Today s more elaborate multi tiered wedding cakes have both symbolic and practical meanings.
Wedding cake tiers meaning.
Now most couples are more likely to create a small cake eating ceremony around their first anniversary.
In the past christenings were often within a year of the wedding so this made perfect sense.
Tradition has it that the bottom tier is for eating at the ceremony and the middle.
Most couples cannot resist saving the top tier of their wedding cake to eat on their first anniversary or a christening ceremony.
A wedding cake is the traditional cake served at wedding receptions following dinner.
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.
In modern western culture the cake is usually on display and served to guests at the reception.
A traditional wedding cake has three tiers and each tier of a wedding cake has its own significance.
In some parts of england the wedding cake is served at a wedding breakfast.
Saving the top tier.