Biscuit (cookie) flavour: Based on a recipe for metheglin (flavoured mead), an ancient drink said to have been enjoyed by Elizabeth I. Ingredients include honey, lemon, rosemary & thyme.
Decoration: Royal icing base. All designs piped in royal icing by hand and painted with food colouring gels, edible lustres, and vodka.
Context: Inspired by a pair of gloves in the collections of the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich. The gloves date from c.1630; their elaborately embroidered cuffs (or ‘gauntlets’) are made of silk, pearls, spangles, and bobbin lace. You can see a photograph of the original gloves here.