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A Great Royal Bake-Off! William and Catherine made from cake

Life-size cake sculptures of the Prince and Princess of Wales crafted by sugar artist Emma Jayne Cake Design.Image source, Press Association
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The cake sculptures were life-sized versions of the Prince and Princess of Wales

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Meet the Prince and Princess of Wales as you've never seen them before - made out of cake.

The unusual creations went on display at Cake International at Birmingham's NEC from 6-8 November.

The event attracts cake artists, bakers and chocolatiers from all over the world with around 25,000 visitors coming each year to see the amazing edible sculptures and lifelike creations.

A side-by-side collage of two highly realistic cake sculptures depicting famous television personalities. On the left, a bust-style cake shows a person with straight dark hair and a fringe, wearing a green jacket over a black high-neck top. On the right, a full-length cake sculpture shows a person standing with hands on hips in a glittering black dress, posed in front of a red sequined backdrop. Both entries demonstrate advanced modelling, painting and sugar artistry techniques.Image source, Cake International
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Claudia Winkleman and Alison Hammond also got the cake treatment

Edible versions of celebrities like Bake Off host Alison Hammond, created by professional cake decorator Zoe Hopkinson, were also on display at the show.

Former Strictly host, Claudia Winkleman was also recreated in cake form.

Cake artist Emma Jayne stands alongside her sculptures of the royals.
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The couple were made by cake artist Emma Jayne

The Royal cakes are the work of award-winning cake artist Emma Jayne, who spent three months creating the scene of the Prince and Princess on the Buckingham Palace balcony.

The inside of the sculptures are made up of rice pops and marshmallow, with 20kg of modelling chocolate used to make the heads.

She then covered it with 60kg of sugar paste - "as you would cover a birthday cake".

She said: "It has been phenomenal, everyone is loving it!"

It's far from the first time the artist has made a Royal recipe either, after making King Charles III in 2023 and a Queen Elizabeth I for the event the following year.