Saturday, February 10, 2024

Bride’s vs Wedding Cake Etiquette, 1931

According to Emily Post, a wedding cake was the chief ornament of a wedding table – “Dear Mrs. Post: Is it necessary to have a wedding cake on a buffet table at the wedding reception, in addition to the small boxes of wedding cake that are to be stacked on a table for the guests to take home with them? Answer: Yes. As a rule the wedding cake is the chief ornament of the wedding table. I have never, as a matter of fact, seen a wedding table without one.”
Question: What is the difference between the bride's cake and the wedding cake?
Answer: The bride's cake is the large white cake, elaborately decorated, and containing the traditional, ring, thimble and coin. The bride cuts the first slice and the cake is served to the guests.

Wedding cake is the rich black fruit cake, slices of which are placed 
in little individual white boxes, bearing the initials of the bride and groom, and given to each guest.– From “Standard Rules of Etiquette,” 1931


 🍽Etiquette Enthusiast, Maura J. Graber, is the Site Editor for the Etiquipedia© Etiquette Encyclopedia

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