Donald and Melania Trump's 2005 wedding cake favor up for auction
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A piece of President Donald and first lady Melania Trump’s wedding day could be yours, as a wedding cake favor from the couple’s January 2005 nuptials has hit the auction block.
RR Auction has announced that a miniature chocolate cake from the Trump’s Palm Beach wedding is up for sale, with bids starting at $200.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The “sought-after souvenir wedding cake,” measuring roughly three inches in height and diameter as an individual chocolate truffle cake decorated with a “single sugar-spun buttercream rose and gold flakes.” (Reuters)
According to the dessert’s official listing page, the “sought-after souvenir wedding cake” – roughly three inches in height and diameter – is as an individual chocolate truffle cake decorated with a “single sugar-spun buttercream rose and gold flakes.”
The 14-year-old sweet comes packaged in its original ivory box, stamped with a gold monogram “MDT.”
The 14-year-old sweet for sale comes packaged in its original ivory box, stamped with a gold monogram “MDT.” (RR Auction)
The souvenir was inspired in design by the actual wedding cake from the big day, a 200-pound yellow sponge with a $50,000 price tag, according to the auction house.
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The aforementioned favor from the Mar-a-Lago bash was presented to the 350 wedding guests, including celebs such as Rudy Giuliani, Heidi Klum, P. Diddy, Shaquille O'Neal, Simon Cowell, then-Senator Hillary Clinton, and former president Bill Clinton, as per the Boston-based RR Auction.
As of Tuesday afternoon, just four bids had been placed on the iconic cake, with bidding at $267.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The confection is expected to be sold for around $1,500, as per the auction house.
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Another wedding cake favor from the Trump’s 2005 nuptials (pictured here) – sold by Julien’s Auctions – was expected to fetch the same sum when it went up for sale in November 2017. (Julien's Auctions)
Another wedding cake favor from the Trump’s 2005 nuptials – sold by Julien’s Auctions – was expected fetch the same sum when it went up for sale in November 2017 as well.