Royal Wedding Cakes Of The Past

The main cake was a four tier cake was nine feet high and weighed 500 pounds it is shown in the photo below.

Royal wedding cakes of the past. 12 of the most incredible royal wedding cakes of all time queen elizabeth ii and prince phillip s wedding cake in 1947 weighed 500 pounds stood at nine feet tall and took two. Prince joel dawit makonnen haile selassie and princess ariana s ethiopian royal wedding featured a cake with six. Linda fripp the pastry chef who designed the cake explained to bbc news that it took her and her staff a whopping 515 hours to create.

The official wedding cake of elizabeth bowes lyon later the queen mother and then prince albert duke of york was put on display in reading england prior to their april 26 1923 nuptials. In honor of the occasion which is expected to take place in the spring of 2018 we ve collected images of royal wedding cakes from countries all over the world from the past 90 years. A cake of that size served more than 2 000 people.

Alright a queen s wedding cake is an entirely different story. The 10 foot tall cake was composed of 10 clover shaped tiers a symbol of luck for the newlyweds. Queen victoria and prince albert s wedding cake 1840 queen victoriamarriedprince albert of saxe coburg and cotha later prince consort on 10 february 1840 it was the first marriage of a reigning english queen for 300 years.

As with most royal weddings there were several wedding cakes. The single round cake layer was covered in white icing which came to be known as royal icing and ornately decorated with sugar sculptures of the bride and groom as well as cupids turtle doves orange blossoms and sprigs of myrtle. Stepping away from the brits for a moment sweden s beloved royal couple princess victoria and prince daniel had a stunning wedding cake to celebrate their marriage in 2010.

The nine foot tall fruitcake from queen elizabeth and prince philip s 1947 wedding. Sure it was a fruitcake but it was a 9 foot tall 500 pound fruit cake. The cake was elaborately decorated with tudor roses charming cupid figures lavish columns and royal insignias.