The Special Meaning Behind Meghan Markle’s Beautiful Birthday Cake
On August 4, the Duchess of Sussex turned 38 years old. It’s thought that she celebrated at her home of Frogmore Cottage, with husband Prince Harry, their baby son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, and apparently quite the special cake.
Good Morning America reports that Luminary Bakery in London baked Meghan Markle a carrot cake adorned with sugared orange slices and an icing inscription that read, “Happy Birthday Meghan.”
“When I applied for this job I did not expect that I’d be making a cake for Duchess Meghan Markle,” Caoimhe Bennett, a Luminary baker, told the outlet.
But this wasn’t any old cake from any old gourmet baker. Luminary teaches socially and economically disadvantaged women—those who have been homeless, in the prison system, or victims of domestic abuse, for example—how to bake. The Duchess featured the social enterprise in her guest-edited issue of British Vogue. On Twitter, Luminary shared a personal note that Meghan wrote them, in her amazing handwriting. “The work you do, what you represent to the community, the spirit of the women there—you all embody what it means to be ‘forces for change,’” it read.
It’s just the latest example of how the Duchess has been using her platform to advance issues and inspirational figures in creative ways. On Instagram, for example, she and Prince Harry only follow charitable organizations that they’d like to shine a light on. And for her first public appearance with baby Archie, Markle wore designer Grace Wales Bonner, a rising British fashion star with mixed-race heritage. So Meghan celebrating her birthday, and advancing female empowerment while doing it? Seems just like something the Duchess would do.
Originally Appeared on Vogue
