Westbrook woman helped with Queen's Platinum Jubilee cake

A woman from Westbrook was asked to help create a commemorative cake for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to be displayed at Buckingham Palace.

Christine Flinn, who has written two books on royal icing piping, helped put the cake together and it was delivered to the palace on May 31, before being displayed in the throne room for the Jubilee week.

Over two thousand hours went into the detail of a design reflecting the tree of life and The Queen’s Green Canopy.

Christine worked with 12 others to create the remarkable cake.

There are several special touches to the Queen’s cake including her favourite flower – Lily of the Valley – which is featured on the top tier.

There were corgis were modelled by Karen Cauldwell and two monarch butterflies created by Alan Dunn.

The top three tiers of the cake

A closer look at tier four of the cake

A small picture frame, hidden amongst the flowers, showed Prince Philip and the Queen.

And featuring within the flowers were ladybirds, a spider’s web, a snail and a dragonfly all made from sugar.

The image of the Queen on tier three and the images of the royal crests tier four were all hand-painted by Annie Relph.

Christine, who has lived in Warrington since 1986, said: “The final was amazing and showed various cake decorating skills at the highest standard including techniques which are not often seen now like royal icing work.”