WEDDING CAKE - A SIMPLE OF LOVE
Do You Actually Know how the Wedding Cake became a Symbol of love
Transformation of Cakes through Histories
Actually the wedding cake transformed from Ancient cultural rites to modern symbol of love and prosperity. They are developing throughout centuries from ancient Romans via medieval period to Victorian period and to the Modern Period. Transformation of cakes from broken bread to the icing frosted cakes had taken the span of thousands of years
Romans, the Formation of First Wedding Cakes
The First Wedding Cakes was formed by Romans where the Groom broke the cake made with barley or wheat above the bride’s head and sprinkle the crumbles to the head by which the guest would scramble to pick it for they believed it for good fortune. This act is done by the belief of sharing prosperity and meant to bring good luck to the new couple
In The Medieval Ages
Compared to previous traditions, wedding cakes started to become sweeter and more decorative during the Medieval Ages in Europe especially England. Guest who came would bring small sort cake buns or sweets to the wedding . they were arranged as tall stack. Bride and groom in an attempt have to kiss the cake over the stack without knocking it down.Successfully doing so was believed to bring prosperity and good fortune to their marriage.
Sweetness of Seventeenth Century
As sugar were more wider and cakes are made more sweeter than ever before in ancient times. While in 1703 an apprentice , who had fell in love with is master’ daughter, wishing to impress her bride, made an amazing tier cake inspired by tower of St Bride’s church. This was the first recorded tier cake in the history of wedding.
Royal Icng Era of the Victorian Period
Victorian period is the era of purely white iced cakes are a part of wedding, popularised by Queen Victoria in her wedding weighed 300 lbs. While refined sugar were expensive at that age most cake use white icing symbolises purity and love. The displayed white cakes also symbolises wealth and status. Many cake also created as multi-tiered cakes for wedding
Symbolism of the Modern Era
