Check Out the Royal Wedding Cake

Celebrity News April 29, 2011 AT 1:03PM
Check Out the Royal Wedding Cake Credit: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Ready for dessert?

The first photos of Prince William and Duchess Kate's wedding cake have been released -- and it looks yummy!

William, 28, and Kate, 29, chose a traditional multitiered fruitcake with cream and white piping designed by prestigious British baker Fiona Cairns.

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Beginning in February, Cairns worked closely with the couple in secret on the concoction.

"Catherine wanted a traditional wedding cake with a modern twist," Cairns told Us Weekly. To that end, Cairns and her team used "scroll work, lattice work, intricate piping techniques, sugar flowers" to decorate the treat.

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"We've used Catherine's list of the 'language of flowers'," Cairns added. "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."

For example, the bridal rose symbolizes happiness, ivy leaves marriage, and "Sweet William" flowers, which represent gallantry.

Like any engaged couple, William and Kate tested several different flavors.

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"We sent over samples of different fruitcake types and they picked their favorites and commented," she said.

Adds an insider, Catherine loved the design. "When Catherine saw the first sketches, she clapped. She is so excited. It's something she has always dreamed of."

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What if there's a cake disaster before it's time for dessert? Cairns' team has prepped a duplicate cake just in case there's any damage during transit.

Commemorate Will & Kate’s big day with our Us Collectors Edition: Royal Wedding with all the photos, anecdotes and details of the wedding. Available for pre-order now and on sale May 6.

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  • January 30, 2012 - 5:08am Theriza Le Roux

    To: AHMED ALASSAFI - how can you hate people you do not even know personnaly? You"re sucks - eeeeeecky!

  • January 30, 2012 - 5:08am Theriza Le Roux

    To: AHMED ALASSAFI - how can you hate people you do not even know personnaly? You"re sucks - eeeeeecky!

  • January 30, 2012 - 5:08am Theriza Le Roux

    To: AHMED ALASSAFI - how can you hate people you do not even know personnaly? You"re sucks - eeeeeecky!

  • May 04, 2011 - 3:42pm Kayla Donaca

    to ahmed alassafi some things are better left unsaid and its really rude of you to say something like that... let them be happy they dont rule your country so dont try to spoil their happiness

  • May 04, 2011 - 3:32pm Kayla Donaca

    i actuallly cried kate is a classic beauty

  • May 03, 2011 - 6:32am Safari Jean Jacques

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  • May 01, 2011 - 7:47pm Mary Rose Johnson

    what a beautiful cake very nicely done i am proud to see you happy wiilliam congratulations to kate and william

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  • April 29, 2011 - 7:15pm Ahmed Alassafi

    hi willims i do not like you so much and also i do not like your princess i hate you two the prince and the princess.Iam sorry to say that but that is the truth.........

  • April 29, 2011 - 7:04pm Angela Ramskill

    stunning

  • April 29, 2011 - 5:38pm Guadalupe Escareno

    wow

  • April 29, 2011 - 3:24pm Losalina Sikahema

    awesome day,for those 2 so beautiful.

  • April 29, 2011 - 3:08pm Chris Drake

    Everything is so beautiful. So well planned and elegant.

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