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 embellished with edible lustres and vodka.
Context: Inspired by a pair of gloves in the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The gloves date from c.1600-1650; their embroidered cuffs (or ‘gauntlets’) are made of ivory silk satin, silk threads, metal threads, and spangles. You can see photographs of the original gloves here.