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Look! Downton Abbey star made into cake

Maggie Smith plays the Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton
Maggie Smith plays the Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton

A baker has created a cake that resembles Downton Abbey's Lady Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, played by Maggie Smith, to celebrate the season five premiere of the show in the US.

Cake decorator and chocolate artist Karen Portaleo spent a whopping 18 hours on the cake-sized Countess, which was made of vanilla and buttercream, with an Earl Grey tea soak.

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