The History of Wedding Cakes

A wedding cake is the traditional cake served at wedding receptions following dinner, traditionally, wedding cakes were made to bring good luck to all guests and the couple. Modernly however, they are more of a centerpiece to the wedding and are not always even served to the guests.

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The contemporary wedding cake has grown out of many traditions. One of the first traditions began in Ancient Roma where bread was broken over the bride’s head to bring good fortune to the couple. In Medieval England cakes were stacked as high as possible for the bride and groom to kiss over, if they successfully kissed over the stack they were guaranteed a prosperous life together.

Traditionally the bride would place a ring inside the couples portion of the cake to symbolize the acceptance of the proposal. The bride cake was traditionally a plum or fruit cake, the myth that eating the pie would bring good luck was still common but the glass ring slowly died out and the catching of the flower bouquet took that meaning.
So maybe next time when you eat the wedding cakes again, it would remind you of the origin of the wedding cakes.