What Was Eating At Elvis' $10,000 Wedding Reception Like?
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By ELIAS NASH
Elvis Presley tied the knot with Priscilla Beaulieu on May 1, 1967. The Presleys' wedding reception featured one of the most sumptuous meal spreads in matrimonial history.
The reception guests at the Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas dined on a $10,000 buffet spread that included oysters Rockefeller, roast suckling pig, lobster, fried chicken, and Champagne.
The buffet was packed with Southern comforts, harkening back to Elvis's Mississippi roots. Champagne flowed like a river, followed by one of the most memorable wedding cakes.
Created by the hotel's head chef, Bill Jaeger, and pastry chef Denis Martig, Presley's six-tiered wedding cake, made from yellow sponge cake, stood 5 feet tall.
It was filled with apricot marmalade and Bavarian cream flavored with kirsch, a type of brandy. For the frosting, the Presleys chose white fondant and flavored it with more kirsch.
The cake was decorated with approximately 1,600 marzipan roses, 48 sugar hearts, and 478 silver sugared almonds. It took 20 pounds of Crisco vegetable shortening to make the cake.