A Place to Perch the Bride and Groom
Though today a wedding cakes comes in colors apart from the traditional white, preferred colors are pale shades that involve the colors of yellow, green. This is the cake that is served to the guests at a wedding.
A wedding cakes is generally many tiered and heavily decorated. A layer of fondant or marzipan contains a heavy layer of icing and the baker's art lies in his ability to create a strong cake whose every part is edible.
The cake can contain miniature porcelain, plastic or edible pieces of the bride and the groom at the top and the bride is dressed in a white gown while the groom in a black tuxedo. This custom was initially started in the 1950 US weddings and represented togetherness.
The modern wedding cakes came into effect in the 20th century. While the sugar paste frosting was started in the 1888, the tradition of using pillars for multi-tier cakes was started in the 1902.