Piece of Princess Louise's Wedding Cake On Auction

I did not receive a piece of cake

Have you ever seen the “Seinfeld” episode called “The Frogger?” If so, you may recall that Elaine eats a piece of cake that she finds in J. Peterman’s refrigerator. To her chagrin (and intestinal discomfiture), she later learns that the piece of cake was worth $29,000. It was from the 1937 wedding of King Edward VIII of England. It was a loan, both personal and highly embarrassing, to the annals of television sitcom history.

Flush to the present. Laura Nichols reports for the Associated Press that a piece of cake that is thought to be the only surviving item from the 1871 wedding of Queen Victoria’s fourth daughter, Princess Louise, to the Marquis of Lorne.

Name your price, cake

An antiques fair in Birmingham put the piece of wedding cake up for auction at 145 pounds ($215). Will it sell for as much as Peterman paid for his cake? Will the buyer need a mortgage loan modification afterward? Who knows. But the cake does appear to be authentic. The dealer bought the piece from a private seller who is a confirmed descendant of a noble family from Kent.

The slice is one-inch thick and covered by protective parchment. According to reports, it is but a tiny part of the original five-foot cake served at Princess Louise’s wedding. The cake weighed over 225 pounds and took three months to make. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Piece of Princess Louise's Wedding Cake On Auction"