How to choose the wedding cake and why few wholesale jewellery accessories will be perfect to consider

The meaning of the wedding cake

It is said that the wedding cake “seals” the love between the newlyweds.

In the old days, wedding guests used to offer a small cake. These cakes were stacked on top of each other and the bride and groom had to kiss on top of them. Hence the idea of stacked cakes, which later evolved into various shapes and structures.

In Middle Ages England, the cake was made of small cakes and various sweets, which were layered until they formed a tall “cake”, on top of which the bride and groom also had to kiss. Nowadays, this tradition has also changed in the concept of the “candy bar” in many countries.

The history of the wedding cake probably begins with the most important ceremony in the ancient world during the reign of Alexander the Great. Macedonian king and Eastern monarch, Alexander strove to combine Greek and Eastern traditions, the political institutions of Greece with those of the Persian Empire. The event that symbolized the fusion of West and East to the highest degree was the great wedding ceremony in Babylon, during which more than 10,000 Macedonian and Greek soldiers and generals married women from the East. The so-called wedding cake was similar to bread, being prepared for the soldiers from barley, rye or wheat. This cake substitute was around 60 grams and looked like a flat loaf of bread. On the occasion of the event this special bread was made using special ingredients such as almonds, walnuts, dried fruit and honey. The bread was then sliced in half and filled with a creamy mixture of aniseed, sheep’s cheese and honey. It was decorated with rose petals dipped in honey.

Tiered cakes originated in medieval England where it was customary for guests to bring the cakes. These were placed on top of each other, the young couple having to kiss on top of this pile of cakes. The confectioners of that period came up with the idea of coating this mountain of cakes in a sugar-based icing, thus giving birth to the first cakes that today we already consider classics. In the Middle Ages white cakes symbolized not only the innocence of the bride, but also the status of her family. The whiter, cleaner the icing, the higher the status of the bride’s family. In Victorian times the tradition was that if a young lady put a slice of a wedding cake under her pillow before going to sleep, she would dream of her future husband.

Until the 1930s, cutting and dividing the slices of cake between the guests was the first duty of the young bride. But as the size of the cakes increased, it would have been too much work for the bride to see that all the guests received evenly and beautifully cut slices, so it was the turn of the other planners to take care of this part.

Choosing your wedding cake today will need few criteria to be taken in consideration, such as wedding theme, budget, dimensions, favors, season, and so on.

The wedding cake should be complementary to the chosen menu and theme. If your wedding has a well-defined theme, the cake should resonate with it totally, also using couple wholesale jewellery accessories to decorate it or it is stand.

It is important that the relationship between the bride and groom and the cake maker is an open one, conveying exactly what they want from their wedding cake. It is also very important to give a concrete budget. This way, the confectioner will know what options he can offer in order to choose the best option that combines both the composition preferences and the aesthetics of the cake. Do not forget to add extra money into the budget for the cake decorations. Try to find some good wholesale jewellery accessories because they usually have low prices. You need to decorate the cake stand in order to fit the wedding theme, colors and style.

The size of the cake is determined according to the number of guests. Ideally, the cake should be only slightly larger than the minimum quantity needed so that guests can enjoy its taste and texture. A cake that is much larger than the required size will be more expensive and wasteful, while one that does not fit the number of guests will be served as an almost translucent slice and the taste and texture of the cake will not be understood.