Wedding Cake
The wedding cake is one of the oldest traditions in the wedding ceremony, a tradition that can even be traced back to ancient Roman Empire. In Rome he spent a chunk of bread on the head of the bride as a symbol of fertility and desire. The crumbs that fell off the bread were collected immediately by the guests coméndoselas without further delay.
This tradition was in force until around the seventeenth century of our era. At that time arose in England for a change, instead of bread, began to use small cakes that were not sweet. It was initially treated with simple water-based working, salt and flour, but who were eventually they were adding new ingredients such as fruits, nuts, etc..
These cakes, a good number of them were located and custom stacked indicated that the newlyweds had to kiss on them after the wedding, which ended with the almost inevitable collapse of the tower of cakes.
To work around this minor inconvenience, a cook Französisch devised a new cake during the reign of Charles II. This was a multi-tier cake made from cake. Over time it was developing increasingly tart with new and successive additions: powdered sugar, cream variety, flowers, decorations, etc..
From traditional “classic” of the wedding cake, over the years there have been many variations, some frankly curious. Occasionally one of the floors of the cake is hollow and may contain some surprises such as pigeons. There was also the custom of hiding a ring in one of the wedding favors aroiund the wedding cake, tradition said that happiness would fall at the invitation to meet him.
One of the most curious, perhaps, is that for which it reserved the upstairs of the pie for the day of the baptism of their first child. In this case the pies should be developed so that they could be stored for at least one year, the abundant use of liquor was recommended.
