wedding cake

noun

1
: a usually elaborately decorated and tiered cake made for the celebration of a wedding
2
: something (such as a large building) resembling a wedding cake especially in elaborate ornamentation

Examples of wedding cake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As for the wedding cake, the couple decided to get different layers filled with their individual favorites of chocolate and custard. Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024 While demonstrating how to make some of the restaurant’s signature menu items, Yearwood revealed that the Broadway spot will offer a dessert that's extra special to her and Brooks: their wedding cake. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2024 Patrons can also taste a reproduction of the sour cream pound wedding cake recipe that Yearwood’s mother made for Brooks and Yearwood on their wedding day in 2005. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024 The couple chose a three-tier vanilla and chocolate wedding cake topped with fresh strawberries and cream cheese icing. Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024 This style is especially popular with wedding cakes. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2024 Two outsized, tiered chandeliers, shaped like upside-down wedding cakes, glow above a marble dining table that seats 12. Maria L. La Ganga, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 Remember: drive slow and gentle, like there's a three-tiered wedding cake in the backseat and a pot of boiling water in your lap. John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2024 Dessert was Key lime cheesecake with a strawberry coulis and slices of the couple's three-tier vanilla buttercream wedding cake featuring fresh strawberries and a strawberry filling. Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of wedding cake was in 1648

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“Wedding cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wedding%20cake. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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