This ornate wedding cake was once white as a symbol of purity but has since browned with age.
The cake was made in 1898 and was originally on display in the window of a family bakery, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, which closed in 1964.
The cake had been moved to a loft, where it remained for almost a century! The baker’s daughter eventually donated it to the Willis Museum in Basingstoke.
Museum curator Sue Tapliss said:
“It has been stored in unfavourable environmental conditions, leading to the cake heating and causing the sugars to seep through to the icing, giving it a darker colour.
The baker’s daughter, who was unmarried, donated the cake towards the end of her life due to fears someone might discover it in her attic and think she had been jilted at the altar.”
Queen Victoria’s wedding cake was auctioned off in pieces but this is the world’s oldest complete wedding cake.
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