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?
Legend says that, in 1703, a man named William Rich, while he was working as an apprentice in Ludgate Hill, fell in love with the daughter of his employer. When he asked her to marry him, instead of the proposal ring that is given today, he decided to made a three tiered cake.
The designed was inspired by the spine of St Bride's church at Fleet Street.
Other bakers followed suit and now the traditional wedding cake always takes that shape.
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