Wedding Cake Trivia You Should Know Before Tying The Knot

As we already know, wedding cakes are being served to guests during the wedding reception. It is also quite a fact that wedding cake is not a normal or what-you-see-daily cake. It is made of large cake or loaf covered with ornamental icings all over it together with fondant. In short, wedding cakes are special, extraordinary and extravagant. Aside from having an extravagant presentation, the dense of the cake and the proportions of it is being handled alone by the baker’s expertise and excellence in his culinary background. But above all of these, did you know that each and every slice, cut and portion being eaten of world famous wedding cakes do have a lot of meanings?

Wedding Cake Facts And Trivia

During the Roman Empire

• A loaf of bread is made with wheat and barley – that’s their wedding cake
• The purpose of it is to throw it to the bride and not to be eaten.
• Another one is crumbling the wedding cake over the bride’s head as a symbol of her fertility.
• A piece of wedding cake must be broken, made by the groom at the head of the bride to announce his dominance in their married life.

French Croquembouche

•  It is one of the earliest forms of wedding cake in the history.
•  It is a pile of French pastries that can be dipped in chocolate bounded with caramel as well.
•  This is delicately accentuated with almonds, ribbons and flowers.
•  During the medieval era, the newly wed couples must kiss over these piles of pastry in an attempt not rumble it down.
•  If they were successful enough no to rumble down, a lifetime fortune awaits the newly-wed couples.

Customary

• The wedding cake is used to be white in every detail symbolizing its purity.
• Together, they slice the wedding cake to announce their first duty in married life.
• Pertaining to these it is also eaten by the newly-wed couples allegorizing their commitment to each other.

(You might want to check out my post about 41 weirdest wedding cake toppers. )

Tip: Do you know this wedding cake featured in an episode of a Korean TV film titled Kim Sam Soon? It was one of her “killer cakes” that time. It was made of cupcakes! Some pastry chef use sweet cupcakes and arranged it similar to croquembouche. They simply calls it "sweet cupcake wedding cakes". Definitely an eye-candy in the reception I bet.

 Image Source: http://www.robineau.co.uk/weddings.asp

Most of the wedding cakes in this very minute also goes along with their preferred motifs. The most similar color tones of it the better. Bringing along with flowers, ribbons and even swarovski in it? You see, couples-to-be these days have so many options rather than a decades ago.

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Facts About Wedding Favors You Should Know About

Intentionally, wedding favors are meant to give appreciation to your guests whether they enjoyed the event or not. Let’s get this straight, you know that lots of people wanting these favors at the end of the celebration, typically in Filipino wedding culture (I don’t know why), in order for them to have a keepsake or remembrance related to the wedding event itself. Favors like these makes the gathering being cherished every minute of the moment from A side (positive) to the B side (negative) of it. Aside from those reasons, wedding favors that are being requested or ordered must be presentable enough for the guests.

Wedding favors varies from your own wedding motif or it depends if you still have more time to think of it then you can still improve on what kind of wedding favors will perfectly fit your taste and budget. Along with these ,you must make sure that that the people behind your wedding favors is reputable as much as possible, from the most savvy wedding favor makers in the town down to your sisters and friends who diligently made your favors up to the last sweat.

Wedding Favors

These mini birdhouses were commissioned as wedding favors.

Hand-painted and collage, each one has a butterfly or flower motif (with a smaller matching motif on the back).

Each birdhouse measures 1.6" x 2" x 2.4" (4 x 5 x 6 cm) approx.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artangelstudio/5834123860/

You must also be aware that some wedding favors can be handy and some are not. Some wedding favors are fragile and I think, that’s a no-no or disadvantage for me. You must be resourceful on everything to sort things out. Lot of establishments today offers package deal promos that include wedding favors and stuffs as well. There are also types of favors that are edible, usable or just plain junk or non useful to your guest if they will keep them at their house or home. What’s the most important is that guests will thank you and remember you not only because of the favors you will give them but for the memory they have on that very nice day. Isn’t that sweet?

Wedding Favors - Homemade Honey

"Quite possibly the greatest wedding favor ever"

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lollyknit/2060384605/

 To make the long story short prior to your wedding favors, just be wise enough to choose one to make your sentiments on your big event last long and still can be an enjoyable topic to reminisce with your better half while sowing the fruitfulness of marriage.

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