Royal couple set to have their cakes and eat it
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March 28, 2011, Monday
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ROYAL wedding plans announced yesterday show an admirable spirit of compromise: The main cake will be a fruity, floral masterwork designed with input from Kate Middleton; but Prince William will get his childhood favorite chocolate biscuit cake too.
When it comes to the future king and queen, two cakes are better than one.
Palace officials said the royal couple have chosen a multi-tiered traditional fruit cake decorated with cream and white icing that will be created by designer Fiona Cairns, a cakemaker to the stars, who has built a thriving business since starting to bake at her kitchen table 25 years ago.
The design remains a secret, but the cake will have a strong British floral theme, developed with extensive input from Middleton. The master baker will use the Lambeth Method, a popular English style that relies on intricate piping and scrollwork to create leaves, flowers and other decorative elements.
Middleton asked Cairns to represent about 16 different blooms and types of foliage on the cake, each with a different symbolic meaning, a practice popular in the Victorian era, palace officials said.
"She has guided us right from the beginning and has strong ideas," said Cairns, whose business is based in Leicestershire, about 180 kilometers north of London.
Cairns said some flowers and foliage have already been chosen. "There is the bridal rose which symbolizes happiness; the oak and acorn, which symbolize strength and endurance; and there is a lily of the valley, which symbolizes sweetness and humility; and ivy leaves which symbolize marriage," she said. A flower known as Sweet William is also on the list, she said.
The cake is expected to be displayed at the Buckingham Palace reception for 600 guests that will follow the April 29 nuptials at Westminster Abbey. Guests will also be able to enjoy chocolate biscuit cake, requested by William.
It will be made by McVitie's Cake Company, familiar to generations of British children for its chocolate covered biscuits and other treats. The company has made cakes for the royal family for decades.
Paul Courtney, the firm's cake designer, said the cake will include dark chocolate, broken up tea biscuits and secret ingredients. "When Prince William was a young boy he would have it for tea and really enjoyed it," he said.
When it comes to the future king and queen, two cakes are better than one.
Palace officials said the royal couple have chosen a multi-tiered traditional fruit cake decorated with cream and white icing that will be created by designer Fiona Cairns, a cakemaker to the stars, who has built a thriving business since starting to bake at her kitchen table 25 years ago.
The design remains a secret, but the cake will have a strong British floral theme, developed with extensive input from Middleton. The master baker will use the Lambeth Method, a popular English style that relies on intricate piping and scrollwork to create leaves, flowers and other decorative elements.
Middleton asked Cairns to represent about 16 different blooms and types of foliage on the cake, each with a different symbolic meaning, a practice popular in the Victorian era, palace officials said.
"She has guided us right from the beginning and has strong ideas," said Cairns, whose business is based in Leicestershire, about 180 kilometers north of London.
Cairns said some flowers and foliage have already been chosen. "There is the bridal rose which symbolizes happiness; the oak and acorn, which symbolize strength and endurance; and there is a lily of the valley, which symbolizes sweetness and humility; and ivy leaves which symbolize marriage," she said. A flower known as Sweet William is also on the list, she said.
The cake is expected to be displayed at the Buckingham Palace reception for 600 guests that will follow the April 29 nuptials at Westminster Abbey. Guests will also be able to enjoy chocolate biscuit cake, requested by William.
It will be made by McVitie's Cake Company, familiar to generations of British children for its chocolate covered biscuits and other treats. The company has made cakes for the royal family for decades.
Paul Courtney, the firm's cake designer, said the cake will include dark chocolate, broken up tea biscuits and secret ingredients. "When Prince William was a young boy he would have it for tea and really enjoyed it," he said.
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