British royal family news reveals the interesting story of how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding cake baker is spilling the beans on a lofty concoction. According to her, Meghan Markle gave her excellent instructions for the product.
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East London baker Claire Ptak concocted the pair’s wedding cake in 2018, and more recently was asked to bake their daughter Lilibet’s first birthday cake last year. The talented baker is sharing her secrets and interaction with the couple who were loudly booed before Lili’s birthday.
She told Tatler: “Meghan, she specifically said to me, “I don’t want to tell you what to do… the reason why I’ve chosen you is because I love your baking and your work and your point of view and your ethos”… and I was like, “oh my god, that’s so cool. The best job brief ever!’”
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Claire made it clear she has not taken sides in the war of the Windsors—she likes Harry and Meghan, and she is a fan of King Charles.
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She told the Daily Mail that she made six different tasting options for the couple before they went with the lemon and elderflower cake.
The Californian baker then produced the cake using: 200 Amalfi lemons, 500 eggs, and 10 bottles of elderflower cordial made at the Queen’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
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The baker owns Violet Bakery in East London and made a modern cake for a modern couple. It had three different types of peonies and layers of different sizes displayed on gold plinths of varying heights.
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Claire worked with six bakers full time for five days in the large kitchens of Buckingham Palace to get the massive job done. On the big day 600 enjoyed cake slices for lunch in St. George’s Hall.
In case you’d like to try it at home, be prepared to buy 200 Amalfi lemons, 10 bottles of Sandringham Elderflower Cordial 44lb of butter, 44lbof flour, 44lb of sugar and 500 organic eggs from Suffolk. The entire creation, when broken down, was estimated to cost £80 per slice for a total of £50,000.
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The creation was described as a “lemon sponge – a special sponge that I developed just for the couple, and we drizzle the layers with elderflower cordial from the Sandringham estate so it’s really lovely and as local as you can get.”
“We have a lemon curd made from Amalfi lemons which to me have the most delicious flavour. And then we’ve got elderflower swiss meringue buttercream.”
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