A look at royal wedding flowers and royal wedding cakes

They’re no longer simply Prince William and Kate Middleton — they are now officially the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I just know that if my mom had been alive today, I’d be at her house, going through YouTube clips with her of today’s wedding, or giving her a manicure as we watched wall-to-wall coverage.

Flickr photo by The British Monarchy

Overall, the royal wedding looked to be an elaborate affair that was carried off without a hitch, and in spite of the pressure and all the press, both William and Kate looked to be truly happy on their wedding day. As we all know from today’s coverage, there even appeared to be joking at the altar. I also love how Prince Harry looked to be genuinely happy for his big brother.

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Royal wedding cakes

There’s been quite a bit of news out there about the wedding cake that will be served at William and Kate’s royal wedding.

What’s most interesting to me is that the official wedding cake will be a fruit cake. Literally, the type of cake that people — maybe just us Americans? — make jokes about every Christmas. Apparently, its not really a joke to Britons — they really love their fruit cake and it is a Christmas tradition for them. I don’t know how it became a joke in America, but maybe it was just lost in translation.

Check out this interview with the baker who will design the official, multi-tiered wedding fruit cake:

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