David MacCarfrae makes good cakes. Actually, he makes excellent cakes. No doubt you've lost sleep over the years wondering who made the wedding cake of HRH Prince Edward and Sarah Ferguson in 1986. Wonder no longer.
Cakes are, potentially, that kind of boastful food which virtually defies the viewer to turn animal and become an eater. I remember looking at our wedding cake (all those years ago) and thinking what a shame it was to spoil it by eating it.
The appeal of a cake seems to vary greatly depending on the occasion for which it is produced. The cake you bake to eat with friends at afternoon tea will likely appeal to the senses in different ways to the cake you produce for the 21st birthday party.
Ingredients and external design aside, do I even need to mention the fanfare / ritualistic devotion that can accompany the setting up and cutting of a cake?
There is little fanfare surrounding the cake in the photo above, though there was surely no lack of devotion. What sort of cake do you think appeals most to a 'young audience'? And why is it that what children find so appealing in a cake is the sort of thing that repulses many adults?
(The cake in view here was not only a gustative delight for young tastebuds, but a tactile experience for little fingers too.)
Just so we're clear, David MacCarfrae had nothing to do with this cake. And unfortunately, Andrew and Fergie never got to pull the top layer of their cake out of the deep-freeze for their 10th anniversary.
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