“Romance is the icing but love is the cake.” – Unknown
In ancient Rome, the cake was broken over the bride’s head after the wedding. The guests then gathered up the crumbs, as good luck tokens for long life and many children. (We don’t know what the bride did!)
The popularity of a pioneer bride was said to be judged by the size of her wedding cake. Guests would bring layers of cake, which were filled with applesauce and stacked. The more popular the bride, the taller and more numerous her stacks. Eventually, a baker put all the stacks together to create a tiered wedding cake with frosting.
The bride’s cake, symbolic of fertility and abundance, is traditionally a three-tiered white sponge cake, frosted in white royal or buttercream icing.
Today, almost anything goes for your wedding cake. That first bite becomes your guests’ last memory of the wedding dinner. An experienced baker can create a masterpiece for you of chocolate cheesecake, with filling flavours of Kahlua, Grand Marnier or Bailey’s Irish Crème.
A second dessert choice, traditionally a gift from the bride to her groom is the groom’s cake.
Jaques Scheepers Photography, Windsor, ON.
Don’t forget about the sweet table, a mini- dessert buffet. It can include dozens of finger pastries, fresh fruits, tarts, cupcakes, pies, cake pops, macarons, donuts and chocolates and confections. Your guests will love the sweet array of choices.
