| A wedding is never complete without a wedding | | | | partners in their dreams. |
| cake. This is one of the highlights of a wedding | | | | White as the Color of Most Wedding Cakes |
| reception. The bigger it is, the grander the wedding | | | | White has become a special color of wedding cakes |
| reception seems. But have you ever wondered | | | | for very obvious reasons as white signifies purity. But |
| where the tradition of wedding cakes came from? | | | | for practical reasons, most wedding cakes during the |
| Wedding Cakes in the Olden Times | | | | Victorian period were white not because it signifies |
| Wedding cakes are said to have come from the | | | | purity but because ingredients for a colored icing |
| great Roman Empire. Before cakes and icings were | | | | were difficult to obtain. As refined sugar is its main |
| invented, wedding cakes were usually loaves of | | | | ingredient, the whiter the wedding cake is, the more |
| barley bread made especially for that occasion. The | | | | prosperous the family seems. |
| groom will eat a piece of the loaf and break the | | | | Modern Wedding Cakes |
| remaining loaf over the head of his bride. This signifies | | | | The cutting of the wedding cake is a tradition that |
| the groom's breaking of the virginal condition of the | | | | we have witnessed a dozen times. The bride is the |
| bride and his subsequent power and control over her. | | | | one who cuts the cake aided by the groom. Then |
| Medieval England's version of a wedding cake is little | | | | they would feed each other a piece of cake from |
| sweet buns stacked high in front of the couple. The | | | | that first slice of the wedding cake. This symbolizes |
| newlywed would then kiss over this huge pile. If done | | | | their commitment to one another and the promise |
| successfully, then it is said that the couple will have | | | | that they would provide for each other. It is also said |
| many children to come. | | | | that the bigger the piece of cake fed to each other, |
| Wedding Cakes and Guests | | | | the larger number of children that they will have in |
| The bride's pie was very popular during the 17th | | | | the future. |
| century. This is usually made up of sweet breads, | | | | White is still the favorite color of the couple for their |
| mutton pie or mince pie that is to be shared by the | | | | wedding cake, but other colors have been used as |
| guests. What makes this interesting is the glass ring | | | | well to match the wedding gown or the motif of the |
| that is hidden inside the pie. The lady who finds it is | | | | wedding. Although single-layer wedding cakes are still |
| said to be the next one to marry. | | | | popular, it is quickly being replaced by multi-tiered |
| The bride will pass a piece of cake through her | | | | wedding cakes of two or even three layers. More |
| wedding ring and distribute it among their guests. It | | | | detailed and elaborate designs are also seen in |
| was said that whoever sleeps with this piece of | | | | wedding cakes, adding elegance and unique personal |
| wedding cake under their pillow will see their future | | | | touch to the wedding. |