Victorian Wedding Cake
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Victorian wedding cake. It was described as consisting of the most exquisite compounds of all the rich things with which the most expensive cakes can be composed mingled and mixed together into delightful harmony by the most elaborate science of the confectioner. Queen victoria s own wedding cake was only about 14 inches high though it made up for the height by being nine foot across. In 1858 queen victoria s daughter princess victoria commissioned the first columned wedding cake modeled after the elaborate spire atop of london s st.
Queen victoria commissioned the original tiered wedding cake. Her wedding was widely influential and is said. On february 10 1840 queen victoria married prince albert of saxe coburg and gotha.
Traditionally the wedding cake was a dark rich fruitcake with ornate white frostings of scrolls orange blossoms etc. Victorian wedding cakes were way more extreme than you d ever imagine and we have a rebellious queen victoria to thank for it. Pastel victorian style wedding cake this five tier wedding cake was designed by the bride and myself.
On february 190 1840 the queen. Before that couples would kiss over a tall pile of iced buns for good luck. Photos of the final cake and it being made with its final placing in holkham hall for filming.
The cake was cut and boxed and given to guests as they left. Queen elizabeth was the first person who chose to wear a white. Typically a victorian style wedding cake was a dark fruit cake decorated with delicate patterns of rolled fondant and with flowers ornate patterns and even pearls.
Replica wedding cake for the bbc documentary about queen victoria and alberts wedding day made by smiths the bakers. It weighed over 300 pounds and was covered with roses. In early victorian times there were usually three wedding cakes one elaborate cake and two smaller ones for the bride and groom.