05/16/2018
It is just days away to the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The couple have chosen Claire Ptak of Violet. Claire will create a lemon elderberry flavoured cake covered in buttercream adorned with fresh flowers. I cannot wait to see the design. It will be gorgeous.
A while back American Cake Decorating approached me to write a Test Kitchen article about Michael Lewis-Anderson's Royal Collection silicon molds. I, of course, jumped at the chance. The task was to test his molds and then create a cake design inspired by the upcoming Royal wedding using his molds. You can see the article in the current issue of American Cake Decorating magazine.
Designing this cake was a breeze with his molds. They are beautiful and intricate. I complemented his mold designs with my own hand made flowers. Many of the flowers are specially created with the Royal family in mind. White roses and gardenia have been flowers in the Royal bouquet for generations. The poppy was included as it has been said to be one of Prince Harry's favourite flowers.
Best of luck to the Royal couple on their wedding and to Claire Ptak for creating the Royal cake!