THE latest winner of the Channel 4 TV series The Great British Bake Off, Jasmine Mitchell, has presented the Archbishop of Canterbury with a fig, honey, and almond cake, adorned with “olive branches to symbolise peace and healing”, to commemorate her forthcoming installation.
The cake, which was presented to Archbishop Mullally on Friday at Lambeth Palace, was decorated “with olive branches to symbolise peace and healing, with the form of a scallop shell piped on the side to reflect Archbishop Sarah’s love of walking and pilgrimage”, a press release from Lambeth Palace said.
“Scallop shells are traditionally a logo of many pilgrimage routes,” it continued.
Ms Mitchell, who won The Great British Bake Off last November, used honey produced by bees within the garden of Lambeth Palace, and figs that reflected the fig tree that was planted within the grounds in 1556.
Archbishop Mullally thanked Ms Mitchell for the “really thoughtful and inspired cake”, and said that its decoration “artfully weaves biblical imagery with references to Lambeth Palace and my Installation”.
Lambeth PalaceThe most up-to-date winner of The Great British Bake Off, Jasmine Mitchell
She said: “We are sometimes characterised by tea and cake within the Church of England, and I feel this could be a few of the very best I’ve had.”
Ms Mitchell said that it was a joy to fulfill Archbishop Mullally and to offer her the cake as a housewarming gift. “I loved the technique of designing and baking the cake for her. I’m praying that Archbishop Sarah would feel God together with her as she begins her latest role,” she said
During the presentation, the Archbishop and Ms Mitchell — who’s training to be a health care provider — spoke about their experiences working within the NHS and their shared Christian faith.
Afterwards, the cake was donated to The Passage, an area charity that goals to finish homelessness, and to staff within the paediatric intensive care unit on the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, which is near to Lambeth Palace.
Archbishop Mullally’s installation is as a consequence of happen on 25 March in Canterbury Cathedral.
