About me .....

Hello, my name is Jenny, sometimes known as JenWren or Englishjen, and those are the nicknames I'll tell you about.  I'm extremely fortunate to love what I do - and that my customers do as well!  This creative endeavour fulfills many needs and combines my urges to bake, paint, sculpt and mingle with people - it's such a positive enterprise.

I started baking for my family at about 8 yrs, and drawing and writing a lot as a means of expressing myself - and since then have pursued my passion for food and art in various ways - which eventually led to the formation of For Heaven's Cake back in 2004.  Family and friends are hugely important to me, and adding some joy into the myriad celebrations of others is infinitely rewarding on so many levels.  I meet some wonderful people during the course of this work, and sometimes great ideas walk in my door on two legs - I love the stories they come with, which provide the foundation for these cakes.
I particularly enjoy the sculptural aspect of much of my work, and when people commission me to paint on cakes I am especially happy, as I don't have much time these days to paint on canvas.

Born and raised in England (and still truly, madly, and deeply in love with Cornwall), my interest in many things was sparked by my Mum - one Maggie O'Neill - who deserves a mention here as she continues to inspire .. and reveals my quirky (so I'm told) Irish/Cockney heritage. 

So, long may this creative quest continue to evolve.  And do keep the hugs and smiles coming, along with those idiosyncratic requests for cakes which challenge and extend me, and make me laugh out loud ......

Jenny.