Today s more elaborate multi tiered wedding cakes have both symbolic and practical meanings.
Wedding cake tiers meaning.
Each tier of the wedding cake has its own significance and the top tier serves a very special function indeed.
The tradition of the wedding cake dates back to roman times when the groom broke a barley cake over the bride s head to symbolize the end of her chastity.
In some parts of england the wedding cake is served at a wedding breakfast.
Continue reading below tradition has it that the bottom tier is for eating at the ceremony the middle tier for distributing after the event and the top tier was saved.
Saving the top tier.
The wedding breakfast does not mean the meal will be held in the morning but at a time following the ceremony on the same day.
A wedding cake is the traditional cake served at wedding receptions following dinner.
Now most couples are more likely to create a small cake eating ceremony around their first anniversary.
Most couples cannot resist saving the top tier of their wedding cake to eat on their first anniversary or a christening ceremony.
In the past christenings were often within a year of the wedding so this made perfect sense.