Meghan Markle’s birthday cake revealed

Meghan Markle turned 38 just over a week ago and she marked the occasion with a very special birthday cake.

The carrot-based creation was designed and made by a London bakery championed by the Duchess of Sussex during her guest-editor stint at British Vogue.

It is thought the new royal mother spent her birthday on August 4 at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, surrounded by her family and friends, including Prince Harry and their three-month-old son Archie.

And while the occasion was said to be low-key, Meghan did enjoy baked treat from Stoke Newington-based Luminary Bakery, according to Harper’s Bazaar.

Meghan Markle turned 38 just over a week ago and she marked the occasion with a very special birthday cake. Pictured: The Duchess of Sussex at the European Premiere of The Lion King in London on July 14 2019

Royal correspondent Omid Scobie shared a snap of the remarkable carrot cake on Twitter.

The photograph captures the cream-layered treat, decorated with citrus fruit and featuring spectacular Happy Birthday Meghan icing.

It sits next to the Duchess’ September issue of Vogue, which went on sale at the start of this month.

Scobie captioned his picture: ‘Thanks so much to Alice Williams and the awesome team at @LuminaryBakery in London for letting us join them last weekend as they created Duchess Meghan’s beautiful carrot birthday cake.

‘Luminary Bakery’s dedication to helping women from disadvantaged backgrounds get their lives back on track is impressive.

Luminary Bakery (pictured) is an all-female social enterprise bakery which helps women who have been victims of violence and sex trafficking or who have been to prison get back into work. It has helped 56 women since its launch in 2014

Luminary Bakery shared their excitement at being included in the edition with an Instagram post last month, pictured

‘And the social enterprise (one of Meghan’s #ForcesForChange) is growing fast — they announced a cookbook today and have a second location opening soon!’

The bakery’s cakes begin at £45 and include flavours such as lemon and blueberry, chocolate and salted caramel.

Luminary Bakery is an all-female social enterprise bakery which helps women who have been victims of violence and sex trafficking, or who have been to prison, get back into work. It has helped 56 women since its launch in 2014.  

It was among a number of favourite causes, people and tips highlighted by the Duchess in her Vogue issue.

The bakery shared their excitement at being included in the edition on Instagram last month, alongside a photo of the front cover. 

The team at social enterprise Luminary Bakery received a handwritten letter from Meghan alongside a black leather notebook emblazoned with ‘forces for change’, both pictured

Meghan’s note, written in calligraphy on a monogrammed ‘M’ card, praised the bakery for its work helping women in crisis. The bakery transcribed the note in the caption, pictured

They wrote: ‘We are so excited to share that Luminary is being featured in the September 2019 issue of @BritishVogue, guest-edited by HRH The Duchess of Sussex @SussexRoyal! 

‘The Duchess personally requested Luminary to be featured and sent us a gorgeous handwritten note to thank us for being #ForcesForChange.’  

The Duchess of Sussex sent personalised thank you gifts to her British Vogue contributors.

The team at social enterprise Luminary Bakery received a handwritten letter from Meghan alongside a black leather notebook emblazoned with ‘forces for change’ – the theme of the royal’s September issue.  

The note, written in calligraphy on a monogrammed ‘M’ card, praised the London-based bakery for its work helping women in crisis.