Queen Victoria Wedding Cake

And now almost 180 years after they tied the knot a norfolk baker has recreated a replica of queen victoria and prince albert s gigantic wedding cake.

Queen victoria wedding cake. The royal wedding a bbc documentary about the couple s big day on february 10 1840. A special tie to queen victoria who per the windsors instagram used to enjoy a slice of sponge cake every. The slice was first served in 1840 at queen victoria s wedding a slice of queen victoria s wedding cake dating from the 19th century has fetched 1 500 at auction.

A hand coloured lithograph royal wedding cake her most gracious majesty queen victoria and his royal highness prince albert married february 10 1840 shows the circular cake which was. Their wedding cake was made by the cooks of the royal navy. It will feature in victoria and albert.

But the bakers of the peek freans biscuit factory had sent a fruit cake to the wedding in 1947 as a gift nevertheless. Photo by hulton archive getty images as soon as the banquet was over the queen changed into a white silk travelling gown and set off with her new husband for windsor castle. Victoria s wedding cake though a thoroughly english plum cake on the inside had some french decorative flair on the outside.

And now almost 180 years after they tied the knot a norfolk baker has recreated a replica of queen victoria and prince albert s gigantic wedding cake. The confectioner in the royal establishment at buckingham palace created the royal wedding cake for the marriage of queen victoria and prince albert in 1840. It will feature in victoria and albert.

The cake which has survived from. The wedding cake of queen victoria and prince albert was a gargantuan creation weighing in at 300lbs 9ft in circumference and 16 inches high.