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

In some Philadelphia freezers somewhere sit jarred up divisional-championship winning snow, preserved not unlike a first slice of wedding cake. —Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026

Cookies and wedding cake was served for dessert. —Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025

Find a great reception venue, a photographer, caterer, wedding cake, DJ, musician, decor specialist and, of course, an expert wedding planner. —Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Dec. 2025

After decades of creating elegant wedding cakes, catering social and corporate gatherings, and turning out delicate eclairs and towering croquembouches, The French Gourmet is calling it quits after selling its Turquoise Street property to a Los Angeles developer. —Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 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