Queen Elizabeth Ii Wedding Cake

May 19 2018 queen elizabeth prince philip s wedding cake.

Queen elizabeth ii wedding cake. In celebration of queen elizabeth ii and prince philip s 70 th royal wedding anniversary le cordon bleu london was asked to recreate the 9ft tall royal wedding cake to be part of an itv documentary a very royal wedding broadcasted on monday 30 th october 2017. Please practice hand washing and social distancing and check out our resources for adapting to these times. 1 2 teaspoon butter for greasing the pan 8 ounces rich tea biscuits or sweet cookies 4 ounces unsalted butter softened 4 ounces granulated sugar 4 ounces dark chocolate 1 egg.

Mcvitie and price also produced the principal wedding cake for the marriage of the duke and duchess of york later george vi and queen elizabeth on their marriage in 1893. November 1947 in a britain still reeling from ravages of world war ii princess elizabeth s marriage to philip mountbatten was a slice of sunshine in what had otherwise been a fairly dire decade. For the queen s wedding to prince philip scottish biscuit maker mcvitie price baked a four tiered nine foot tall 500 pound cake using ingredients provided as wedding gifts from overseas as wartime rationing in the uk was still in place.

Picture credited to harry page. A cake for the masses. Queen elizabeth ii s wedding cake was made by mcvitie and price which later became mcvities.

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The official wedding cake which was baked by mcvitie and price went on to be nicknamed the 10 000 mile cake because the ingredients used to make it came in from all around the world. Queen elizabeth ii. Their wedding cake was made by the cooks of the royal navy.

Admittedly it wasn t actually the cake eaten by the future queen elizabeth ii and duke of edinburgh. Nicknamed the 10 000 mile cake it contained four tiers and reached a height of nine feet. Pictured above tending to his creation and intricately decorated with one tier depicting armorial bearings and two depicting scenes from their lives.