CAKES
The ceremony of cutting the cake usually highlights the joining of efforts of the new husband and wife, symbolized by them holding the knife and cutting the cake together. The traditional wedding cake is a three-tier rich fruit cake that is iced and decorated. It can be single or multi-layered. However, today cakes come in multiple layers and exotic designs. Continental sponge cakes are becoming popular with white or cream icing on the outside. Significance of the three-tier cake – usually the base tier goes to the groom’s family, 2nd tier to the bride’s family and the 1st tier (the top most) to the couple’s house.
In earlier days the wedding cake used to be served to the guests. However, today due to practical reasons a separate sliced cake, similar to the wedding cake is served. It is advisable to place your order well in advance. Cake décor is an art and sometimes a cake decorator takes more than 20 hours to do a single cake. When you go to place an order, go through the photographs of cake styles. The three-tiered cake is the most popular style of cake used at weddings. However, there are even 5-9 cakes that can be placed in an offset arrangement (not placed one above the other) or at different heights. One could also request the colour of the cake decorations to match with the overall colour scheme of the wedding function.
