Want to Make the 2009 Emma Wedding Cake?

At Miss Taylor's wedding, Mr. Woodhouse had earnestly tried to dissuade the guests from having any wedding cake at all, and when that proved vain as earnestly tried to prevent any body's eating it ...
To create this cake, take a Nordic Ware Cathedral Bundt Pan, conveniently available at Amazon.com. And find another round pan for the bottom layer.

For the top layer, use a recipe popular during Jane Austen's day, such as Mrs. Perrot's Heart or Pound Cake, which is a pound cake recipe that includes nutmeg, cinnamon, and currants. And for the bottom layer use a plainer version of the recipe, to give it a lighter color. Embellish with flowers and leaves, and frosted grapes. And voila! Any other suggestions for making this cake? Is that frosting between the two layers? And what do you think the little white rolled up bundles are made of?

Recipe for sugar frosted grapes

Posted by Vic, Jane Austen's World