Wedding Cakes at
Special Moments
Gone are the days of
traditional white wedding cake. Today's confections are a
feast not only for the taste buds but a visual
delight. Treat your guests to your favorite
flavor or can't decide... why not have a
multi-flavored cake.
Wedding
Cake Facts
 The tiers of the
wedding cake symbolize prosperity; the white
cake, purity.
The first wedding
cake, as we know it today, commemorated the
marriage of Queen Victoria’s daughter in 1859.
In nineteenth
century Europe, the pillars that held up the
layers of the wedding cake were made of broom
handles.
Early bakers of
wedding cakes, not being as skilled as today’s
bakers, often watched as the top layers of their
wedding cakes slowly sank into the bottom layer.
The first wedding
cakes were actually thin loaves of bread
sometimes baked in the shape of birds.
In
Roman times, cakes were broken over the head of
the bride to wish the newlyweds good fortune and
fertility. The guests then scrambled for the
pieces to take some good fortune for themselves.
An ancient British
tradition called on the wedding guests to layer
cakes or breads into a pile. The bride and groom
would then try to kiss over the pile without
knocking it over. If they succeeded, they were
said to be guaranteed a lifetime of prosperity.
Tradition
says that if wedding guests put a piece of the
groom’s cake under their pillow the night of the
wedding, they will dream of their own future
marriage partner.
While an English
bride might want to get to the church on time, a
stop to kiss a chimney sweep is considered good
luck.
The top layer of the
wedding cake is often frozen and eaten by the
bride and groom on their first anniversary.
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