Platinum Pudding finalists announced ahead of Queen’s Jubilee
The IndependentStay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The finalists for the Queen’s Jubilee Platinum Pudding competition have been announced – and includes a crown-shaped Victoria sponge. The Duchess of Cornwall and Dame Mary Berry will announce the winner during a special BBC One programme, The Queen’s Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking, which airs on 12 May. Shabnam said: “My falooda cake is a humble cake of the people, and by qualifying I felt I was representing people from all walks of life, their struggles, journeys, their hopes and aspirations, and I hope it is inspiration for anyone really, that you can achieve anything if you just believe in yourself.” Sales manager Susan from Scotland has created a four nations pudding, which includes Scottish berries, Yorkshire rhubarb, Welsh cakes and Irish butter and cream. So I wanted my pudding to represent us as one nation.” Sam, a lawyer from Warwickshire, submitted a crown-shaped Victoria sponge bundt cake that includes a Dubonnet jam, as she read this was the Queen’s favourite tipple.