Wedding Cake Charm: Add Good Fortune to Your Future

While the bride is always the center of attraction in a wedding ceremony, the role of a delicious and charming cake is also important. Wedding cake is the most significant confectionery you ever buy. There are many customs that are followed while cutting the cake, grabbing the charms from the cake, cutting the first slice of your wedding cake, etc. Cutting the cake by groom and bride symbolizes their first joint activity after getting married.

Many brainstorming sessions and arrangements takes place while preparing the wedding cake for a wedding ceremony. It’s not only a precious and momentous time for wedding couple but also for the guests. Selecting an appropriate Wedding Cake can be challenging for the both groom and bride. Lot of things have to be considered while choosing the cake and its accessories. The customs which are followed while preparing the wedding cake are based on Victorian culture. Similarly, wedding cake charm came into existence during Victorian age, and it is still followed. Each charm represents a unique positive association. These charms are made from a variety of articles like glass, porcelain, brass, etc. or from any material of your choice.

The charm inside the cake will be pulled by bridesmaid for good luck. One of the beautiful colored ribbon to reveal charm will be tucked in the layer of the cake. Mostly simple cakes like single-tiered cake will have the charm tucked in the last layer. Satin ribbon enhances the look of the wedding cake, when it is properly decorated. The charm of the wedding cakes increases with white colored satin ribbon or the different colored ribbons; whatever suits the best or goes with the cake, which is tucked in a such a way that it can be pulled quickly and easily. Satin ribbons are decorated in circular form to enhance the beauty of the wedding table.

Wedding cake charm is dragged out before cutting the cake and that charm symbolizes true love, upcoming engagement, clover, luck, growing love, travel and adventure, children, long life, good fortune, upcoming marriage, good news, and happy life. Mostly the girl who pulled the charm will get that as a gift, or else bride can keep it as a wedding collection. It’s not necessary that only bridesmaid will pull the charm, even the small children, bride friends can do it before it is cut by the wedding couple. The charm is considered as a good luck, that are available in many shapes and sizes. Famous one’s are heart, ring, star, kite, anchor, butterfly, flower, rose, etc. These charms are mostly kept at the bottom layer of the wedding cake, which is tucked in the satin ribbon.

While, wedding in today’s era is indulgent gathering, because many couples spend huge amount of money on their wedding. Couples spend lot of time in visiting stores, contacting designers, visiting and viewing many cake galleries of the different bakers and various websites only to make their wedding day special and unforgettable. Used to keep the tradition alive and also as a major decorative item, wedding charms play very important role in wedding. Mostly chosen according to the taste of the couple and along with baker’s convenience, these charms are important in keeping the cake charm tradition.

About the author: Amanda Kidd is a blogger and writer. She frequently writes on wedding. Recently her interest has grown in wedding cakes and upcoming wedding stuff.