The Queen's birthday cake is a lot more normal than you'd expect
UPDATE: April 21, 2016, 2:56 p.m. BST Queen cuts the Royal birthday cake with Nadiya Hussain.
LONDON -- As the Queen celebrates her 90th birthday; one rather famous baker has been busy.
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Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain was tasked with baking the Queen's birthday cake, which is, of course, shrouded in mystery.
According to the BBC, Nadiya chose from eight cake designs, but settled on an orange drizzle cake with vanilla butter cream and orange marmalade.
Though the Royal cake is yet to be seen in all its majesty, Nadiya shared a shot of its many tiers in white boxes, which were waiting to be shipped off to Windsor Castle.
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She also posted some photos of the leftover ingredients in her kitchen at home.
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Judging by the photos of the surfeit of oranges, eggs and caster sugar, Nadiya used some pretty standard household baking ingredients.
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On Thursday afternoon, after much fanfare, we caught a glimpse of the Queen cutting her birthday cake next to Nadiya.
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Kudos Nadiya -- this truly is a cake fit for a Queen.
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