Royal Wedding Cakes at Let Them Eat Cake

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Royal Wedding Fever is taking hold. Tate and Lyle is hosting Let Them Eat Cake Exhibition of Royal Wedding Cakes this weekend at the Wellington Arch. It showcases some beautiful cake designs by professionals and winners of their Facebook compeition.

Heston Blumenthal sculpture in Royal Icing
Heston Blumenthal sculpture in Royal Icing (note the snail porridge)

 

 

Royal Icing Sculptures

This cake was had very intricate work done in royal icing and inserted in the panels were digital images of old Royal Weddings that was printed on thin sugar paste with edible ink. This method is used a lot on cake and chocolate decorations now.

 

Digital Images as cake decorations Royal Wedding Cake
Digital Images as cake decorations

This is the cake and it’s maker,

Julie Walsh, head of patiseeries at Le Cordon Bleu in London
Julie Walsh, head of patiseeries at Le Cordon Bleu in London

This is the replica of Queen Elizabeth’s wedding cake.

Buckingham Palace Cake Helen Pennels
Buckingham Palace Cake Helen Pennels

Royal Wedding Cake

 

Let Them Eat Cake Royal Wedding Cakes Exhibition is at the English Heritage’s Wellington Arch (Hyde Park Corner),  London W1J 7JZ
Tube : Hyde Park Corner

Friday 22 April to Monday 25 April

Entry: free

Time: 10am-5pm daily

 

 


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