A lemon and amaretti Swiss roll trifle is to be the official pudding for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee after beating thousands of people in a competition to find a new royal dessert. Jemma Melvin, a ...

Jemma Melvin said the dessert was inspired by the Queen's wedding cake. A treat fit for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee has been dubbed the top dessert to mark the special occasion and the ...

The Platinum Jubilee, unfolding over a four-day bank holiday in the U.K., commemorates Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne. She is the longest-ruling monarch in the nation's history. The ...

LONDON (AP) — It’s not just a trifle. It’s history. A 31-year-old copywriter’s seven-layer lemon Swiss roll and amaretti trifle beat 5,000 desserts in a U.K.-wide competition to become the official ...

Jemma Melvin, a copywriter from Southport, Merseyside, who only decided to enter after a friend suggested it to her, said winning the contest was “surreal”. Some 5,000 people aged between eight to 108 ...

The festivities include pageants, parties, lighting of beacons, horse races and, of course, an official dessert, with notes of lemon and amaretto. Platinum Jubilee Pudding, as the dessert is called, ...