Warwick baker to work on Queen's wedding cake replica

A baker from Warwick has been selected to help recreate a replica of the Queen's wedding cake.
Saffron Butcher, a baker who has been chosen to work on a new replica of the Queen's Wedding Cake after the original replica was vandalised. NNL-170322-003506009Saffron Butcher, a baker who has been chosen to work on a new replica of the Queen's Wedding Cake after the original replica was vandalised. NNL-170322-003506009
Saffron Butcher, a baker who has been chosen to work on a new replica of the Queen's Wedding Cake after the original replica was vandalised. NNL-170322-003506009

Saffron Butcher, who lives just off Coventry Road, has been a professional baker for four years.

Towards the end of last year, Mrs Butcher decided to give up her full-time job as a Weight Watchers leader to pursue baking full time.

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Mrs Butcher, who runs ‘Caking and Baking’ from her home, makes bespoke cakes for occasions such as birthdays, weddings and corporate events.

She said: “I have always loved baking and I got into decorating cakes as I suffer from insomnia and it was something I could do quietly without disturbing anybody and it has become a passion of mine.”

The Warwick-based baker, who is a member of the British Sugarcraft Guild, has been selected to work as a cake decorator on a new replica of the Queen’s wedding cake.

The original replica of the cake was made by Peek Frean in 1947 and was featured in a recent exhibition of the Peek Frean company in London.

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When the exhibition changed premises the cake was left behind for collection at a later date but when people gained access to the building in July 2015 they vandalised the replica.

The British Sugarcraft Guild are now working on creating a new replica for the Queen’s 70th wedding anniversary in November.

Mrs Butcher said: “I belong to the Warwick branch of the guild and I put my name forward and they asked me to come and help and I am honoured to be asked to do this. It is very exciting. I never thought in my wildest dreams I would be asked to do something like this.

“It would mean a lot to anybody to be able to receive a replica of their wedding cake but to do it for the Queen, it all means so much and it really is the wedding cake holy grail,” she added.

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Mrs Butcher will be joining other bakers from the Midlands this weekend for the first regional workshop for the cake, where they will be working on tier 4.

She said: “It will be really special to know my work will be on show for so long.”

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