Meghan and Harry’s wedding baker thanks couple for ‘trusting’ her,
Harry and Meghan’s wedding baker has thanked the couple for ‘trusting’ her team to make the stunning lemon elderflower cake for their 2018 Windsor Castle reception.
And marking eight years since the big day, the Duke of Sussex served his wife a recreation of the sweet treat – in the same summery flavour – although fans were left confused at the number of candles used.
In a story on Instagram, Meghan showed her husband singing ‘happy anniversary’ in their kitchen and handing her the dessert, commemorating the festivities with cards and presents.
Taking to social media, Claire Ptak of east London’s ‘Violet Cakes’ also posted a message of support, writing: ‘It’s not every day you get asked to “do what you do” and design a cake for a prince and princess with the entire world watching.
‘It was discussed that we might use gilt to place the cakes on and I felt it was more personal so designed the cakes to fit the gilt platters used by generations.
‘They were displayed in front of Elton John and his piano then lanced with Harry’s sword. We had been invited into Buckingham Palace to bake the cakes safely away from paparazzi gathering outside our small bakery in East London.
‘Thank you Meghan and Harry for trusting me and my team to make your wedding cake 8 years ago today!’
Behind-the-scenes photos showed Claire and her team hard at work as they frosted and decorated the stunning bakes – which took five of them six days to complete.
She added: ‘I had hoped they would choose the Lemon and Elderflower cake tester that I created just for them. 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. And little did I know my icing style would become ubiquitous – that side swoop which has become the gold standard and base to so many beautiful cake designs I see across the world. Proud doesn’t begin to describe the feeling.’
And seeming to pay homage to their wedding day, Harry delivered a lemon and elderflower cake for his wife on Tuesday.
However, eagle-eyed followers were baffled when they counted just four candles on the cake, despite it being an eight-year anniversary.
Adorning the dessert with trendy long-stem candles, the couple looked to be in high spirits as they blew them out.
But some social media users thought the number made ‘no sense’.
‘Eight years of marriage and only four candles?’ one penned, while another said: ‘Four candles? Married since 2018? The math ain’t mathing…’
Harry and Meghan’s wedding baker has thanked the couple for ‘trusting’ her team to make the stunning lemon elderflower cake for their 2018 Windsor Castle reception
And marking eight years since the big day, the Duke of Sussex served his wife a recreation of the sweet treat – in the same summery flavour – although fans were left confused at the number of candles used
However, others speculated that the four candles could be symbolic of the four family members – Harry, Meghan, their son Archie and daughter Lilibet.
‘For the four of them? “Mama and Papa” and the two kids? Who knows?’ one suggested.
Elsewhere, another thought the Prince may just have ‘not had enough candles’.
‘It’s the thought that counts,’ they continued. ‘At least they are happy.’
The couple’s children, Archie and Lilibet, could be heard excitedly singing in the background before shouting ‘blow it out’.
The Duke of Sussex, dressed in grey tracksuit bottoms and a blue polo shirt, helped blow out the candles, before Meghan told him, ‘I love you.’
Meghan also revealed that Harry gifted her a statue showing two penguins arm in arm to mark their special day. The present is a nod to when they wore penguin costumes at their engagement party.
The former actress could hardly contain her glee as she unveiled the gift while Harry giggled in the background.
‘Oh my God,’ Meghan reacted, before reading a card written by Harry and addressed to ‘the one and only’.
The card read: ‘When momma and poppa got engaged we had a party with all of our friends and we said everyone had to wear an animal onesie and we were penguins.’
Reacting to the card, Meghan gushed: ‘We were penguins because we are together for life.’
Taking to social media, Claire Ptak of east London’s ‘Violet Cakes’ also posted a message of support, writing: ‘It’s not every day you get asked to “do what you do” and design a cake for a prince and princess with the entire world watching’
Behind-the-scenes photos showed Claire and her team hard at work as they frosted and decorated the stunning bakes – which took five of them six days to complete
She added: ‘I had hoped they would choose the Lemon and Elderflower cake tester that I created just for them’
In a story on Instagram, Meghan showed her husband singing ‘happy anniversary’ in their kitchen and handing her the dessert, commemorating the festivities with cards and presents
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She also posted a picture of the pair kissing in their kitchen while grabbing the cake, before showcasing a selfie from their engagement party where they dressed in the penguin onesies.
Earlier, she shared a collection of previously unseen photographs from their big day on Instagram.
‘Eight years ago today…’, she captioned the two posts, with one showing a glimpse of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s first dance at their evening reception at Frogmore House, where they shared a passionate kiss in some of the pictures.
The second post revealed snaps from Meghan and Harry’s nuptials at St George’s Chapel, which were watched by an estimated 1.9billion people.
The carousel of snaps from the ceremony included the newlyweds sharing a sweet moment after their nuptials together, as well as behind-the-scenes photographs of the couple having their official wedding portrait taken.
There were also images of Harry making a toast while the duchess, dressed in a bespoke gown by Givenchy’s Clare Waight Keller, proudly looked on.
