The pictures are different - it's not the same cake. However, let's assume for a minute that we are not being hoodwinked and that the queen's wedding cake truly is up for auction - who on earth would buy such a stale old, old, old cake and what would they do with it? Surely not eat it? Preserving and safeguarding it from ants and the like would be a problem, not to mention watching the icing sweat and disintegrate (sugar does that) in front of your eyes after paying $thousands for it. That cake would be a HELL thing to own!!!

Robi, I didn't put the photo of the cake there.  There was no photo on the Sky News site except one of Queen Elizabeth.

I think it's one that admin put there so maybe just a photo of a wedding cake and that the one RnR has put up would be the correct one.

ApparentlyThe sweet treat has been kept for the last seven decades in a small box decorated with wedding bells, and features the inscription 'Presented to Mr C. Dickman by Princess Elizabeth, Nov 20th 1947.

:) The cake in the top pic is from the wrong royal wedding. It’s the one made for Prince William and Kate. Think you're right about YLC putting it there Sandi. Might add this site had that pic for the story too.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1381944/Royal-Wedding-cake-Kate-Middleton-requested-8-tiers-decorated-900-flowers.html

Queen Elizabeth’s cake was originally created by Peek Frean in 1947 -- weighed six hundred pounds, and at the top stood a silver model of St George and the Dragon, which was given to the royal couple as a souvenir.

Queen Elizabeth wrote how she and Prince Philip "admired the beauty of its design and the excellence of its quality."

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Agree Robi re the oddness of spending so much for piece of the Queen's cake at auction.

I also have a small fruit cake that my daughter made when she did cake decorating about 30 years ago.  It's just wrapped in plastic and it looks exactly now the same as it did then.  The icing is in perfect condition.

Can't vouch for the cake underneath though.

RnR thanks for that.  I only read the bit on Sky News.  I wasn't interested enough to go searching for a photo of the cake.  Thought the Royalists on this site could search if they wanted to see a photo.

For me, the Royal Family are great for Britain but the sooner we become a Republic the better.  We should still be affiliated with the Commonwealth but stand on our own two feet.

These days the cake lasts longer than the weddings!

:) Radish. The Queen's lasted OK ... unlike many.

Ours has lasted 53 years this year.

Good on you both...:)....I am referring to marriages starting out in the 21st century;  back in my parents day many stayed together for all sorts of reasons.  These days ending a marriage is much easier.  

Radish I think the simplicity of being able to divorce these days is far too easy.

They have a dummy spit and off to the divorce court.  Maybe they should live together for 5 years first and then get married if they want to stay together.

Or maybe they could get a Learner's permit to start with and an up-grade certificate later making it permanent.

Lovely about your daughter's cake and the water bowl and jug Sandi. Treasured mementos.

 "Only the stupid will buy this"

Be sensible Mick...only an astute business man will buy this..it's a bit of history..not a tasty mouthful..

This can fetch a fortune on the open market...

I always prefer a gift that someone has made. It means that someone has put a lot of thought into the gift.

Robi like you I can't understand anyone wanting to buy it. Probably as you say it's a status thing.

I only put it up in here in case one of the Royalists wanted to put a bid in for it.  There seems to be plenty of them.  It seems the price of them at auctions has been coming down,  so they might pick it up for a song.

Who are these Royalists who may want to put in a bid? Have you any names?

Sounds a pretty sarcastic remark...

By the way..at least half of the Australian population may be called "Royalists"..

I kept the top tier of my wedding cake for 7 years, cut it on our 7th wedding anniversay and it was as good as it was on the wedding day... I do the same as you Sandi with my fruit cakes, put brandy in them and when they come out of the oven coat them again, wrap them up for a week and give them another coat of brandy... but then it's gone, family love them...

As far as the Royalists go, I understand what you're saying Sandi,  we have a few threads running on the Royal Family so there must be a good following on here...

Thea, I'm not sure if that figure would be 'at least half',  there are a lot of people whose ancestors are from other countries.... I think the Royals are good for Britain but I do wonder if their reign here has passed it's use by date...

No Deanna..the Royals have not passed their "use by date" either here or elsewhere in the world..not by a long chalk..

I'm sure you will love this picture..

I'm not a Royalist in any stretch of the imagination Thea but that doesn't mean I don't like them, and yes, I like that picture of the Queen, I've always admired her BUT that doesn't mean I'm a Royalist OR Australia NEEDS the Royals or, as you say, 'at least half the population of Australia are Royalists... I never said the Royals had passed their use by date, I meant maybe they had here in Aus.... Just saying...

I agree with you Deanna. I don't think Australia needs the Royals and I doubt very much that half the Australian population are royalists. Where did you get that figure from Thea?

When I made my Christmas Cakes I always added 1/2 flask of Overproof Rum to soak the fruit in. After a few days when all the fruit had plumped up, I then proceeded to mix in the other ingredients. When the cake came out of the oven, I pierced holes all over the top and poured the other 1/2 over the hot cake which immediately sunk in. Oh the house smelt wonderful. When the cake cooled down I wrapped it in foil and kept it in a large cake tin. This was done about 6 weeks before Christmas Day. Everybody loved it. I would love to say the cake lasted a long time, but not in my house, it was gone by the end of the week.