Claire Ptak

A California native, Claire Ptak worked as a pastry chef for Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley before moving to London and opening Violet Bakery in 2010. In 2019 she created a lemon elderflower cake for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding. Ptak is also the author of The Violet Bakery Cookbook and Love Is a Pink Cake.


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The Whoopie Pie Book
60 Irresistible Recipes for Cake Sandwiches Classic and New
by Claire Ptak
Paperback | $15.95 US / $19.95 CAN

Make way, cupcakes—it’s whoopie pie time! Everyone is falling in love with America’s classic sandwich treat—two soft cookies with a creamy filling. Now, baker extraordinaire Claire Ptak, a pastry alum of Berkeley’s famed Chez Panisse and proprietor of Violet, her … Continue reading →