If King Charles ever needed a birthday cake, Marian Jones would be the person to decorate it.
The 86-year-old, who received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division in the King's Birthday Honours for services to decorative food arts, began learning the fine art of cake decorating at the age of 11.
"I can't believe it. I've worked all my life for cake decorating and sugar art, to get a medal for it is amazing," she told AAP from her home in Sydney's south.
Jones has authored five books on the subject, taught generations of cake artists, judged countless cake competitions, and even founded a cake and sugar art museum.
She also organised the Australian Women's Weekly bicentenary cake competition in 1988 - and won a medal.
