Everything You Need To Know About The Royal Wedding Cake

It will be a spring inspired lemon and elderflower cake

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21 March 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding cake

Image credit: Getty/Instagram @violetcakeslondon

The royal wedding is officially less than two months away –eek! And we believe the most exciting wedding news yet has just been revealed…details of the wedding cake.

Kensington Palace broke the news on their Twitter and Instagram accounts that the royal wedding cake will be made by Californian pastry chef Clair Ptak who owns the London-based Violet Bakery.

The spring inspired wedding cake will be a lemon elderflower flavoured cake covered in buttercream and decorated in fresh flowers, which are SO on trend for spring 2018. Claire Ptak focuses on using seasonal and organic ingredients, as Meghan Markle has previously interviewed the bespoke wedding cake maker for her former lifestyle website The Tig.

For their wedding cake Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle have chosen pastry chef Claire Ptak, owner of the London-based bakery @violetcakeslondon. The couple have asked Claire to create a lemon elderflower cake that will incorporate the bright flavours of spring. It will be covered with buttercream and decorated with fresh flowers Claire Ptak, who was raised in California, focuses on using seasonal and organic ingredients in her cakes. Ms. Markle previously interviewed Chef Ptak for her lifestyle website The Tig. Prince Harry and Ms. Markle are looking forward to sharing the cake with guests at their wedding at Windsor Castle on May 19th. PA

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Whilst Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are looking forward to sharing the cake with guests at their wedding at Windsor Castle on May 19th, we’re gutted we don’t get to try a slice ourselves!

But, here are 5 cakes made by Claire Ptak which might give us an insight into what the royal wedding cake will look like…