Wedding Cake Customs

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The tiered wedding cake was originally designed by a London baker who copied the style of a church spire designed by Christopher Wren.

It is believed that the act of cutting the cake symbolises the couple's shared future.

Traditionally a piece of cake was given to unmarried guests to take home so they could place the cake under their pillow and sleep on it. This supposedly aloud them to dream of their future spouse and increased their chance of marriage.

In the middle ages the couple kissed over a small cluster of small cakes, brought along by their guests.

Early wedding cakes were made from wheat or barley and were broken over the bride's head to signify fertility and marital ahppiness. The guests would rush to pick up the crumbs as good luck charms.

The top tier of the wedding cake is still often kept as a christening cake for the first child.

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