ERSATZ ICING

Evening Star, Issue 23702, 9 October 1940, Page 11

ERSATZ ICING

MASKED WEDDING CAKES In spite of the icing sugar ban which has just come into force in Britain, war time brides will still have wedding cakes which appear to be covered in sugar-icing, writes an overseas correspondent. When London confectioners have sold out their iced wedding cakes in stock, “ substitute ” cakes will bo available. These “ substitutes ” are to take the form of sugar or white cardboard “ masks,” to be made in a number of sizes and to fit over ordinary fruit cakes. Different confectioners will make different kinds of “ masks,” which will be loaned free of charge to a bride who orders a cake. The first wedding cake made under the new regulations by one of the famous London confectioners looked uncommonly like tbe real thing. It was built up in tiers supported by the traditional white pillars. These were not made of sugar, but 1 was assured that the cake’s ingredients are as rich and as full of almond paste as ever. Snow-white tissue paper covered the cake, which was decorated with wreaths of silver orange blossoms, forget-me-nots. pink daisies What more could a bride wish for? The chef responsible for this work of art was fairly confident of her answer. And ho and his predecessors have been specialising in ceremonial confectionery for 150 years.