Scottish Wedding Cakes
Some wedding history and tradition for you.........
The wedding cake has its origins as a fertility symbol in Roman antiquity when a cake, rather than being eaten, was broken over the bride's head!
The cake idea developed over the centuries into a series of several cakes placed on top of one another. When the tower of cakes was sufficiently high to present a challenge, the bride and groom would stand on opposite sides of the cake and attempt to kiss while trying not to cause the tower to fall. Good fortune could be expected if the kiss was successful!
This tradition is carried over to today's wedding cake which often sees the cakes in tiers with the kissing couple on top.
The bride and groom make the first cut of the cake together, after which it is taken away by the staff at the reception venue and divided into portions which are then distributed among the guests at the reception. It is traditional to keep a number of portions back for people who were unable to attend the wedding.
Note: if you are planning to send a piece of cake abroad by post, make sure the country to which you are sending it allows foodstuffs to be sent through the mail. Not all do.
Traditionally a wedding cake is made of fruit cake topped by fondant or royal icing. Fruit cake was chosen because it keeps for much longer than sponge or other cakes and seldom if ever went mouldy, thus allowing it to be sent to people who couldn't make it to the wedding.
The top tier was also traditionally kept for the christening on the couple's first child.
These days, there is far more choice. Couples are choosing to mix and match tiers with sponge or chocolate cakes. Many are also choosing cakes entirely made from chocolate in either white or dark chocolate – yum!
Other alternatives include the fabulous ‘Croque en bouche’ – a large tower made with profiteroles, and chocolate fountains for the real chocoholics!
We usually have clients send us photos of the cakes they like and we have our designers re-create them here based on their instructions.
Please browse through our wedding cake options from the listing on the right hand side of the page.
