Lifesize King Charles is made from cake: Baker creates royal using 60kg of icing, modelling chocolate and marshmallows
A talented baker has taken the opportunity to create a stunningly lifelike bust of King Charles made entirely from cake.
Emma Jayne, from South Wales, sculpted His Majesty’s head from Rice Krispies and marshmallows before constructing his face using modeling chocolate.
It even comes complete with the monarch’s sparkling St. Edward’s Crown, which is decorated with 2,500 zodiac crystals, which Emma has carefully placed individually.
The edible parts of the crown are the giant ruby on the front and the sapphire on the back, made of hardened sugar isomalt and fondant icing.
Cake artist Emma, who spent five days building the crown, will then work to complete the king’s body using 60kg of icing.
Emma Jayne from South Wales has created a stunningly lifelike bust of King Charles – made from cake
She sculpted His Majesty’s head out of Rice Krispies and marshmallows before constructing his face with modeling chocolate
She will be showcasing her incredible creation at the Cake International event, held at the NEC in Birmingham, from November 3 to 5.
Mother-of-three Emma said: ‘King Charles’ eyes were the most time-consuming part of the cake.
‘Made from modeling paste, hand-painted and filled with piping gel, the fully edible eyes were put in the air fryer on dehydration mode for a whole day to dry out the gel and create a lifelike, glassy look.
‘His eyelashes are made of individual strands of wheat, painted with edible dyes and placed individually on his eyelids with precision and care.
“This lifelike detail is so important to me, especially when we talk about the King, and I can’t wait for people to see it up close.”
Emma Jayne has a background in fine arts and founded her company in 2012 after deciding to use her skills working with edible media.
She started designing celebration cakes and custom wedding cakes.
Emma’s career started in 2014, when she created ‘Neytiri’ from the film Avatar and presented it at Cake International – it went viral.
The mother-of-three said King Charles’ eyes were the most time-consuming part of the cake
She will be showcasing her incredible creation at the Cake International event, held at the NEC in Birmingham, from November 3 to 5
A dazzling part of the cake is King Charles’ crown, which features an edible ruby and sapphire
Last year, the baker exhibited during the ‘100 years of King Tutankhamun’ event, on the occasion of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb on November 4, 1922.
She produced the largest cake creation ever by the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, made entirely of sponge cake, rice crispy mixture, icing and sugar paste.
A dazzling part of her life-size King Charles III cake is his St. Edward’s Crown.
According to tradition, Charles wore the crown during his coronation in May. Made of solid gold and weighing 5 pounds 444 gemstones, including rubies, sapphires, garnets and tourmalines.
The crown was originally made for the coronation of Charles II in 1661 was also worn by Queen Elizabeth II at her coronation in 1953.
It is displayed in the Tower of London.