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
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
She’s made it so intrinsic to her plot, for so many believable reasons, that it’s also the icing and the cherry on the wedding cake.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025
As a wedding cake maker for nine years, she would often be wracked with pain on the bakery floor while her husband had to step in to finish her creations for expectant customers.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024
Everything is covered with a fluffy layer of white, like a wedding cake you don’t want to cut into.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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