Baker of Meghan and Harry's Wedding Cake Shared Cute Reason Why Royal Couple Chose Lemon and Elderflower Flavor
The baker of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's wedding cake shared a post to mark the royal couple's 8th anniversary-and revealed the reason why they ultimately decided on a lemon and elderflower flavor for their beautiful cake.
"I had hoped they would choose the Lemon and Elderflower cake tester that I created just for them," Claire Ptak wrote on Instagram.
She went on to explain, "Elderflower is blooming all over England in May and with Amalfi lemons it would be fresh and bright and perfect for a wedding of that magnitude.
"Luckily that was their favourite of the 6 testers too."
She posted a series of behind the scenes pictures from the big day, including several of herself posing with the cake and of her team of bakers responsible for crafting the cake in the lead-up to the wedding in May 2018.
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"It took 6 of us 5 days and a LOT of lemons and elderflowers to make that cake," she wrote.
Ptak and her team baked the wedding cake in the safety of Buckingham Palace, as paparazzi had already gathered outside her bakery in London. Two months before the wedding it was announced by Kensington Palace that Ptak had been chosen by Meghan and Harry to bake the cake for their big day.
Ptak had previously been interviewed by the bride-to-be for her former lifestyle blog The Tig.
The cake was a departure from the traditional tiered style favored for British royal weddings. Three different cakes were instead deployed on several gilt platters that had been used by generations of royals.
The flavor was also a break with the traditional alcohol-soaked fruitcake, with each lemon sponge cake covered with fresh buttercream and decorated with fresh roses and elderflowers.
In 2011 Kate Middleton and Prince William chose a very traditional eight-tiered fruitcake for their wedding.
Their wedding baker Fiona Cairns recalled how involved the now-Princess of Wales was with the creation of the cake.
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Kate gave Cairns a list of 17 different flowers to be included in the cake's 900 delicate sugar-paste decorations-including heather, lavender, and sweet William-as well as a lace sample from her wedding dress, which was incorporated into the cake's design.
The cake was decorated using the 'Joseph Lambeth' method, a centuries-old over-piping technique that incorporates ornate rows of intricate details into the frosting.
The top tier of the wedding cake was served two years later at the christening of Kate and William's first child Prince George.
In 2018 Princess Eugenie and her fiancée Jack Brooksbank also departed from the traditional wedding cake style.
Like the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Eugenie and Jack chose a seasonally-themed cake for their October wedding. Their red velvet and chocolate cake was decorated with sugar decorations of ivy to "incorporate the rich colors of autumn".
Earlier this month Meghan posted a sweet video to her Instagram stories to mark her and Harry's 8th anniversary-featuring a lemon and elderflower cake like the one that was served at their wedding!
In the video Harry carries the cake to Meghan while their children Prince Archie (7) and Princess Lilibet (4) can be heard singing 'Happy anniversary Mama' before Meghan blows out the candles on the cake.
Did you know that in 2022 Meghan and Harry commissioned Ptak to bake a "special order" for Lilibet's first birthday party?
The intimate family picnic to celebrate Lilibet turning one was held in the garden of Frogmore House, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's marital home.
For Lilibet's first birthday, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan invited close friends and family for an "intimate backyard picnic" at Frogmore Cottage, Windsor on Saturday. Claire Ptak (who made the couple's 2018 wedding cake) baked a special order for the party.
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This story was originally published May 27, 2026 at 3:56 AM.