Claire Owen Cakes

I literally cannot choose, they are all memorable, they're all special.

Honestly? My own! I made my own cake which took forever - hundreds of handcut flowers - but it was the cake that gave me the confidence so start my business and is holds a very special place in my heart for everything that it represented.

Art-led

Colourful

Unique

Exquisite

Delicious!

Unique, elegant, original, showstopping, delicious

I am proud of growing a still-thriving business with creativity at it's core, which makes me happy every day.

Starting something from the ground up, that grew from the odd cake here and there to multi big-orders weekly.

Throw the rule book out of the window! Make it yours, eat the cake, dance to the music, say the vows that YOU want!

Try and enjoy the ride... the planning can be just as important as the day itself!

A farming family's son came to his parents to announce his engagement, swiftly followed by a request to hold the reception in a dilapidated barn on their farm! Over 9 months, the whole family came together to renovate the barn, replacing beams, rebuilding stone walls, laying a new floor. The love that went in to that space was amazing and the result... the most magical space I have ever seen!

Anything where the couple are able to show they personal flair and creativity

I invite every prospective wedding couple to a free, no-obligation tasting and consultation where I invite them to choose four flavours of cake to try and we can chat together about the style of the wedding and how they would like their cake to look. You can come with no ideas or a folder full! Usually there is lots of drawing, tea drinking and enthusiastic conversation after which I make a drawing of the cake and produce a detailed quote. I like to keep an ongoing dialogue with each couple and am happy for the design of the cake to evolve as the wedding planning progresses. I liaise directly with the venue with regards to set-up and delivery to try and make the cake part of your wedding one of the most enjoyable parts of the planning process!

A wedding cake is a big investment so the design experience is something to be savoured as much as the final slice. This might be the first time you have commissioned someone to create something bespoke for you.

Claire Owen Cakes provides a thorough consultation to get to know you and your wedding cake ideas. Couples are invited to try a sample box of six flavours, which arrives with you by next day delivery, beautifully packaged and ready to eat – at your leisure - with a follow-up online design consultation. Claire offers a wide variety of flavours to choose from, from the classics to the more unusual including lime gin & tonic, pistachio and rose, Sussex Stout and orange & pomegranate. A range of dietary requirements can be accommodated for your cake.

Claire creates each cake design from scratch in line with your overall vision for your day, producing a watercolour drawing for each design which some couples choose to purchase and frame as a keepsake.

All my cakes are bespoke and my style evolves with every wedding but I have been working on lots of handpainted 'watercolour' cakes recentlyl which I love.

I am usually at my happiest when painting on cakes!

I created a Lord of the Rings cake for a couple of Tolkien super-fans, complete with a handpainted scene of Rivendell, sculpted tree roots from the forest and a secret message in Elvish. It was the star talking point at the wedding!

A 1920s-inspired cake, all white, with tiers separated by vintage glass pedstal dishes and covered in long wired cascades of stylised sugar lily of the valley.

I studied sculpture at art school and spent ten years curating public artworks across the UK. After a career break to have children, I set up Claire Owen Cakes to enable me to work from home and parent without the need for childcare... by the time my children were in school I was running a full time wedding business!

My background is in the Arts and I have a first class sculpture degree. I had a career break to start a family, and after making a few wedding cakes for friends I decided to combine my baking and creative skillsets and launch my own cake studio.

A multi-tiered, multi-coloured, handpainted extravaganza with lots of exquisite detail - and filled with my signature chocolate orange cake!