The history of the wedding cake can be dated back
as far as the Roman Empire where the groom would eat a part of a loaf of Barley
and break the rest over the brides head. This was to symbolize the dominance
the male had over his bride and the breaking of her virginal state.
Fortunately, we have come a long way since then.
Typically before the 17th century, the wedding cake was
sweetened bread, consisting of flour, sugar and water. By the nineteenth
century, the wedding cake became extremely popular and a focal point of the
wedding. Early cakes were single tiered, plum or fruit cakes. Many traditions
and superstitions came from the sharing of the wedding cake. One notable
superstition was that sleeping with a piece of cake under one's pillow would
make the dreamer, dream of their future spouse.
This timeline has introduced to us the magic of different
tier cakes. The more tier there is the more it gets attention.
The tradition of the white wedding cake shop in ilford symbolized purity
and innocence and first appeared in Victorian times. Wedding cakes were also
white to symbolize affluence, status and wealth as the whiter the icing the
more refined the sugar which was quite expensive. The wedding cake has always
been linked with the bride and never more so that in today's culture where the
bride often matches her wedding cake icing to her gown or to the theme of the
wedding. Today's wedding cakes can take many colours other than white with
wedding cakes becoming more and more a part of the wedding colour theme.
Originally the wedding three tier cake used to be single tiered which
the bride and groom cut and distributed to their guests. With the size of
weddings increasing and the need for larger multi-tiered cakes, it is now the
duty of the wedding reception venues or caterers to cut the cake and distribute
it to the guests. In keeping with some of the older the traditions, it is
common for the bride and groom to distribute wedding cakes to the guests in
either decorative bags or boxes. However, it is also common for the wedding
cake to be served as a part of the dessert or even as a part of a fourth course
with after dinner cheeses and tea and coffee.
In some countries, it is a tradition for the bride and
grooms to feed off the first piece of cake. In other countries, it is customary
for the bride and grooms to smash a piece of cake into the other persons face.
This tradition is not dissimilar to the breaking of the loaf of bread over the
head of the bride; however, it does not have the same meaning.
Brides can also save the top tier of the cake to eat at
their one year anniversary. This tradition originates in the 19th century as
the newlyweds often saved the top tier of the cake for the christening of their
first child which was usually 9 months after the wedding night. Nowadays the
two traditions are disassociated as more and more couples are having children
later in the marriage.
The tradition of the best birthday cakes london has its roots hundreds of
years ago but is still commonplace in today's weddings. It's is still a central
part of the wedding reception even though the meaning and superstitions
associated with wedding cakes have changed. Wedding cakes are now more
elaborate and decorative than ever before and truly make an elegant statement
at the wedding reception. Where the tier dependant cakes rule the trend.
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