Over the past week or so, London debuted an eight-bedroom hotel made completely out of cake. Aptly named the “Cake Hotel,” the property opened for night only — which is a good thing since guests were able to eat window sills made of fudge, book shelves made of sugar, a carpet crafted from 1,081 hand-stitched meringues, walls adorned with 2,000 macaroons and a bathtub filled with caramel popcorn.
Tate and Lyle Sugars’ — the UK PR firm responsible for the sweet creation — spokesman James Whiteley told the UK Mirror, “We think the cake hotel perfectly captures the excitement, inspiration and expertise behind the creation of our new range of golden and brown cane sugars…We hope that through the cake hotel we can showcase the versatility of golden and brown cane sugars and inspire people to get creative in the kitchen.”
Check out the video below to see how the Cake Hotel was baked and assembled.
Jessica Festa is the editor of the travel sites Jessie on a Journey (http://jessieonajourney.com) and Epicure & Culture (http://epicureandculture.com). Along with blogging at We Blog The World, her byline has appeared in publications like Huffington Post, Gadling, Fodor’s, Travel + Escape, Matador, Viator, The Culture-Ist and many others. After getting her BA/MA in Communication from the State University of New York at Albany, she realized she wasn’t really to stop backpacking and made travel her full time job. Some of her most memorable experiences include studying abroad in Sydney, teaching English in Thailand, doing orphanage work in Ghana, hiking her way through South America and traveling solo through Europe. She has a passion for backpacking, adventure, hiking, wine and getting off the beaten path.
