A cake fit for a king

Standing eight-tiers tall, covered in 900 delicate sugar-paste flowers and with its creator exhausted, the wedding cake took centre-stage at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon as the bride and groom celebrated with friends and family.

The project left its maker Fiona Cairns exhausted but elated after working for five weeks on the cake, testing her team’s skills to the limit.

The new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are fans of her fruit cakes, while Paul McCartney orders one for Christmas every year.