Prince William and Kate Middleton immortalised in cake by Burgess Hill baker (From The Argus)
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Prince William and Kate Middleton immortalised in cake by Burgess Hill baker
11:01am Monday 14th March 2011 in News By Emily Walker, Chief Reporter
Prince William and Kate Middleton immortalised in cake by Burgess Hill baker
Cake maker Michelle Wibowo spent more than 80 hours creating her own masterpiece in honour of next month's royal wedding, featuring likenesses of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The result is a traditional English fruit cake, carved into 3D busts with an armature inside, covered with apricot jam, 10kg marzipan and 10kg icing sugar.
The icing was sculpted with details then airbrushed with colours to make it look more realistic.
It is the centrepiece of a competition featured at this year's Ideal Home Show at London's Earls Court, to find the Ideal Home Cake Decorator of the Year.
Entrants were invited to create a royal themed wedding cake decorated for the couple's happy day on April 29. They will be on display from Wednesday.
Michelle, from Burgess Hill, who runs her own company called Sugarart, said: "I used this cake competition as a great opportunity to do something different, other than the usual traditional decorated round tiered cake people normally expect for a wedding cake. It was really a challenge for me to do this cake. It's hard work, but I really enjoyed making it."
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PaulOckenden
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11:12am Mon 14 Mar 11
Yup, that's exactly what it looks like to me.
alice1
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11:17am Mon 14 Mar 11
Ya wine me UP, 'sta wrote:Meow!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shame it doesnt look anything like them
The Advocate
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11:30am Mon 14 Mar 11
rosiedoes
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11:30am Mon 14 Mar 11
The Kate side isn't so bad, but the 'William' side looks more like Josh Gates from Destination Truth.
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The Advocate
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11:32am Mon 14 Mar 11
Sussevingian
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11:37am Mon 14 Mar 11
caeos
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12:11pm Mon 14 Mar 11
"Michelle, from Burgess Hill, who runs her own company called Sugarart,"
free cakes at the argus today.
Burgess901
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12:12pm Mon 14 Mar 11
chipmunk77
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12:39pm Mon 14 Mar 11
Burgess901 wrote:Maybe so, but it doesn't look anything like them I'm afraid, unless they've both had face transplants and been on a no food diet for the last year to get that authentic "pinched face" look!
I would like to see some of the detractors make a cake, let alone something this complex. I couldn't give a hoot about the upcoming wedding, but I salute this lady's effort.
7/10 for effort,
2/10 for realism!
Probably gone stale by now too!
rosiedoes
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1:44pm Mon 14 Mar 11
Burgess901 wrote:None of us are professing to be professional bakers, as far as I can tell...
I would like to see some of the detractors make a cake, let alone something this complex. I couldn't give a hoot about the upcoming wedding, but I salute this lady's effort.
anonymous coward
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3:00pm Mon 14 Mar 11
GRUMPAH
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4:32pm Mon 14 Mar 11
The Advocate
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10:58pm Mon 14 Mar 11
Security Words: give-what
Answer: no-praise
GRANDAD
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12:29am Tue 15 Mar 11
Piece of cake!.
stan bailey
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7:45am Tue 15 Mar 11
Ya wine me UP, 'sta says...
11:07am Mon 14 Mar 11