SC - Sweets to the sweet, have some fruitcake...

[Stefan li Rous]

Elysant answered Admantius' question with:
> Well this is not a taker for the Gold Medal Master A., but there is a
> tradition
> we have in Britain, (not done so much these days) that the top tier of an
> iced Wedding cake is supposed to be kept for use as a Christening cake for
> the first born....  I'm wondering if the Royal Icing helps preserve the
> cake....?

Here, the tradition is to save it for the first wedding aniversery. From
personal experience, and other reports, I can say it is usually not very
good by then. Maybe the British have their first born much sooner or
they have stronger stomachs. :-)

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