Princess Diana's Wedding Cake

Capturing the imagination of an era, Princess Diana’s wedding cake was a masterpiece of English tradition.

Standing over five feet tall, the cake was wrapped with royal icing and decorated with the Windsor royal coat of arms made from marzipan.

English wedding cakes are traditionally fruit cakes containing nuts, raisins, dried fruit and brandy. Made by baker David Avery, he recalls “just preparing and soaking the fruit took three days.” To view the recipe for Princess Diana’s Wedding Cake visit http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/29/
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As two identical wedding cakes were created in case of accidents, it took 14 weeks to complete the process.

Princess Diana was 19-years-old when she met with David Avery from the Royal Navy Cookery School to approve the design. The school had been asked to prepare the cake because of Prince Charles’ navy background. For more information about the baker’s experience visit http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/features/Diana-was-just-as-nervous.3156752.jp

The second tier of the cake was later transformed into Prince William's christening cake.


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