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Claire Claire Ptak, owner of Violet Bakery in Hackney, east London Tuesday March 20, 2018. Ptak has been chosen to make the cake for the wedding in May of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Kensington Palace said Tuesday the royal wedding cake will be a lemon elder ower concoction incorporating “the bright avors of spring.” It’ll be covered with buttercream, and adorned with fresh owers. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
Spring-themed cake for Prince Harry, Meghan’s spring wedding
LONDON (AP) — Lemon, elder ow- er, fresh ower decorations: e cake for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s May wedding will be appropriately spring- themed.
Kensington Palace said Tuesday the royal wedding cake will be a lemon el- der ower concoction incorporating “the
bright avors of spring.” It’ll be covered with buttercream, and adorned with fresh owers.
Look for a hint of California too — the designated pastry chef Claire Ptak was raised in California and worked as a pastry chef under the celebrated Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley.
Ptak now runs Violet Bakery in London.
e palace says the couple are “very much looking forward to sharing this cake” with guests at their May 19 nuptials.
e guest list has not been released, and the designer of Markle’s dress has so far been kept secret.
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