How Prince Harry And Meghan Markle’s Wedding Cake Will Break Royal Tradition
May 18, 2018 by apost team
It was rumored some months ago that Prince Harry and fiancé Meghan Markle were going to serve a banana cake at their wedding, a far cry from the traditional cakes served at past royal weddings. Though this seemed in character for the somewhat rebellious couple, there will sadly be no banana cake served to the queen.
However, news and photos of the baker behind the highly anticipated royal wedding cake have surfaced, and it is a treat for the senses.
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Since the engagement announcement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on November 27, 2017, there has been a lot of excited talk about what the wedding would entail. Because it’s unlikely that Prince Harry will ever become King, he and his American fiancé have the luxury of moving away from the norm of traditional royal weddings. Sources say Meghan will have two luxurious wedding dresses for the special day, a gown for the ceremony and a more sophisticated dress for the evening, and the wedding will play host to more than 2,000 members of the public.
But when it came to the cake, Meghan took the lead.
The humanitarian activist and former actress chose a fellow American living in London to create their beautiful cake, and the recipe they concocted is a modern upgrade to past royal cakes.
It is tradition for the top tier of a royal wedding cake to be made out of fruitcake so that it could be preserved. The formula for the top layer was created in the 18th century by Elizabeth Raffald, who took the celebratory fruitcake and covered it in an almond paste and a thick layer of icing, which is now commonly referred to as “royal icing.” Most guests picked their way through the icing to enjoy the almond paste, while the fruitcake went almost untouched. Fruitcake can last quite long without developing mold, and doesn’t require refrigeration, which was unavailable at that time.
Prince William and Kate were the last to have an eight-tiered fruit cake festooned with iced flowers and delicate details, which Kate insisted shouldn’t be too “grandiose.”
California native Claire Ptak has been trusted with Harry and Meghan’s cake, and judging by her charming Instagram page and decorating aesthetic, she is a good choice for the spring themed celebration.
She and the couple have decided on an organic Amalfi lemon and English elderflower cake, which will incorporate the “bright flavors of spring.” Days before the wedding, the baker received a large order of freshly picked organic lemons, which she posted to Instagram with the caption, “And so it begins.”
Though the cake still has a fruit theme, it is definitely a step away from the dense, fruit-filled dessert the royal family has known to love and accept. Soon bakeries will be full of their own version of the cake, and people around the globe will be having a taste of modern royalty.
The couple's wedding date is May 19, 2018.
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