Published on 18 May 2018
Former University of Sunderland student Lara Mason has created the ultimate Harry and Meghan treat.
Just in time for the big day, the former Performing Arts student’s life size replica cake of the Royal couple has made headlines around the world.
The cake will eventually be on show at this year’s Cake International event at NEC Birmingham in November.
Lara carried out research online to get Harry and Meghan’s measurements, which she said was quite difficult, and modelled her work on photos taken when the couple publicly announced their engagement.
She then spent 250 hours, over six weeks, making the mouth-watering piece.
Harry stands at 6ft 2ins while Meghan is 5ft 11ins with heels. The whole cake weighs nearly 20st.
Lara said: “Every year, I enter the Cake International competition and this year they said they wanted me to create something for the event that will be an official showpiece.
“Cake International is celebrating its 25th anniversary and I decided to go with another big celebration this year - the Royal wedding.
“The piece took a long time to make and it’s the biggest cake I’ve ever done.”
The 32-year-old started with a custom-built frame, which was covered to make it food safe.
She then built up the shape, sticking each layer together with vanilla buttercream. It was all given a thick coating of chocolate ganache.
Once stacked, she used a knife to carve out the details, and icing was used to replicate the fabric on the clothes and shoes.
Everything, except the frame, is edible - even the eyes are made from poured sugar.
The cake is big enough to feed 500 people but it is unlikely anyone will get to eat it.
This is what went into the cake:
• 300 eggs
• 15kg butter
• 15kg sugar
• 15kg flour
• 50kg of icing
• 20kg of modelling chocolate
“This was made purely for the Cake International event,” says Lara, who bakes cakes as a hobby. “It will be on display there.
“I wanted to show just what can be done with cake and sugar. It is more of a piece of art.”
Lara, whose Facebook page Lara Mason Cake Art is followed by thousands of people, says she doesn’t know if the royal couple have seen her work.
She added: “I haven’t had any messages from them yet.”