The most dangerous food is a wedding cake – Proverb
What Type of Wedding Cake Should I Get?
The modern wedding cake is typically a white or ivory frosted, tiered, cake with fruit or other filling such as Belgian chocolate, nuts or liqueurs and set on columns with each tier being smaller than the one below.
Its history is similar to other parts of the wedding ceremony as it comes from at least medieval times. The cake was originally a simple wheat cake which symbolized fertility and good fortune. As the groom broke a small cake over the bride’s head, guests would look for crumb’s so they too could partake in this fortune. As the cake grew larger over the years, this evolved to a sweet cake to be shared by all and no longer was thrown at the bride or broken over her head.
You can now have a traditional wedding cake in an unconventional shape, not just the tiered white cake supported by white columns. Bakers can do such incredible things using fondant, a special type of icing. You can have a cake shaped like a car or airplane, or off-kilter hat boxes. Also, fondant is recommended for an outdoor summer wedding when there may be high heat from direct sun.
If you still want that traditional look for the wedding cake, consider a wacky designer cake for the groom’s cake. No matter what type of cake you order, just be sure to taste samples from your cake vendor with the fillings that you like, well before the Wedding Day.
Since you can’t have the cake without the topper, please read our article below unique wedding cake toppers. Out of all the wedding cake toppers that are available, there is sure to be one that will fit your style and your cake!
