Beaming with nervous excitement, Nadiya presented her showstopper bake to Queen Elizabeth in celebration of her 90th birthday.
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The first portrait features the Queen, her five her five great-grandchildren and her two youngest grandchildren.
Appearing on 2015’s Great British Bake Off, the U.K.’s BAFTA award-winning television baking competition, Hussain became famous for her sense of humor, amusing facial expressions and fantastical creations, which included a gravity-defying soda-flavored cheesecake and a chocolate peacock.
The 31-year-old star – who won the cooking series late last year – was chosen to create the spongy “orange drizzle” delight for the monarch in celebration of her huge milestone today (21.04.16) and has taken to Twitter to reveal the finished product has been packed off to Windsor Castle.
I’m officially super nervous!
And after the crowd had sung Happy Birthday, Nadiya, The Queen and Philip chatted some more, and the conversation ended with Elizabeth saying “it sounds delicious”.
Nadiya shook Elizabeth’s hand as they met, and presented the majestic orange drizzle cake with orange curd, orange buttercream and fondant.
She also posted some photos of the leftover ingredients in her kitchen at home. “I just don’t want to disappoint the queen”, she emphasized during the clip.
She said on ITV’s ‘Loose Women’: “A few weeks ago I got an email and then a phone call from my agent, she was like, ‘Yeah it’s true'”.
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“I don’t even know if the Queen likes orange”, Nadia admitted.
