On 21 June crowds flocked to the Garden to take a look at quite a spectacle being contstructed. Over 50 baking teams had been planning, baking and icing to make edible 3D cakes of the landmarks of Edinburgh, which were then being brought together to make a giant edible cake map of our city. I was blown away by the amazing response we had to the event, the brainchild of food events organiser extraordinaire Simon Preston. We had a record number of visitors through our gates – nearly 16K! Here are some of my favourite snaps from the day.

CakeFest on Inverleith House Lawn, 21 June 2015

Some of RBGE’s cakey contributions left to right: Botanic Cottage; Demonstration Garden; Inverleith House

The Balmoral baker takes a ride on the back of the truck with the heaviest cake of the day

The final touches being made to this sugary Scottish Parliament

Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop with RBGE’s very own Vlasta Jamnicky and her marvellous cakey titan arum

The completed cake map, being admired by the crowds before they all started gobbling it up.