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wed·ding cake
/ˈwediNG ˌkāk/noun
- 1. a rich iced cake, typically in two or more tiers, served at a wedding reception.
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A wedding cake is the traditional cake served at wedding receptions following dinner. In some parts of England , the wedding cake is served at a wedding breakfast ; the 'wedding breakfast' does not mean the meal will be held in the morning, but at a time following the ceremony on the same day.
The cutting of a wedding cake constitutes a social ceremony in some cultures. The Ancient Roman marriage ritual of confarreatio originated in the sharing of a cake. Particular types of cake may be associated with particular festivals, such as stollen or chocolate log (at Christmas), babka and simnel cake (at Easter), or mooncake .
A groom's cake is a wedding tradition that originated in Victorian England [citation needed], but is more frequently observed in the American South. While a wedding cake may often be light in texture or color and decorated in white, the groom's cake can take a variety of forms.
Cake decorating is the art of decorating a cake for special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, baby showers, national or religious holidays, or as a promotional item. It is a form of sugar art that uses materials such as icing , fondant , and other edible decorations.
In architecture, a wedding-cake style is an informal reference to buildings with many distinct tiers, each set back from the one below, resulting in a shape like a wedding cake, and may also apply to buildings that are richly ornamented, as if made in sugar icing.
Jack Bryant preparing decorative panels for the Huntley and Palmer wedding cake, from a 1947 newspaper. This four-tiered hexagonal cake was originally intended to weigh 181 kg, but was reduced to 88 kg at the request of the Palace. It was still one the largest of the ‘unofficial’ wedding cakes.