McVitie’s and Pladis have created, baked and decorated a cake to be presented as a gift at Windsor Castle in commemoration of the Coronation of their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
The design of the cake signals the Carolean age, and takes inspiration for the Prince’s Foundation ethos, ‘Respecting the Past, Building the Future.’
Each tier is inspired by aspects of historic Coronation regalia, with the bottom tier featuring matt stone icing reflecting the Stone of Destiny and the second engraved with the pattern from the Anointing spoon.
The third tier is embossed with gilded detailing from the Coronation Chair and the final tier is topped by a ceramic interpretation of the Sovereign’s Orb, one of the Crown Jewels.
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The cake, which took five months to make is a dark fruit cake created by pladis’ Chef, Robert Craggs, and inspired by McVitie’s recipe archive for previous Royal cakes.
Standing at approximately 1.2 metres tall, the cake includes 300 Duchy organic free-range eggs and features fruits including sultanas, raisins, and glacé cherries.
Aged for two months, the fruit cake was made with over 300kg of batter, baked in small batches and individually fed with 1,000 Trees Apple Eau de Vie 2020 from Capreolus Distillery in Cirencester.
“On behalf of the Pladis family, it is an honour for us to present this uniquely crafted cake to celebrate Their Majesties’ Coronation. As a Royal Warrant holder, this culinary contribution to the Coronation builds on a long history proudly serving the British Royal Family,” Pladis UK and Ireland managing director, David Murray said.
