With the marriage of tradition and linked to many beautiful rituals. One of these traditions - a luxurious wedding cake, the bride and groom who are usually cut by joint efforts, then give each guest a piece. These cakes are richly decorated and used as a stuffing sweet cream or fruit to treat was not too heavy.

Tribute tradition

Today, probably, no wedding, "all the rules" is not without a luxurious tiered cake. This tradition came from Western Europe, where the cakes were served at weddings for several centuries. Some sources, however, claim that the cakes were served at weddings and a few thousand years ago. However, most likely, it was not so much the cakes many varieties of ritual loaves, loaves. Bread breaks over the head of the bride, the groom wakes ate the crumbs on his beloved, and the other pieces of battered guests.

It is believed that the first of several tiers the cake for the wedding was made in England in the nineteenth century. Distribution of this tradition has not at once: for a long time luxury cakes were too expensive. However, as time went on, people became rich and would like to arrange holidays in a big way. Thanks to television, beautiful wedding tradition became popular all over the world: grandiose wedding cakes decorated with flowers and marzipan figures, have become a real symbol of marriage.

Different countries have their own wedding traditions. For example, in France, the wedding cake "croquembouche" prepared as a high tower of the small profiteroles stuffed. In Denmark, the wedding cake is prepared in the form of a cornucopia stuffed with chocolates, marzipan and cakes. And in Italy paying much less attention to the decoration of the wedding cake, but the taste of these desserts simply divine.

This cake symbolizes the sweet life for the young. It is made at the end of a celebratory banquet, then the bride and groom together on pieces cut delicacy. Rather, cuts the cake bride and groom holds her hand. To the marriage was strong, need to keep a knife with both hands. The first pieces of cake rely parents of the bride and groom, then endows all guests. Sometimes, however, first the bride and groom feed each other cake. And sometimes feeding cake is converted into a kind of show, for example, arranged the auction, and the guests are fighting for the right to get their piece.

Generally, the wedding cake is due to take the set. For example, try to treat the wedding party - unfortunately (unlikely, however, that someone decides to taste the sumptuous dessert before the deadline). Another unlucky omen considered if the cake will collapse even before it will cut. Do not trust the groom to share the cake - it portends a childless marriage. Pieces of wedding cake, believed to bring good luck to those who pass them. But to abandon the cake guest does not - it promises the mountain as a newly-married couple and other guests. In an extreme case, you can only eat a small piece symbolically. Unmarried girls can put a piece of wedding cake under your pillow to see my fiance - although in practice hardly anyone to do so.

As a rule, the supply of wedding cake - the last stage of the festival, and a kind of signal the end of the banquet. Doev dessert, the guests once again wish happiness to young and expenses.

A special dessert

Wedding cake completes the festive meal, which according to tradition must be abundant and rich. This means that the final meal can not be too heavy, bold and sweet, because in this case is likely to remain uneaten cake. To avoid this, it is better to abandon the heavy oily creams and thick dough in favor of air and low-fat biscuit mousse or soufflé. And so it was convenient to cut the cake, it is better to abandon the use as a base of meringue dessert waffles or crumbling Waffles: could not be easier .

As a rule, the wedding cake is made from a light dough and cream, rich chocolate flavor is hardly suitable. But a gentle lemon, peach or strawberry cream in combination with a light sponge cake will not only delicious, but also to create the right mood. Suit and cream, sour cream and yogurt creams and souffles. Chocolate lovers can order a wedding cake with white chocolate.

Ornament

The appearance of the wedding cake is no less important than its taste. Each pair chooses decor independently according to their own preferences. Someone like luxuriously decorated cakes with cream or marzipan roses, doves, bride and groom figurines, ribbons and bows. Someone chooses exquisite designs in the tradition of Europe's finest confectionery. Someone is decorated dessert inedible, but such beautiful flowers, butterflies and beads. And someone chooses original decoration that will make guests smile.

As a rule, the wedding cake decorate in bright colors - it can be white, cream, pale pink. This, however, is not mandatory rule: if you want you can order a cake, painted with all the colors of the rainbow. Modern confectioners use safe food dyes with which can create colorful decorations wedding dessert. However, if some of the guests have small children or allergies, it is better to give preference to the traditional cake of natural shade.

Cakes irregular shape, such as doves or angels, can look very interesting, but cut them into equally attractive pieces can be difficult. Therefore, better still prefer the classic round cakes or, in extreme cases, a cake in the form heart.

If selected inedible cake decorations, you must notify the guests that no one of them casually did not try to bite a plastic flower. At the same time it should be noted that the drunken guests can not heed such warnings. If the cake will have children, the more necessary to do without beautiful, but non-edible decorations.

Maria Bykov

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