Not one but two royal wedding staples have taken a tumble
today. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have chosen a lemon and elderflower
sponge for their marriage celebrations which means that as well as taking a
swerve on the royal tradition of a fruit cake for the big day, they’ve also
ensured that another regal custom will be broken. Yep, you can rest easy. This is
one royal wedding cake that has no chance of turning up at auction.
I have to say I’m quite relieved. The hygiene obsessed part
of me always starts to tremble slightly when another piece of fruit cake cut
from an ancient royal wedding pastry appears at auction. Whether it was sliced
from William and Kate’s cake or put away for safe keeping after the Queen and
Prince Philips’s wedding, I’m always anxious when it reappears in its slightly
dusty box, yours for a small fortune and please, please don’t try to eat it.
There will be none of that for Harry and Meghan’s cake. They’ve asked Claire Ptak of Violet Bakery to create a lemon and elderflower cake which will most definitely be a sponge and covered in buttercream for good measure which means it’s not going to last beyond the end of their honeymoon. So if you are lucky enough to get a slice, just eat the thing and don’t put it on ebay.
There will be none of that for Harry and Meghan’s cake. They’ve asked Claire Ptak of Violet Bakery to create a lemon and elderflower cake which will most definitely be a sponge and covered in buttercream for good measure which means it’s not going to last beyond the end of their honeymoon. So if you are lucky enough to get a slice, just eat the thing and don’t put it on ebay.
For their wedding cake Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle have chosen pastry chef Claire Ptak, owner of the London-based bakery @violetcakes. pic.twitter.com/Rx36WBt7kC— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) March 20, 2018
Meghan has known Claire Ptak for a while and interviewed her
for her lifestyle blog, The Tig. Claire’s own website states that elderflower
is one of her go to buttercreams for spring cakes, adding that all her icings
are made using home made cordials or fresh fruit purees. All the ingredients
are organic, too, so the father of the groom will be delighted.
Elderflower has been used in food and drink for centuries
and it’s steeped in all kinds of legends. It’s meant to be rather good at
helping mums get over childbirth (double doses then for the Duchess of Cambridge
who will be attending just weeks after the arrival of baby number three) while
the Victorians loved a drop or five of elderflower cordial. Lemon is about as
spring like as it comes while the cake will be decked with flowers to give a
real taste of sunshine.
Another day, another crumb about the wedding (see what I did
there? OK, I won’t do it again). But like everything to do with the big bash at
Windsor this May, it’s already huge news. Who knew, first thing this morning,
that lemon and elderflower cake would end the day as the must have bake? In a
world filled with uncertainty, there is always cake and this is a royal
trendsetter.
Photo credit: Clarence House Instagram
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