a white cake, traditionally in tiered layers, covered with white icing and decorated.
(in England) a fruit cake, similar in appearance.
First recorded in 1640–50
First recorded in 1875–80
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At least one commissioned a wedding cake in the shape of it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
This is not a wedding cake; it’s a celebration among friends.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026
The early embrace of sunshine as an antiseptic, formalized in New York’s wedding cake towers that were required to step back gradually from the street, soon morphed into a generalized opposition to tall buildings.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025
A "Latin" wedding cake created by a Colombian baker for her own big day has been voted as the best in Britain.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025
It was she who, on her own initiative, put aside the largest piece that she had cut from the wedding cake and took it on a plate with a fork to José Arcadio Buendía.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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