14T13:16:00.001-07:00

I created this cake for the golden wedding anniversary of two jivers!

My birthday cake

2009-03-14T13:12:00.001-07:00

For my own birthday last week I made myself this skater cake which reflects my ambition to skate on the frozen lakes in Austria.

Gold lace and stars

2009-02-22T01:12:00.000-08:00

For Christabel's eighteenth birthday party I created this funky gold lace and stars design.

Thomas's Christening Cake

2009-02-17T07:52:00.000-08:00

Two-year-old Thomas's christening cake shows him wearing a jumper with a monkey on it, surrounded by building blocks spelling his name.

Howzat

2009-01-05T08:15:00.001-08:00

For cricket-mad Harry's fourteenth birthday I made this "Howzat" birthday cake. Looks like Harry's just bowled David Gower!

Chocolate Roses

2008-12-08T04:35:00.000-08:00

I made this cake for the birthdays of my two daughters, Dorothea (5) and Agnes (3). It's a miniature cake - the bottom tier is 7".

Ballet shoes

2008-12-02T04:15:00.001-08:00

I created this cake for the birthday of Edgar Fernandez-Montoya de Borbon. The ballet shoes, fountain pen and paper represent the work he is currently engaged on, namely a novel about ballet. The fleur de lys side design is taken from the Borbon family coat of arms.

Snowflake Cake

2008-11-18T06:09:00.001-08:00

I created this winter wonderland cake for the Christmas window display of Cariad Bridalwear in Faringdon, Oxfordshire.

Miniature cake with roses

2008-11-08T01:15:00.000-08:00

This miniature cake (the bottom tier is only six inches in diameter), layered with pink sugar roses, was a birthday cake for Kate MacGreevy.

Trainers and wine

2008-10-26T08:55:00.000-07:00

As a birthday surprise Kyra's husband arranged a party to celebrate her fiftieth. Her cake features trainers as a symbol of her recent triumph in the London marathon.

Bunny with pink roses

2008-10-24T04:42:00.000-07:00

I made this cake to honour the double celebration of Madeleine Shaw's most successful art exhibition in Bath and her birthday, which fell in the same week.

Pink elephant and building blocks

2008-10-13T05:27:00.000-07:00

I made this pink elephant cake for baby Martha Campbell's Christening on 12th October 2008.

White bootees and pink footprints

2008-09-08T04:02:00.000-07:00

For baby Jessica's Christening on 7th September her mother Lisa asked for this adorable design with a pair of white bootees modelled in sugar, and a side design of pink footprints and hearts.

Bride & Groom with Lamppost, moon and stars

2008-09-07T03:56:00.000-07:00

For their wedding on 6th September Tom and Lucie chose to commemorate their first kiss in New College Lane.

Pink and Cream roses

2008-08-11T05:55:00.001-07:00

For Emily’s wedding in the idyllic Cotswold village of Black Bourton, she chose a cake stacked with fresh flowers to match her bouquet.

Pink Roses

2008-08-11T05:52:00.000-07:00

Guen chose this simple and elegant design for her daughter’s seventeenth birthday party.

Wellies and kitten heels

2008-08-11T05:48:00.001-07:00

When Becca and Bruce decided on a quiet wedding in Somerset, their sister-in-law Nicola gave them a wedding cake as a surprise present. On it you can see the favourite footwear of the bride and groom!

Monkey cake

2008-05-30T05:43:00.000-07:00

For baby Edith Mary Todd’s Christening her aunt commissioned this Monkey Cake, with building blocks spelling her name.

50th Birthday

2008-05-05T05:38:00.000-07:00

When Judy celebrated her 50th birthday the ironing company she worked for organised a series of extravagant parties for her. This cake was presented to her at the opening of the festivities. It features her and her adored pet dog.

Dorothea's Birthday

2007-10-30T05:32:00.000-07:00

One of the great things about maternity leave is that I’ve had time to make cakes for myself! I made a butterfly cake for my daughter Dorothea’s fourth birthday party in October.

Columba and the Loch Ness Monster

2007-10-02T12:55:00.001-07:00

I'm delighted to announce the arrival of Columba Benedict Shaw on 19th August. For his Christening I made a cake featuring St Columba admonishing the Loch Ness Monster - the first literary reference to the Loch Ness Monster is to be found in St Columba's hagiography, written by Adomnan of Iona in the seventh century.

Feather cake

2007-08-08T09:41:00.001-07:00

Regular viewers of the Lucy Shaw Cakes blog will remember a miniature feather cake created for Barry and Torey - this is the seven tier version that they commissioned for their wedding cake. Despite rising floods all through Oxfordshire it arrived safely at their venue in time for their wedding on 5th August. Many congratulations to them both!

Anemones and butterflies

2007-06-28T06:40:00.001-07:00

Joanna Kent chose a flowers and butterflies theme for her wedding cake, using a colour scheme of deep and pale pink and lilac.

...and the pea went pop!

2007-06-23T02:34:00.000-07:00

"...and the pea went pop!" was commissioned by Nicola and Alex for the naming ceremony of their daughter Harriet.

Mum, Dad. I'm an Artist

2007-05-18T09:57:00.000-07:00

This cake was commissioned by the Oxford Brookes University 2007 Fine Art graduates for their graduation exhibition, entitled Mum, Dad. I'm an Artist

St Pius V

2007-05-06T04:14:00.000-07:00

This cake, featuring a model of Pope St Pius V, was commissioned by Fr Benjamin Durham FSSP in honour of the foundation of a new sodality of altar boys at the church of Christ the King in Reading.

Golden Anniversary Cake

2007-04-15T12:15:00.000-07:00

This cake, with yellow sugar roses, was made for Francis and Elizabeth Sheppard's golden wedding anniversary.

Charlie's Christening

2007-02-05T07:16:00.000-08:00

This cake was commissioned for baby Charlie by his mother Sylvia. Charlie is asleep in a Moses basket holding a teddy, and they are both wearing lime green.

Julian Chadwick's Jubilee

2007-01-20T05:17:00.000-08:00

This cake was created for the fiftieth birthday of Julian Chadwick, the Chairman of the Latin Mass Society and Knight of the Order of Malta. The design was chosen by one of his friends. The various coats of arms are those of his home county, Carmarthen; his school, the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe and his college, Christ Church, Oxford. The black and white logo is that of his firm, Pennington's Solicitors and the white eight-pointed stars are those of the Order of Malta. The figure on top is Julian himself in the habit of Knight of Magistral Grace, and the beagles represent his great love of beagling.

Christmas Cakes

2007-01-10T06:28:00.000-08:00

Christmas trees

Holly & ivy leaves

Madonna & Child

Joseph and Catherine

2006-12-24T09:50:00.000-08:00

This cake was made for the winter wedding of Joseph and Catherine. Catherine wore Korean national dress, Hon Bok, for the occasion, and her little sugar figure is also wearing it.

Books and mortar board

2006-12-24T09:46:00.000-08:00

This cake was a birthday present from his wife to Professor David Robertson. It features several of the books he has written as well as a few titles by other authors which he particularly admires.

Crib

2006-12-11T09:13:00.000-08:00

This cake decorated with a crib scene was featured in the December '06/January '07 issue of Faith in the Home newsletter

Red cake with gold garlands

2006-11-30T00:35:00.000-08:00

This red and gold cake was commissioned by Cariad Bridalwear for their Christmas window display.

Joan of Arc

2006-11-27T03:56:00.000-08:00

This cake, featuring St Joan of Arc, was commissioned by Fr Andrew Southwell for the St Bede's Traditional Community.

Pink and white hearts

2006-11-18T10:57:00.000-08:00

I created this cake with pink and white hearts and "fabric" roses for display at the Oxford Spires Wedding Fair on 19th November.

White feathers cake

2006-11-17T04:54:00.000-08:00

This is a miniature version of a seven tier extravaganza commissioned by Torey and Barry for their wedding in August 2007. The "feathers" are made of rice paper and symbolize fertility.

Bride and Groom with petals

2006-10-09T10:10:00.000-07:00

I created this cake, Bride and Groom with Petals, for exhibiting at wedding fairs.

Englemere wedding fair

2006-10-09T09:16:00.000-07:00

Here I am with Baby Agnes at the Lucy Shaw Cakes stand at the Englemere Wedding Fair on 8th October.

Tilted heart cake

2006-10-09T09:02:00.000-07:00

I displayed this cake at the wedding fair at Englemere.

Article in the Oxford Times

2006-10-05T12:21:00.000-07:00

This article appeared in "Limited Edition", the monthly magazine published by the Oxford Times, in the September issue. To read the full text, click here

Forget-me-nots and cream roses

2006-09-30T06:18:00.000-07:00

Andrew and Michelle Crocker were married on 16th September, and Andrew's mother Patsy presented them with their wedding cake. We chose forget-me-nots and cream roses arranged in sprays on each of the three tiers.

St Francis and St Rita

2006-09-26T06:18:00.000-07:00

Rita and Francesca Joyce received their First Holy Communion on 8th July at St Edmund's College, Ware and celebrated with a party on 22nd July. I created these two cakes for them in honour of their patron saints, St Rita and St Francis.

Here are the girls, cutting their cakes!

Holiday in the Highlands

2006-09-26T04:36:00.000-07:00

Rupert Sheppard celebrated his birthday on 3rd July. I created this cake for him as a memento of a holiday he had recently taken in the West Highlands of Scotland where he spotted several rare species, and even had a sighting of a Golden Eagle.

Tom Townsend with mug

2006-09-26T04:30:00.000-07:00

Tom Townsend had his birthday on 23rd May. He is represented on this cake holding his favourite mug.

Pink and white stars

2006-09-26T04:06:00.000-07:00

Rosa North had her third birthday on 5th June. I created this cake for her and her aunt Alice who had her birthday the day before.

Pelican in her Piety

2006-09-26T03:56:00.001-07:00

Mary McCall received her First Holy Communion on 30th April, and I created this "Pelican in her Piety" cake for the occasion. Here I am setting up for the party, which had a "Pride and Prejudice" theme!