Jan 5, 2021
A group of sugar cavalry officers parade round the Prince of Wales Feathers on top of a Regency period twelfth cake It seems ages sin...
It’s interesting to see how often figurines (whether of sugar or something a bit more permanent) and crowns are part of Twelfth Night cake decorations traditionally. Another of Ivan Day’s posts shows the charms that were hidden in a Twelfth Night cake to dictate the finder’s fortune for the year - again, some of them came premade and could be re-used from year to year. (Compare with Christmas pudding charms.) Over on Regina Ysewijn’s blog, Miss Foodwise, there’s also a photo of a whole antique set of Nativity scene figures designed to sit on a Twelfth Night cake.
