Wedding Cakes: September 2010

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The Traditions Surrounding the Wedding Cake

No matter what other customs surrounded the wedding cake The custom of cutting the cake originated in Greece where the couple cut the cake to ensure a happy and fertile marriage. Fruit cakes remained in favor until recently. In the 1800’s fruit cakes were used and this custom was brought to North America by the Pilgrims. The bride and groom were expected to kiss over the stack – which often resulted in dirty, trampled and unappetizing buns for the guests to eat afterwards.

In the middle ages the cake were actually sticky buns that the guests brought and piled up. These were then piled one of top of each other using apple sauce. In the middle ages the size of the wedding cake symbolized the bride’s popularity as the guests were supposed to bring the different tiers of the cake. That’s right – the groom broke the cake over the bride’s head and the guests gathered up all the crumbs as tokens of good luck.

However, unfortunately for Roman brides the cakes were not for their eating pleasure but for breaking over their heads! The Romans were the first to bake the pastries out of wheat. The wedding cake dates all the way back to ancient times. Not only are we much luckier than the wedding guests of yesteryear but we today’s brides have it a whole lot easier!

Through the centuries our current custom has evolved out of some truly strange traditions. Wedding cakes were not always the beautifully created pastry that we know and love to eat today.

Wedding Cakes Through History

If the couple were able to kiss over the top they were supposed to be blessed with a long and happy marriage and many children. Another custom that was widely popular during the Middle Ages involved the guests bringing sticky buns to the reception and piling them up in front of the happy couple. These cakes were then layered together using apple sauce – the higher the cake, the more popular the bride.

This custom slowly gave way to another whereby guests actually brought cakes to the reception. A similar tradition of breaking a cake over the bride’s head continued for many centuries with some reports from Scotland dating as recently as the 19th century. The crumbs that fell to the floor were then gathered up by the guests as tokens of good luck. The Romans did have a form of cake at their weddings, but instead of eating this wheat or barley cake, the groom would break it over the bride’s head. However this custom was not always in vogue.

The newly wed couple would cut a sesame seed cake together to symbolize fertility and happiness – it is from where we get our modern custom of cake cutting at a wedding. The tradition of serving cake at a wedding goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks. The wedding cakes that we know and love today were not always the way they look or taste.

In the eighteenth century brandied fruit cakes were a big hit because they were able to keep for so long. The Pilgrims brought this tradition over to the Americas and the fruit cake slowly evolved into the white, tiered cake that has come to symbolize wedding receptions.

Today the white cake has again evolved. Modern wedding cakes can be any color, any flavor and any style. They have become works of art and are prepared by skilled and talented cake designers who are eagerly sought by brides everywhere for their expertise and ability to turn an ordinary pastry into an incredible, edible creation.

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