Showing posts with label Albert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Albert. Show all posts

Sunday, 24 May 2015

The origin of the tiered wedding cake

There are three things that cannot be missed at a wedding: the groom, the bride and the cake. 

In 1840, Queen Victoria decided to wear a white dress at her wedding with Prince Albert. Since then, the brides choose the white colour for their special day. The traditional wedding cake is also white to symbolize virginity and purity and to reflect the wife's virtues.

A wedding cake can have different flavours, forms and textures. But there is one thing that all of them have in common; they have tiers. To be exact, the traditional wedding cake must have three tiers. Why?