Everything you need to know about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding cake

Only Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s closest friends and family members will get a bite, but there’s still excitement all around for the cake that will be served at the royal wedding May 19. Kensington Palace has announced that California-born pastry chef Claire Ptak, who owns the Violet Cakes bakery in East London, has been tapped to bake the most famous wedding cake of 2018. No pressure! In keeping with British tradition, which calls for wedding cakes to contain fruit, the dessert will be a lemon elderflower cake smeared with buttercream frosting and decorated with flowers in an ode to spring.