Wedding cake is an essential attribute of the festivities. Not so long ago the most popular delicacy was considered a simple fruit cake with a dark biscuit, but in our time the tradition has changed, and now almost all young people to triumph prefer cake to order white. The fact that sweet necessarily present at the ceremonial table, not at all accidental. Cakes to the guests even in Ancient Rome. In those days they were symbol of abundance and prosperity in the house. Good luck to the newlyweds accompanied the money, cakes and other sweets burst over their heads, so that small pieces of sponge cake must have got on your hair. A similar tradition was in England, where guests bring goodies with them and build them from a hill in the center of the table, and the couple had to kiss on top of the mountain pies, which was considered a good omen.
By the way, it is in England was born the tradition of wedding cakes multistage furnace. Very fond of sweets in old Russia. It is worth noting that we have a wedding at which there was no cake to accept was considered unlucky, doomed for divorce. In Unlike tasty but unattractive European cakes, our cakes are often decorated. As a decorative element often in the course were figures made of dough, which made the edges of cakes. They occur and to present cakes. It is noteworthy that while in Russia it was the custom to divide pies young. Thus it turns out that, during the wedding once ate two different wounds, and it should be noted that both of them were round like the sun, which is a symbol of good luck and happiness.
Before the beginning of the wedding the couple tried a piece. Who bit off a piece a little more, and he was considered the main house. It is worth noting that around the wedding cakes are a lot of curious traditions. For example, if we tend to eat a treat at the end of the celebration, the Americans immediately after the demonstration of the cake is cut it into small pieces according to the number of guests and put them in separate boxes with the initials of the recipient. When guests return, they traditionally take his box and enjoy the cake at home. It is worth noting that since the wedding in America fairly extensive, the cakes and obtained very large, bringing inconvenience to the groom and bride, because it is considered that they should cut the cake yourself. In general, today's wedding cakes – this is not a simple dessert, a real piece of culinary art. Not surprisingly, therefore, that there were specialists who work exclusively over the appearance of festive goodies, trying to take into account all the features of a wedding, from the age of the bride and the bride, and ending their world view. Design options of wedding cake – a great many. In adults, popular tiered cakes, and for younger guests, who, as a rule, are located at a separate table, prepared specially for children cakes, decorated with figures of favorite cartoon characters. In multi-tiered dessert cakes are on a special support, which greatly facilitates the cutting into individual pieces. In are used as decorations all sorts of figurines of the newlyweds, bells, rosettes, ribbons and other attributes that should bring prosperity and good luck to the young. Plenty of room for creativity here is very broad, and, if desired You can buy a cake custom made and decorated according to individual tastes of the young.