subject: Wedding Cake- The Sweetest Marriage Ceremony [print this page] Wedding being the most important ceremony of our life, needs to be witnessed with all the top class arrangements of the world. Everyone wants their wedding to be the best day of their life. This is the day, which fills unforgettable memories in the lives of both the bride and groom. Marriage is the day, which every girl and boy waits from the day, he sees the marriage of any of his friend or relative. It is one of its kind experiences, which lasts for lifetime. This lifetime experience has to be the best in all possible ways, whether its deciding the wedding venue, menu, dresses for the bride and the groom, the rituals performed, or the cake for the wedding reception.
With the modernisation of the wedding ceremonies, a new ceremony, which has been added to mark the celebratory moment of the wedding, is the cake cutting ceremony. It is a ritual, which has started few days back, and has its roots from the western culture. The cake cutting ceremony for the marriage is witnessed at the reception grounds of the bride and the groom. Reception is a party given by the grooms side, where the relatives of the groom are are invited and few close relative from the bride side join the function. This ceremony is generally in the form of a big grand party, with the declaration of the happiness quotient of the grooms family, because of the wedding alliance.
Cake cutting is an integral part of the reception. These days, its not just a mere cake cutting ceremony; the ceremony is celebrated with great pop and gaiety. A lot of focus is given on the fact, that the cake bought to celebrate the wedding ceremony, matches the scale and the importance of the function. No more are the days, in which white cake was prevalent and was the only option to celebrate the occasion. Following are some of the points, which should be kept in mind, while buying a wedding cake for the reception ceremony:
The type, colour and design of the cake, should match according the whole dcor the venue hall. There are designs available ranging from heart shape cakes to flower baskets, from city landscape to musical instruments.
The wedding cake should be ordered three to four months before the date of the ceremony, to ensure the timely delivery of the wedding cake
The wedding cake should compliment the venue style, the theme and the essence of the wedding dress of both the bride and the groom
The flavour of the cake, is something, which is tough to decide, because it is for all the guests and its quite impossible to ask for the majority among the invited guests. So a multi-flavoured cake is the best option to go for and also it would satisfy the taste buds of almost all the guests invited for the marriage celebrations.
Do ensure with the bakery chef, that the cake is freshly prepared and the essence of it being the wedding cake is reflected in its formation and decoration
The price of the cake is generally according to the size and the flavour of the cake, so the baker should be consulted in regard to size, by telling him the quantity of people coming to your reception, because he has an expertise in this field and would work as a good guide, to see, the money does not get wasted.
The decoration of the cake and the cake table should be done in a hygienic manner. If the person is planning to decorate any of them with flowers, then use of pesticide free fresh flowers should be ensured. The responsibility of the healthy of the guests should be kept in mind before doing anything related to extra decoration of the cake.
Hence, by keeping all these points in mind, one can ensure a healthy, sweet and amazing cake cutting ceremony of his wedding.
