The Royal Wedding
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This article was published 30/04/2011 (5424 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Queen gave a luncheon reception at Buckingham Palace for 650 guests. The canapés included:
Cornish Crab Salad on Lemon Blini
Pressed Duck Terrine with Fruit Chutney
Roulade of Goat Cheese with Caramelized Walnuts
Assortment of Palmiers and Cheese Straws
Scottish Smoked Salmon Rose on Beetroot Blini
Miniature Watercress and Asparagus Tart
Poached Asparagus Spears with Hollandaise Sauce for Dipping
Quails’ Eggs with Celery Salt
Scottish Langoustines with Lemon Mayonnaise, Pressed Confit of Pork Belly with Crayfish and Crackling
Wild Mushroom and Celeriac Chausson
Bubble and Squeak with Confit Shoulder of Lamb
Grain Mustard and Honey-Glazed Chipolatas
Smoked Haddock Fishcake with Pea Guacamole
Miniature Yorkshire Pudding with Roast Fillet of Beef and Horseradish Mousse
Gâteau Opera
Blood Orange Pâté de Fruit
Raspberry Financier
Rhubarb Crème Brûlée Tartlet
Passion Fruit Praline
White Chocolate Ganache Truffle
Milk Chocolate Praline with Nuts
Dark Chocolate Ganache Truffle
Guests were served Pol Roger NV Brut Réserve Champagne with a selection of other soft and alcoholic drinks. The wedding cake and a chocolate biscuit were also served. The wedding cake, designed by Fiona Cairns, was made from 17 individual fruit cakes (12 of which formed the base) and had eight tiers. There were 900 individually iced flowers and leaves of 17 different varieties decorated on the cake.
Each of the 17 different flower designs on the official wedding cake has their own individual meaning according to the Language of Flowers. They include:
White rose — national symbol of England
Daffodil — national symbol of Wales, new beginnings
Shamrock — national symbol of Ireland
Thistle — national symbol of Scotland
Acorns, oak leaf — strength, endurance
Myrtle — love
Ivy — wedded love, marriage
Lily-of-the-valley — sweetness, humility
Rose (bridal)– happiness, love
Sweet William — grant me one smile
Honeysuckle — the bond of love
Apple blossom — preference, good fortune
White heather — protection, wishes will come true
Jasmine (white) — amiability
Daisy — innocence, beauty, simplicity
Orange blossom — marriage, eternal love, fruitfulness
Lavender — ardent attachment, devotion, success, and luck
Source: Clarence House website