--- title: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Share Royal Wedding Cake description: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have revealed their wedding cake details and the pastry chef — Claire Ptak. canonical: https://time.com/5206888/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-cake/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-20T14:39:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:30.035Z og:title: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Revealed Their Wedding Cake og:description: It's going to be delightfully spring-y og:url: https://time.com/5206888/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-cake/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64c66563454518f5/69892b57fb4eac2f0089611c/gettyimages-931042290.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Commonwealth Day Service og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Revealed Their Wedding Cake twitter:description: It's going to be delightfully spring-y twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64c66563454518f5/69892b57fb4eac2f0089611c/gettyimages-931042290.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # We Now Know the Delightful Details About Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Wedding Cake by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Mar 20, 2018 2:39 PM UTC  LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 12: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend the 2018 Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on March 12, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 12: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend the 2018 Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on March 12, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)Karwai Tang—WireImage by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Mar 20, 2018 2:39 PM UTC Even if you’re not invited to the royal wedding, Prince Harry and [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5176654/st-georges-chapel-windsor-castle-venue/) will still let you in on their plans for their [wedding cake](http://time.com/5176654/st-georges-chapel-windsor-castle-venue/). Pastry chef Claire Ptak of London bakery Violet Cakes will do the honors for the official wedding cake, Kensington Palace announced to the world Tuesday morning. It’s going to be a lemon elderflower cake that will “incorporate the bright flavors of spring.” It will be enrobed in buttercream and decorated with real fresh flowers. (Elderflower comes from the blossoms of an elderberry, and you’ll often find it in aromatic syrup form sweetening wines and cordial drinks.) It’s a modern choice for the soon-to-be royal couple, who will eschew fruitcake, the more traditional celebratory choice of royalty. (Kate Middleton and Prince William went with fruitcake and sugar paste flowers for their official wedding cake in 2011.) This isn’t the first time Markle and Ptak have joined forces. Markle interviewed Ptak for her lifestyle website The Tig. Before opening her cafe in London in 2010, Ptak served as a pastry chef at [Alice Waters’](http://time.com/collection-post/70811/alice-waters-2014-time-100/) organic destination restaurant Chez Panisse Berkeley California. “I can’t tell you how delighted I am to be chosen to make Prince Harry and Ms. Markle’s wedding cake,” Ptak said in a statement. “Knowing that they really share the same values as I do about food provenance, sustainability, seasonality and most importantly flavour, makes this the most exciting event to be a part of.” You can browse through some [Claire Ptak recipes at Food & Wine](http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/recipes-londons-violet-bakery). The recently [Queen of England-approved wedding](http://time.com/5201611/queen-elizabeth-meghan-markle-prince-harry/) is just two months away. Let the worldwide elderflower frenzy commence. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/976039358200500225) Here’s the chef. It looks like her bakery knows how to put out a flowery cake. And they’re pretty serious about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. For Mother’s Day, they made rhubarb cream choux buns with edible gold [dragees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%C3%A9e). 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