Royal Wedding: The Cake
Not just any cake will do for a royal wedding... Prince William and Princess Catherine wanted a traditional wedding cake with a few modern twist.
The royal couple turned to British baker Fiona Caims to get the job done. Caims came up with a multi-tiered fruitcake with cream and white piping for the cakes design. The British baker also used Catherine's list of the "language of flowers" to design the cake.
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Caims states, "Catherine wanted a traditional wedding cake with a modern twist." So in order to achieve this, Caims used "scroll work, lattice work, intricate piping techniques, and sugar flowers" to decorate the cake.
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Adding, "We've used Catherine's list of the 'language of flowers.' The 'language of flowers' is something that was used in Victorian times to express, in a coded way, emotions that couldn't easily or openly be expressed in words but [could be] conveyed in flowers. So all the flowers have meanings."
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On how they picked the flavor of the cake, Caims said, "We sent over samples of different fruitcake types and they picked their favorites and commented." And for the final design, "When Catherine saw the first sketches, she clapped. She is so excited. It's something she has always dreamed of."
What do you think of the cake?
