William and Catherine Royal Wedding Cake

On April 29, 2011, HRH William Windsor, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey, the culmination of their courtship and the beginning of a new union for the Royal Family of England. This specimen is a fragment of the official royal wedding cake from William and Catherine's ceremony, a traditional fruitcake with sugar paste icing. Royal wedding guests actually receive two slices of cake: one to eat, and one to be preserved as a souvenir from the event. Our material comes from one of these souvenir slices purchased at auction. Each hand-cut cake fragment is encased inside an acrylic specimen jar and presented in one of our classic, glass-topped riker display boxes. The riker display box measures 4 1/2" x 3 1/2". A small information card, which serves as the certificate of authenticity, is also included. Please Note: These cake fragments have NOT been stabilized in any way. That said, this item is intended for display only and should NOT be considered food. It should also be noted that fruitcakes tend to be a bit candied in texture (i.e. sticky). So, if you open the specimen jar, they may remain adhered to the acrylic top. This is normal. Finally, some fragments will have more fruit than cake and some will have more cake than fruit, just like life.