Claire Ptak's lemon-elderflower wedding cake.
Saturday wasn't just a big day for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. It was a day to shine for Claire Ptak, the American baker in London who made the royal wedding cake.
Judging by the photos posted by Kensington Palace, the lemon-elderflower cake looked delicious. Moreover, it has made Ptak and her bakery, Violet Cakes, a household name among people who follow the royal family.
But, the publicity did more than that. Ptak's cake, with its unusual flavor for a royal wedding cake, has already spawned a flood of variations by bakeries in both Britain and the United States.
A lemon elderflower cake by Bywater Bakery in New Orleans
Even before the wedding, Bywater Bakery in New Orleans posted its photo of a lemon-elderflower cake on Instagram.
Sucre's lemon-elderflower refresher.
Not to be outdone, Sucre, a New Orleans boutique bakery, showed off the lemon-elderflower drink that it added to its menu.
A Pennsylvania cake.
In New Hope, Pennsylvania, Factory Girl Bake Shop displayed its lemon-elderflower cake.
Lisa Marie White's cake at the Thompson Hotel in Nashville.
And in Nashville, Lisa Marie White showed off her bake at the Thompson Hotel
By Sunday afternoon, there were 364 Instagram posts tagged #lemonelderflowercake and another #545 tagged #lemonelderflower, plus 27 tagged #lemonelderflowercupcakes.
I tried my hand Friday night at a lemon-elderflower cake, using a Meyer lemon mix from Trader Joe's as the base, and a buttercream flavored with St. Germain, an elderflower liquor. It was an instant hit and is pretty much gone now (I kept one slice back for a Sunday treat).
Lemon-elderflower, and just plain elderflower, has been slowly creeping onto dessert and drinks menus, but the royal wedding is likely to give it a strong boost as a flavor trend.
Anything elderflower seems to be a little more common in the U.K. than in the U.S.
In 2016, Andrew Smyth, a finalist on that season's Great British Bake Off, made an elderflower cake during Botanical Week. Ian Cumming, a contestant on The Great British Bake Off, has a recipe for Elderflower and Lemon Buns on the BBC website.
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