Where Guests Served Cake From Kate And Williams Wedding At Louis Christening

Prince William and Kate Middleton will serve a tier of their wedding cake from 2011 at the christening of their tertiary child, Prince Louis, on Monday.
It'due south custom for members of the British royal family to save cake layers for their future children's christenings.
Tiers of William and Middleton's wedding ceremony block were served at both Prince George and Prince Charlotte'south christenings in 2013 and 2015, respectively.

Guests at Prince Louis' christening tin can look frontwards to a special slice of seven-twelvemonth-old cake, following regal tradition.

The service, which is taking place on Mon at St. James' Palace in London, Britain, volition exist followed past a private reception where Prince William and Kate Middleton volition serve a tier of their wedding ceremony block from 2011.

Designed by Fiona Cairns, the famous eight-tiered cake was made from 17 private fruit cakes, the traditional choice for British royal weddings, and busy with 17 different types of iced flowers and leaves.

Prince William and Kate Middleton'southward wedding ceremony cake.

While couples in America oftentimes salve the elevation of their wedding cake for their kickoff anniversary, it'due south custom for members of the British royal family unit to save cake layers for their future children'due south christenings. Cairns previously told Town & State that tiers of the cake she broiled for Prince William and Kate Middleton's nuptials were served at both Prince George and Prince Charlotte'due south christenings in 2013 and 2015, respectively.

Co-ordinate to Kylie Carlson, the managing director of the International Academy of Wedding & Event Planning, not-royals in the Great britain have likewise followed this tradition. Speaking to Today Food, Carlson said that standard British wedding cakes feature three tiers, each of which serves a different purpose. "The bottom is meant for eating at the anniversary, while the center is to be served afterwards the event," she explained. "The top tier is then preserved for the couple'due south beginning kid's christening."

That said, the tradition'southward popularity may be dwindling among couples today, especially as they ditch custom for more than modern weddings.

"It is British tradition to accept all-fruitcake wedding cakes, but with time, there has been more than creativity in the tradition and all sorts of cakes are seen," Sophie Hall, senior hymeneals planner at Quintessentially Weddings, told Today Food.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, for case, served a lemon elderflower cake at their May hymeneals.

Co-ordinate to the royal family unit's official website, Prince Louis' christening volition feature a few other traditions. The immature royal will wear a handmade replica of the royal christening robe, fabricated by Angela Kelly, the dressmaker to the queen. And the Lily Font, which has been used in every royal christening since 1841, will be filled with water from the River Hashemite kingdom of jordan and used to baptize Prince Louis.

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