Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Wedding Cake Has Started a New Cake Trend

It's been a week to the royal wedding and the world still has wedding fever. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have married and they are now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and are even planning their honeymoon. But people can't seem to get over their glorious nuptial ceremony and from Meghan's wedding dress to their cake, everything is giving goals to youngsters.

For instance, the royal wedding cake which is as beautiful, as it was modern and delicious, made serious news as people noted how the royal moved from more traditional flavours and towards new and more interesting ones. There's something else about the cake which has got the attention of the millennials - the frosting. The effortless frosting has caused a stir as it is so different from the carefully done and classical frosting that's usual in aristocratic British weddings. So, what's so trailblazing about Harry and Meghan's cake?

1Hipster flavour

For their wedding cake, Harry and Meghan opted for a truly hipster flavour which was bound to get the attention of the millennials. They chose a lemon elderflower cake, which would have the flavours and colours of spring and will be filled with buttercream and decorated with fresh flowers. It is obvious that Harry and Meghan have thought a lot about the flavour as they were careful about not choosing a flavour which would be too heavy on the palette or too rich or overwhelming. Plus, it was a great way to mark the coming of spring. And the seasonal touch was something a royal wedding cake never really had until now.

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2Unlike Will and Kate's cake

Interestingly, Harry and Meghan's cake was a sponge cake which is of course lighter on the palette than Prince William and Kate Middleton's rich fruit cake pastry which they opted for as their wedding. William and Kate's wedding cake was an elaborate affair. The eight-tiered cake had to be baked months in advance as fruitcakes take time to mature and was immaculately frosted. Compared to their cake, Meghan and Harry's cake was much more effortless and casual in flavour and less flamboyant.

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3The detailing

Let's just point out that royal wedding don't usually go for sponge cakes. it was like Meghan and Harry were trying to be different with their tastes. Their cake was sprinkled with elderflower syrup which was actually made from the Queen Elizabeth's elderflower trees. The cake was decorated with Amalfi lemon curd and had a rich layer of meringue-style, elderflower-infused buttercream. The cake was also very elegantly set-up with hundreds of roses and peonies.

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4The baker

Meghan and Harry's choice of baker was also quite refreshing as they chose a pastry chef who specializes in organic foods and recipes. They chose Claire Ptak as their wedding baker who gave relentless social media updates as the wedding cake was being prepared. Interestingly, Meghan had once interviewed Claire for her lifestyle website and the fact that Claire was such a pro with seasonal flavours obviously helped her case.

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5The millennial baker

People think the royal couple chose Claire as she is a total millennial’s favourite and her organic expertise and healthier cakes are something the royals loved about her and her team. If you go to her website or Instagram page you will see a lot of organic and healthy cakes which make her seem as the perfect choice for the royal wedding.

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