Royal Wedding Countdown – The Cake
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry on May 19th. One of the central features of any wedding celebration is the cake. While we don’t know what the couple’s cake will look like, we do know what flavor it will be and who will make it. We got some good info from the British publication, Hello. And we have some fun photos and info about the cakes of other members of the royal family.
The royal couple (Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) have excited fans ahead of their impending nuptials by announcing the baker behind their wedding cake. Kensington Palace revealed the news on Twitter, writing: “For their wedding cake Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle have chosen pastry chef Claire Ptak, owner of the London-based bakery @violetcakes. Prince Harry and Ms. Markle have asked Claire to create a lemon elderflower cake that will incorporate the bright flavours of spring. It will be covered with buttercream and decorated with fresh flowers.”
Here is some info about cakes of other members of the royal family and photos courtesy of Getty images:
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s white iced two-tier wedding cake in 1840 was 9ft in diameter and weighed 300 lbs. It was decorated with a figure of Britannia in the act of blessing figures of the bride and groom dressed in ancient Greek costume.
Victoria’s cake is seen as the most influential of royal wedding cakes, as, prior to Victoria, wedding cakes were not an important feature at wedding receptions.
Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten
The Queen’s wedding cake was a grand affair, standing at nine-foot high, weighing 500 pounds and featuring four tiers. Made by McVitie and Price from ingredients received from the Australian Girl Guides, the cake was cut using Philip’s sword. One layer was kept until the christening of Prince Charles and another was sent back to Australia by way of thanks.
Prince Charles and Diana Spencer
When the Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, their official royal wedding cake was 5ft high and weighed 255lbs. It was made by the Royal Navy’s Cookery school, HMS Pembroke, at Chatham.
Prince William and Kate Middleton
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had two cakes made for their 2011 nuptials. The first was a magnificent eight-tiered iced traditional fruit cake featuring the “language of flowers” made by Leicestershire baker Fiona Cairns. The confectionery masterpiece – which took five weeks to make – was covered in cream and intricate white icing and decorated with up to 900 delicate sugar-paste flowers. William and Kate saved the top two tiers of the cake for their future children’s christenings.
Their second cake was a childhood favourite of William’s – an unbaked chocolate biscuit cake. It was made by McVities with a recipe the firm received from Buckingham Palace kitchen chefs. As well as a couple of secret ingredients, it featured dark chocolate and broken-up Rich Tea biscuits. Rich Tea biscuits are a favorite of every English household!
Though we won’t be attending this upcoming exciting event, we will look forward to seeing the wedding cake and hearing about it in the days ahead. And let’s join wedding guests and bakers everywhere in giving a happy “Here here!” to Queen Victoria. She singlehandedly made wedding cake a “thing”…a “thing” we all enjoy 🙂
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