Queen Elizabeth II turned 94 on Tuesday, and well-wishes poured in from around the world.
While the queen was born on April 21, her birthday is generally celebrated in June during an event called “Trooping the Colour.”
According to The Telegraph, this year’s event was set to take place on June 13 — but that was before gatherings of people were banned for health and safety reasons.
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“In line with Government advice, it has been agreed that The Queen’s Birthday Parade, also known as Trooping the Colour, will not go ahead in its traditional form,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
“A number of other options are being considered, in line with relevant guidance.”
On April 21, The Royal Family Instagram account shared photos of intricate, beautiful cupcakes along with the ingredients and instructions.
“Happy birthday to Her Majesty!” the account shared on Tuesday. “To celebrate The Queen’s birthday we are sharing a chocolate cupcake recipe from The Royal Pastry Chefs.”
The post also invited brave bakers to share photos of their results.
“If you or a loved one are celebrating a special occasion during isolation why not treat yourself to some #RoyalBakes? Remember to share your creations with us!” they concluded before listing the ingredients.
The ingredients will take a bit of translating as they’re all in metric form, and unless you have some expert-level decorating skills, emulating the royal cupcakes might be tricky, but it’s worth a try!
“Happy Birthday, Your Majesty!” The Royal Family account also shared, along with black-and-white footage of the queen herself as a girl. “Thank you for your messages today, on The Queen’s 94th birthday.”
“In this private footage from the @royalcollectiontrust, we see The Queen (then Princess Elizabeth) playing with her family, including her younger sister Princess Margaret.”
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“Head of the Commonwealth, Head of the Armed Forces, Head of State in 16 countries and the longest reigning Monarch in British History. Wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Happy birthday, Your Majesty!”
According to Darren McGrady, the queen’s former chef, her favorite cake was a chocolate cake known simply as “chocolate birthday cake.” It was a staple in both her April 21 and June celebrations and was a recipe that dated back to Queen Victoria.
“The queen’s a chocoholic,” McGrady told Delish. “She loves chocolate. Anything on the menu that we used to prepare at the palace that had chocolate in, she would always approve and it would go to the royal table.”
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Delish did a video on the cake, so you can follow along and make it as well!
Amanda holds an MA in Rhetoric and TESOL from Cal Poly Pomona. After teaching composition and logic for several years, she's strayed into writing full-time and especially enjoys animal-related topics.
As of January 2019, Amanda has written over 1,000 stories for The Western Journal but doesn't really know how. Graduating from California State Polytechnic University with a MA in Rhetoric/Composition and TESOL, she wrote her thesis about metacognitive development and the skill transfer between reading and writing in freshman students.
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