Fun Thread: Royal Wedding Cake Replica.
Decorating By vgcea Updated 16 Sep 2013 , 5:46pm by kikiandkyle
AI was recently approached to replicate Kate and Wills' 8 tier mammoth of a cake... for $1000. I never even bothered addressing the price because there was no way little CFL baker (with zero Lambeth experience) would be able to pull that off, much less with 2 weeks notice. I was informed that some caker has accepted the task at that price point. May the odds be ever in their favor. I await pictures....
The request got me thinking how many people, hours and $ do you think it would take you to recreate that masterpiece?
AIs the whole thing cake, or did they want some dummy tiers as well?
I did a 6 tier dummy cake (Margaret Braun style) that took me 8 hours total. It would have been about twice that if I had to bake and ice those tiers as well. I haven't studied the royal wedding cake to address this question (though I have seen pics back when it was made) but I would venture an estimate of about 20-30 hours of total decorating time for a seasoned decorator if the whole thing is cake.
AWell it took the pro with a team of 50 staff 5 weeks, so I can't wait to see the train wreck that $1,000 and two weeks gets you. There were 900 sugar flowers on it alone, never mind all the piping.
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Well it took the pro with a team of 50 staff 5 weeks, so I can't wait to see the train wreck that $1,000 and two weeks gets you. There were 900 sugar flowers on it alone, never mind all the piping.
Also $1000 sounds like a lot to spend on cake till you consider they want the replica of an $80, 000 cake (per some reports online).
AI just googled it, and I would love to see the $1000 version :-)
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I try to stay positive about these things but I'm nervous for the client. It takes a pro to take one look at that cake and know it is an impossible quest. They would need a staff of cakers working full time for those 2 weeks on the cake only to do the original justice. The labor alone makes $1000 a pittance.
Also $1000 sounds like a lot to spend on cake till you consider they want the replica of an $80, 000 cake (per some reports online).
That's because you are a nice, goodhearted person. I am not, and look forward to seeing it featured on cake wrecks.
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I was recently approached to replicate Kate and Wills' 8 tier mammoth of a cake... for $1000. I never even bothered addressing the price because there was no way little CFL baker (with zero Lambeth experience) would be able to pull that off, much less with 2 weeks notice.
I was informed that some caker has accepted the task at that price point. May the odds be ever in their favor. I await pictures....
The request got me thinking how many people, hours and $ do you think it would take you to recreate that masterpiece?
May the odds be ever in their favor. Hahahahahahaha!! I love it! What a perfect sentiment! 
AI am so tempted to do a dummy replica now just to see how long it would take. I think I would avoid the 12 tiers on the bottom though, maybe just do the same design but only on two stacked tiers.
For those of you who get a request for a replica of the royal wedding cake but for much less than "royal" prices, Fiona Cairns designed a smaller 5-tier version with elements of the original royal cake design here: http://cakegeek.co.uk/index.php/royal-wedding-cake-inspiration/. She charges STG1,500 for this cake (which is approximately USD$3,000).
AThat's a nice inspiration piece. Would still be more than $1,000 though!
AIt looks like they stacked up four separate 3 tier cakes around a central support for the top 5 tiers, with there being an additional very sturdy support under the fourth tier and some small rounds around the base to fill in the gaps.
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