MONSTER WEDDING CAKE

Evening Star, Issue 14187, 12 October 1909, Page 6

MONSTER WEDDING CAKE

An Auckland baker has, by royal command of His Majesty King George .11. of Tonga, designed and built a cake for the coming nuptials of that potentate which has probably never had its peer in the annals of New Zealand cakes. Tt is a dazzling creation of sweet and daintilyconceived toothsomeness (says the 'Star 5 ), measuring 4ft across its base, and standing in its five tiers, surmounted by the crown and boucruet, a full Bft. On the panel of the lowest tier are the initials of the King himself, and on the successive tiers appear the bride's initials, the facsimile cf the Tongan crown, the Tongan coat-of-arms, and the King's coat-of-arnis. The whole fabric weighs 5001b, and is a revelation in the art of building wedding cakes. The identity of the lady upon whom the King's choice has fallen is being kept a -strict palace secret, even to the extent of veiling her initials Trom the vulgar eyes that gaze on the cake in the baker's window. Her initials were communicated to the cake-maker strictly on this condition. Tt is understood, however, that there has been some competition for the royal hand, and this unusual secrecv respecting the name of His Majesty's future consort is suggested as being a, simple method of avoiding the tears of disappointed hopes until the actual day of the ceremony, which will take place' shortly after the arrival of the Tofua with the cake.