Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
spent £244 on an extravagant two-tier birthday cake for Lilibet’s first
birthday, say reports.
The floral pink cake, which
was coated in strawberry buttercream, was provided by the same baker that made
the Sussexes’ wedding cake in 2018, the Daily Mail reports.
Harry and Meghan threw Lilibet
a garden party at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor last weekend to mark
her turning one during their first trip to the UK since relocating to
California.
The event included balloons,
party games and picnic snacks, with Mike and Zara Tindall believed to be among
the guests.
Claire Ptak, an American baker
based in east London, oversaw the low-key celebrations including the cake,
which featured Lilibet’s name and cascading pink peonies, with an Amalfi lemon
and elderflower filling.
Violet Cakes, Ptak’s bakery
business, described the cake on their website as having “three layers of
vanilla sponge drizzled with elderflower syrup and filled with Amalfi lemon
curd”.
Ptak wrote on the
brand’s Instagram: “It was an absolute pleasure to make this special cake
last week for Lilibet’s birthday. Wishing her a very happy year ahead!
“The inside was the Amalfi
lemon and elderflower cake I created for the Duke and Duchess’s wedding in 2018,
but this time we covered it with a strawberry buttercream specially for
Lilibet.”
Among the gifts Lilibet
reportedly received were a pastel pink VW Beetle ride-on car, while there has
been speculation that Prince Charles may have bought her a swing similar to one
he purchased for Prince George after an aide was seen unloading it the Sussexes’
private jet in Santa Barbara.
