Battenberg cake is set for a comeback next year to coincide with the Queen's 70 ...

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It was reputedly created for a royal wedding almost a century and a half ago, but the Battenberg cake is set for a comeback next year to coincide with Queen Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne.

According to a recent survey, the marzipan-covered cake – famous for its distinctive chequered pattern of pink and yellow – is set to take centre stage in next year's festivities, along with the Victoria sponge, Britain's favourite cake.

Although Queen Elizabeth's 70th anniversary is in February, the occasion will be marked in earnest with an extended Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend next June.

The Battenberg was originally said to have been produced for the 1884 wedding of Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Victoria, to a German prince, Louis of Battenberg.

The couple

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