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Ulster Menu Company's cake for the royal wedding, from a 1947 newspaper. This four-tiered cake was made by John Hood using an “old family recipe”, and decorated by William Brown. It weighed 45 kg and stood 1.5 metres high. [74] Each tier represented one of the four main industries of Northern Ireland:
The modern wedding cake as we know it now would originate at the 1882 wedding of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; his wedding cake was the first to actually be completely edible. [11] Pillars between cake tiers did not begin to appear until about 20 years later. The pillars were very poorly made from broomsticks covered in icing.
The original cake was served to 2,000 guests at the November 20, 1947 wedding of then-Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, a gift from Marion Polson, the housekeeper at the Palace of ...
It was viewed by 14,000 people and was wonderful publicity for the company. They received many commissions for royal wedding cakes and christening cakes. [22] In 1947, McVitie & Price made the principal wedding cake for Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten, which was served at the wedding breakfast. [39]
The long tradition and history of the wedding cake paved the way for modern cake decoration. According to the author of Veil of History: Wedding Cakes, Past and Present, the first figure to begin the decoration of a wedding cake was the 18th century cookbook author Elizabeth Raffald. She was also apparently the first to drape a cake with almond ...
Wedding plans were made, a date was set, and soon, Stephanie started packing. Her fiancé had found them a beautiful home in the next city over. I started dreading the wedding.
Wedding cake made by Willem Berkhoff for the occasion of the marriage of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry on 7 February 1901. On the occasion of the marriage of Queen Wilhelmina (1880–1962) and Prince Henry (1876–1934) in 1901, Berkhoff took the initiative of presenting a wedding cake to the royal couple.
The unhappy guest at the OP’s wedding, Linda, wasn’t too respectful of the couple’s choice to have a vegan wedding cake, though. Not only that, the woman believed that they’re the ...