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Superb Downton Abbey Cake Inspired By Dame Nellie Melba’s Outfit

Downton Abbey Cake inspired by Dame Nellie Melbas Outfit 

This Superb Downton Abbey Cake inspired by Dame Nellie Melba’s Outfit was made for the Downton Abbey Themed Cake Collaboration – A Sweet Farewell To Downton.

 

Laura Evas

 

This Superb cake was made by Laura Evans from A Slice of Evan located in Essex, UK

 

Downton Abbey Cake inspired by Dame Nellie Melbas Outfit

 

Here is Laura’s description of her Superb cake:

My inspiration was an outfit worn by opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, who performs at Downton Abbey.  I fell in love with the outfit as soon as I saw it.  I adore the textures and movements and how the rich, elegant gold dress was compliments so well by the soft, slightly textured, flowing cloak.    I chose to use a combination of sugarpaste, piped royal icing, dragees, wafer paper and a lot of edible glitter flakes.  I painted the bottom tier gold to begin with, but it was very garish, so I sprayed pearl lustre over it, hoping to tone it down.  It ended creating the perfect shade of gold.