Kate Middleton Was Apparently Very Specific About The Cake She Wanted For Her Wedding
It's been a decade since Prince William and Kate Middleton got married in front of the entire world, and their recent anniversary has sparked a renewed interest in all that went on behind the scenes. The woman in charge of the couple's extravagant wedding cake, Fiona Cairns, told PEOPLE about the entire process and exactly how specific Kate was about her cake for the big day.
Cairns told the outlet Kate was very detailed about what she wanted when it came to her wedding cake. "The brief came from Kate, and she was very specific. The theme of the wedding was to be very classical, very imaginative, and stylish," Cairns said, explaining that the couple did stray from royal tradition quite a bit: "Where William and Kate's cake broke with tradition was that she made it very clear she didn't want a cake as tall as some of the previous royal wedding cakes."
Kate asked for softer icing made from sugar paste as opposed to the typical royal icing. She also put together a list of 17 flowers and leaves she wanted to be included on her cake. Cairns also recalled Kate being particular about the colors and flavors that were to be used.
"It had to be multitiered, and it had to be a fruit cake. She didn't want any gold or glitter. It wasn't to have any color on it all. It had to reflect the flowers of the four [U.K.] nations, and it also had to reflect the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace, where the cake was going to be, to show some of the architectural detail," Cairns told the mag.
In fact, the final eight-tiered traditional fruitcake was so grand in size that staff had to remove a door to the Picture Gallery in Buckingham Palace in order to get the cake there in one piece. It turned out exactly as Kate requested, though, and pieces of it have since been saved and served at all three of the children's christenings.
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