16-02-2017 12:54 via theengineer.co.uk

Warwick helps re-engineer Queen’s wedding cake

3D scanning technology employed by Warwick University has been instrumental in restoring a replica of Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding cake.
(Credit: WMG)The six-tier, six-foot tall confectionary was originally designed by Peek Frean in 1947. A replica of the cake was displayed in the Peek Frean & Co factory until its closure in 1989, then later housed in a South-East London museum. But vandals almost completely destroyed the model in 2015, leaving Warwick and a team of sugar craftsmen to
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