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

The thought of translating cities into wedding cakes was an exciting project to showcase our creativity and try new designs and techniques. —Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025

The production and mixing are impressively ornate, a wedding cake that could topple if one note lands out of place. —William Earl, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025

Chocolate Cake with a Mirror Glaze Viewers everywhere can bet the finale is sure to be as drama-filled as Jeremiah's wedding cake request (a two-tier dark chocolate cake with raspberry coulis filling and a mirror glaze, of course). —Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025

The pair wed the following summer, with Edgell preparing the wedding cake, and announced their first child in June 2025. —Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for wedding cake

• overtake
• rattlesnake
• shiitake
• undertake
• wapentake
• ache
• ake
• bake
• brake
• break
• craik
• crake