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By Becky Krystal

This look is simply a rich-tasting and beauteous mentation of the citrus elderflower barroom made by Claire Ptak and served astatine the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Feel escaped to accommodate this look to suit your clip and accomplishment level. You tin omit the filling and usage frosting successful betwixt the barroom layers, oregon conscionable plain citrus curd.

You tin decorate the barroom with fresh, edible flowers (be definite they person been grown for culinary use). If you privation to effort your manus astatine crystallizing flowers, spot the related recipe. Candied citrus slices oregon peel are an enactment for a non-DIY garnish.

From unit writer Becky Krystal, based connected recipes from “The Violet Bakery Cookbook,” by Claire Ptak (Ten Speed Press, 2015).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 16

For the cake

8 tablespoons (1 stick/113 grams) unsalted butter, softened, positive much for the pans
1 cupful granulated sugar
1 tablespoonful finely grated citrus zest (from 1 lemon; reserve the foodstuff for the frosting)
3 ample eggs, astatine country temperature
1 spoon vanilla extract
1/2 spoon good salt
2 cups (250 grams) all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2/3 cupful full milk
1 spoon St-Germain oregon different elderflower liqueur (optional)
1/2 cupful elderflower cordial, positive much arsenic needed (see headnote)

For the filling

1 cupful chilled dense cream
1/2 cupful homemade oregon store-bought citrus curd, astatine country somesthesia (see related recipe)

For the frosting

14 tablespoons (1 3/4 sticks/200 grams) unsalted butter, softened
4 to 5 cups (500 to 625 grams) confectioners' sugar, oregon much arsenic needed
7 tablespoons full milk
1 tablespoonful St-Germain oregon different elderflower liqueur (optional; spot headnote)
1/2 spoon finely grated citrus zest and 2 tablespoons citrus foodstuff (from 1 lemon)

For assembly

Crystallized Flowers, edible caller flowers, oregon a premix (optional; spot related recipe)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (using Meyer Lemon Curd)

Calories
490
Fat
24 g
Saturated Fat
15 g
Carbohydrates
66 g
Sodium
110 mg
Cholesterol
115 mg
Protein
4 g
Sugar
50 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From unit writer Becky Krystal, based connected recipes from “The Violet Bakery Cookbook,” by Claire Ptak (Ten Speed Press, 2015).

Tested by Becky Krystal.

Published April 24, 2018

Updated March 17, 2026