Alice in Wonderland

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.

St John Vianney

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

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

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

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

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

My birthday cake

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

Thomas's Christening Cake

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

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

Ballet shoes

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

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

Trainers and wine

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

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

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

White bootees and pink footprints

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

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

Wellies and kitten heels

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

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

50th Birthday

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.

Columba and the Loch Ness Monster

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.