5 Tips We Learned from the Bakery Making Meghan Markle's Wedding Cake — Tips from The Kitchn

The royal wedding is just days away, and while there is plenty of buzz surrounding it, you better believe that we're most excited about the cake. Pastry chef Claire Ptak, who owns Violet Bakery in East London, has been hired to bake the royal cake (she's originally from California and trained at Chez Panisse, so we're totally rooting for her!).

While unfortunately we can't taste it ourselves, we've been dreaming about it by baking through the wonderful Violet Bakery Cookbook. In between recipes for buttery scones, tender cakes, and chewy cookies, there are a whole slew of great tips from Claire herself. We like to think if we take some of her sage advice, our baking might just — pardon the pun — royally improve.

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