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PRINCESS EUGENIE & JACK BROOKSBANK
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02of 12PRINCE HARRY & MEGHAN MARKLEKensington Palace TwitterThenew Duke and Duchess of Sussexchose asimple, floral design for the cakeat theintimate evening receptionfollowing their wedding at Windsor Castle on Saturday. Claire Ptak of London-based bakeryViolet Cakescreated the confection made oflemon sponge cakedrizzled with elderflower syrup and topped with an Amalfi lemon curd. Ptak and her team of six bakers spent five days baking and icing each tier of the cake in Buckingham Palace, using a total of 200 Amalfi lemons, 500 organic eggs from Suffolk, 20 kgs of butter, 20 kgs of flour, 20 kgs of sugar, and 10 bottles of Sandringham elderflower cordial. The three individual cakes were transported and placed on top of gilt stands from the royal family’s collection and decorated with 150 flowers, including peonies and roses, on site that morning.
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PRINCE HARRY & MEGHAN MARKLE
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Thenew Duke and Duchess of Sussexchose asimple, floral design for the cakeat theintimate evening receptionfollowing their wedding at Windsor Castle on Saturday. Claire Ptak of London-based bakeryViolet Cakescreated the confection made oflemon sponge cakedrizzled with elderflower syrup and topped with an Amalfi lemon curd. Ptak and her team of six bakers spent five days baking and icing each tier of the cake in Buckingham Palace, using a total of 200 Amalfi lemons, 500 organic eggs from Suffolk, 20 kgs of butter, 20 kgs of flour, 20 kgs of sugar, and 10 bottles of Sandringham elderflower cordial. The three individual cakes were transported and placed on top of gilt stands from the royal family’s collection and decorated with 150 flowers, including peonies and roses, on site that morning.
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PRINCE WILLIAM & KATE MIDDLETON
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PRINCE CHARLES & PRINCESS DIANA
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QUEEN ELIZABETH & PRINCE PHILIP
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06of 12CROWN PRINCESS VICTORIA & PRINCE DANIELGetty; Courtesy Sweden’s Association of Bakers & ConfectionersWhen Sweden’s Crown Princesswalked down the aislewith Daniel Westling on June 19, 2010, the country’s Association of Bakers amp Confectioners gifted the couple their official wedding cake. Weighing 550 lbs., the decadent dessert was made up of 11 tiers, each in the shape of a lucky four-leaf clover.
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CROWN PRINCESS VICTORIA & PRINCE DANIEL
Getty; Courtesy Sweden’s Association of Bakers & Confectioners
When Sweden’s Crown Princesswalked down the aislewith Daniel Westling on June 19, 2010, the country’s Association of Bakers amp Confectioners gifted the couple their official wedding cake. Weighing 550 lbs., the decadent dessert was made up of 11 tiers, each in the shape of a lucky four-leaf clover.
07of 12PRINCE ANDREW & SARAH FERGUSONAPSpirits were very high at the July 23, 1986, wedding of Prince Andrew and Duchess Fergie, who served their guests a 5½-ft. marzipan and rum-soaked cake. The towering treat, which was prepared at the navy supply school HMS Raleigh, featured 15 ingredients, including rum, brandy and port, and was large enough to be cut into 2,000 slices.
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PRINCE ANDREW & SARAH FERGUSON
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Spirits were very high at the July 23, 1986, wedding of Prince Andrew and Duchess Fergie, who served their guests a 5½-ft. marzipan and rum-soaked cake. The towering treat, which was prepared at the navy supply school HMS Raleigh, featured 15 ingredients, including rum, brandy and port, and was large enough to be cut into 2,000 slices.
08of 12PRINCE EDWARD & SOPHIE RHYS-JONESCourtesy Linda FrippDispensing with a customary English wedding fruitcake, Prince Edward and his bride selected a seven-tier Devil’s Food cake for their June 19, 1999, wedding. Topped with tennis rackets (in a nod to the fund-raiser where the couple met), the 10-ft. tall confection took baker Linda Fripp and her staff 515 hours to create. Continuing to break with tradition, the Earl and Countess of Wessex cut their cakepriorto serving dinner – something that was downright 21st century.
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PRINCE EDWARD & SOPHIE RHYS-JONES
Courtesy Linda Fripp
Dispensing with a customary English wedding fruitcake, Prince Edward and his bride selected a seven-tier Devil’s Food cake for their June 19, 1999, wedding. Topped with tennis rackets (in a nod to the fund-raiser where the couple met), the 10-ft. tall confection took baker Linda Fripp and her staff 515 hours to create. Continuing to break with tradition, the Earl and Countess of Wessex cut their cakepriorto serving dinner – something that was downright 21st century.
09of 12KING ABDULLAH BIN AL-HUSSEIN & QUEEN RANIAMaher Attar/Sygma/CorbisItdoescut like a knife! For their June 10, 1993, wedding reception, Jordan’s Queen Rania and King Abdullah’s enormous multi-tiered, rectangular-shaped cake – decorated with crowns and lace embellishments – was sliced down to size with a sword.
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KING ABDULLAH BIN AL-HUSSEIN & QUEEN RANIA
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Itdoescut like a knife! For their June 10, 1993, wedding reception, Jordan’s Queen Rania and King Abdullah’s enormous multi-tiered, rectangular-shaped cake – decorated with crowns and lace embellishments – was sliced down to size with a sword.
10of 12KING GEORGE VI & THE QUEEN MUMPopperfoto/GettyThe official wedding cake of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later the Queen Mother) and then-Prince Albert, Duke of York, was put on display in Reading, England, prior to their April 26, 1923, nuptials. Hordes of onlookers queued up to vie for a view of the ornate, 10-ft. tall confection.
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KING GEORGE VI & THE QUEEN MUM
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The official wedding cake of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later the Queen Mother) and then-Prince Albert, Duke of York, was put on display in Reading, England, prior to their April 26, 1923, nuptials. Hordes of onlookers queued up to vie for a view of the ornate, 10-ft. tall confection.
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CROWN PRINCE PAVLOS & PRINCESS MARIE-CHANTAL
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PRINCE RAINIER & PRINCESS GRACE
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