Traditions
Hello Beloved! Aren't Wedding Cakes a thing of beauty? I've seen so many beautifully decorated cakes that it is difficult for me to tell which one is my favorite style. I would never have thought of a RED cake...somebody has and if it meets their needs I suppose it would be what they wanted and needed.
When I married and my Aunt Valera prepared/created Reception Cake for my big day and for the honored Guests, I didn't have any difficulty choosing the cake design. This was easy for me...at the time...so was selecting my Wedding Gown and Flowers and Invitations and etc. I knew the moment I saw my dress that 'that is the one!' I wish I could pick decorating colors for my home as easy. For alot of reasons, I just can't decide...sigh.
As for symbolism:
As for Wedding cake the Romans took a loaf of bread and the Groom broke the bread above the Bride's head to represent that he was in charge? The meaning changed as time marched on.
The joint task of the Bride and Groom cutting the cake is meant to symbolize their FIRST JOINT TASK IN MARRIED LIFE.
The gesture of feeding one another the cake symbolizes THE COMMITMENT THE BRIDE AND GROOM ARE MAKING!!!
(Honey, feed me some more wedding cake...I feel some commitment coming on.)
Summer Blessings to you!
It's a hot one already here in Kansas.
God Bless,
~Deanna~
DAUGHTER'S PIE CRUST RECIPE
Pie Crust Recipe.
With her permission I share her recipe with you. BLESS your family, friends and your taste buds with this wonderful crust.
Pie Crust Recipe
1 cup flour
3 heaping tablespoons of shortening
A dash of salt
A tiny bit of ice cold water
Mix ingredients together well.
Roll out on wax paper.
Assemble pie.
Spread a little milk on top of crust before baking.
Simply delicious,
d
DECORATING
I knew a very frugal Lady named Edith that shared with me a excellent guideline for decorating. She said with ease, "If your room has clean ceilings, floors, and walls, and the windows have nice curtains, you'll have an attractive room."
John 3:7
“Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.”
King James Version (KJV)
PSALM 118:17
I shall not die,
but live, and declare
the works of the Lord.
By wisdom
a house is built,
and through understanding
it is established;
through
knowledge
its rooms are filled with rare
and beautiful treasures.
SALVATION
Romans 10:9 King James Version (KJV)
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Acts 4:12 King James Version (KJV)
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
"HOME is a wonderful place to LIVE. No matter the size of the rooms, ones HOME is a place to call ones own. I so LOVE my HOME." ~Deanna~
PSALM 90:12
SO
TEACH us
to number OUR days,
that we may apply our HEARTS
unto
WISHES
NO MATTER HOW BADLY YOU WISH with all your might that the something devastating that happened in your life hadn't happened and want so badly to go back in time to prevent it from happening...it isn't humanly possible to do this. You can't change the fact that it happened. IT DID. But JESUS can change the MEANING of what happened to you and give you PEACE. He can show you the way in which you are to go. God richly BLESS you. ~Deanna
12 comments:
You got Dd! Do you want Fondant or Butter Cream frosting? Rg
Hi Deanna,
Lovely post and I enjoyed seeing all the white wedding cakes, in the previous post.
I do not like the red cake, I think they need to be pure and white, but everyone to their own choice.
I am glad the meaning has changed... ugh, breaking bread above the brides head.
My Mother made our cake and an Aunt iced it beautifully.
Happy weekend
Hugs
Carolyn
Honey, I want BUTTER CREAM!!!!!
Soft colors for sure, nothing too heavy.
d
Hi Carolyn, I think the same thing...red...hum.
Maybe for the fourth of July which is our Patriotic Celebration.
I like red velvet cake...just can't get excited about red for a wedding cake.
d
I used to decorate cakes and make sugar flowers before I moved to the US, I made and decorated my friend's wedding cake, I could look at them all day. love the ones you posted below.
What a lovely and informative post. Truth be told, I never knew the reasoning behind the wedding cake, good to know.
Deanna darling thank you so much for visiting me at the cottage and for leaving me such sweet comments and genuinely caring and loving thoughts and prayers. You have a way with words that renders so much serenity and love to the reader. It is astonishing how we have bonded albeit we have never met in face to face. I thank you my darling for being a precious friend, for sharing with me your wisdom, for your gracious remarks and for your support when I need it the most, for all of this, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
On a different note, Rosemary (Lady R) is doing much better of late and in my opinion is ready both physically and mentally for her chemo sessions. She has a long battle ahead of her, but I am certain she will prevail.
I am delighted to be back blogging again and look forward to our daily visits. Take care my friend. I wish you a sunny and happy summer full of blessings.
Love & Hugs
Duchess
Sweet Friend,
I love this post. Red Wedding cake.... I'm not sure unless there is chocolate on the inside...
Have a wonderful warm Kansas Day.
I lived there for 10 years in Hutchinson!!
God bless you,
Donna
I love the red cake...but would have been S C A N D O L O U S at my wedding! My MIL would have just keeled over in a dead feint! My how times have changed!!!
Denise, I am going to try my hand at making a large cake just for grins to see if I can do this!
Duchess, God Bless you and may your friend improve...saying a prayer for her and you.
Donna, OOOhhhhhh chocolate! A winner...yummmmm.
Deb, haha I can just imagine what others would have said in 1974 when I got married if I had gone red.
HI!!!
If I had that red wedding I so wanted, I would have loved that cake!!!!
Love it!!!!
It is HOT here too!!!!Close to 112 tomorrow!!!!OH my.....and company in town, what to do......
oh my, maybe the shopping mall!!!!
Hugs to you my sweet friend,
jamie
Wedding cakes have certainly changed their look... I recently went to a wedding where the cake was a 'tumbled" design with orange and green tiers...and polka dots! We also attended a wedding where the cake was made from Krispy Kreme donuts...and the bridal couple wore the KK hats!
Then, of course, is the Groom's cake (where did this tradition begin?)...and the classic "bleeding armadillo" cake from the movie, Steel Magnolias. Definitely, one for the memory books...
Hope you are well...
Have a fabulous weekend.
Jane (Artfully graced)
Jamie, Hope you stay cool and drink alot of water...so hot out.
Jane, Have read that this started as a Southern thing...but not sure about Groom's Cakes. Generally served at a different table away from the Wedding Cake.
It's usually a chocolate cake and now I've read Cheese Cake is a favorite to serve.
Yummmmm...
I'm a little late to the party, but what a lovely cake!
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