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The Duchess of Cambridge\u00a0turned 40 this month, marking her milestone birthday with a trio of stunning portraits \u2013 but did Kate also celebrate with a\u00a0cake?<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s be honest, no birthday is truly complete without blowing out the candles on a cake \u2013 a tradition Duchess Kate insists on fulfilling for each of her children\u00a0Prince George,\u00a0Princess Charlotte\u00a0and\u00a0Prince Louis\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0birthdays. Back in 2019, the royal appeared in\u00a0Mary Berry\u2019s A Berry Royal Christmas<\/em><\/strong>, sharing details about her heartfelt ritual for her children on the eve of their special day.<\/p>\n \u201cI love making the cake,\u201d the Duchess shared. \u201cIt\u2019s become a bit of a tradition that I stay up \u2019til midnight with ridiculous amounts of cake mix and icing and I make far too much. But I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n Kate\u2019s love for baking is also shared by her and\u00a0Prince William\u2019s children, who have been known to mark special occasions with a delicious home baked treat.<\/p>\n Duchess Kate always likes to bake her children a birthday cake<\/strong><\/p>\n Last March, William and Kate shared a photo on their Instagram of an incredible Victoria\u2019s sponge cake made by George, Charlotte and Louis to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n The buttercream and jam-filled cake was decorated with perfectly piped icing and sprinkles, prompting one royal fan to comment on Instagram:\u00a0\u201cGeorge, Charlotte, Louis, you\u2019d get a handshake from Mary Berry! Happy Mother\u2019s Day!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n So, although the Duchess most likely didn\u2019t celebrate with a classic Colin the Caterpillar cake as we might do, it\u2019s likely the royal was treated to a homemade bake from her home kitchen \u2013 decorated lovingly by her and Prince William\u2019s three children.<\/p>\n Kate\u2019s Mother\u2019s Day cake was shared to the Cambridge\u2019s Instagram account<\/strong><\/p>\n The Duchess isn\u2019t the only royal to insist on celebrating with cake when it comes to birthdays \u2013\u00a0the Queen\u00a0loves it too.<\/p>\n Former royal chef\u00a0Darren McGrady\u00a0often lends his expertise to unveil the secrets of the royal kitchen. Speaking on his YouTube channel, the culinary expert revealed:\u00a0\u201cThe Queen loves chocolate and every year, it\u2019s the same cake, the same recipe \u2013 the Queen\u2019s birthday chocolate cake.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the chocolate birthday cake that was actually the recipe of her grandmother, Queen Mary. I spent 11 years rattling pans in the royal kitchens and I can\u2019t tell you how many times I made the chocolate birthday cake \u2013 twice a year!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KATE MIDDLETON\u2019S BIRTHDAY WAS MARKED BY A QUIET GIFT FROM GEORGE, CHARLOTTE AND LOUIS\u2014ONE THAT LEFT HER DEEPLY MOVED The celebration didn\u2019t unfold under chandeliers or flashing cameras. It happened… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[443,296,332,256,447,252,300],"class_list":["post-1002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royal-news","tag-birthday","tag-george","tag-marked","tag-middleton","tag-pause","tag-princess","tag-quiet"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n![\"kate](\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/f65a1a3e3ad4-kate-middleton-birthday-cake-z.jpg\")
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