A gorgeous and elegant fruit cake, made by Fiona Cairns. It consisted of 17 cakes stacked and beautifully decorated. Kate Middleton was very involved in the design of the cake, including sending a list of the 17 flowers she would like ot have included on the cake, all symbolising love, marriage and happiness. (Source: ABC News)
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| Photo from: http://styleclone.com/17052/the-royal-wedding-cakes-revealed/ |
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| Photo from: http://styleclone.com/17052/the-royal-wedding-cakes-revealed/ |
Prince Charles and Diana had 27 cakes at their wedding. The main wedding cake was made by David Avery, the head baker at the Royal Naval cooking school & he made 2 identical cakes in case one was damaged. Luckily both cakes survived in tact and the second cake was split among the naval cookery trainees - each had 2 pieces, one for themselves and one for their mum. (Source: Wikipedia)
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip's wedding cake was 9 foot tall!!
"The nine-foot high, four-tier wedding cake, was made with ingredients given by Australian Girl Guides. The wedding cake was cut using The Duke's Mountbatten sword. After the wedding, pieces of cake were given to schoolchildren and institutions."
(Source: about.com)
I do love a wedding & want to learn more about the traditions and rituals surrounding wedding cakes.
In order to mark the event my parents hosted a Royal Wedding garden party & here are some photos of my cupcake offering for the day.
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| Fondant iced Union Jack cupcakes |
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| W [heart] K fondant iced cupcakes |
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| Cupcake Tower |
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| Cake Pops |
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