wedding cake

noun

|Updated on: 1 Aug 2018

Definition of wedding cake

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

Recent Examples of wedding cake from the Web

Get All the Details About the Adorable Photo Mom Kate Took William and Kate’s wedding cake was eight layers high and made up of 17 individual fruit cakes embellished with cream and white icing.

— rebecca angel baer, Southern Living, "William and Kate Followed This Odd English Tradition at Prince Louis’ Christening," 9 July 2018
The guests will be served christening cake — a tier taken from Prince William and Duchess Kate's wedding cake.

— maria puente, USA TODAY, "Prince Louis' godparents named, including Prince William and Prince Harry's close friend, Nicholas van Cutsem," 9 July 2018
Designed by Fiona Cairns, William and Kate’s wedding cake consisted of 17 individual fruit cakes and had eight tiers.

— maura hohman, PEOPLE.com, "Here's Why Kate and William Served Their 7-Year-Old Wedding Cake at Prince Louis' Christening," 9 July 2018
The commission compared the conduct of the baker, who agreed to sell the couple a cake, but not a wedding cake, to slavery and the Holocaust.

— michelle boorstein, Washington Post, "Why many religious liberty groups are silent on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Trump’s travel ban," 26 June 2018
The court decided, in a 7-2 vote, that Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s conduct in evaluating Phillips’ reasoning for not making the wedding cake violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of religion.

— abby vesoulis, Time, "Justice Sotomayor Criticized Her Colleagues for a Double Standard on Masterpiece Cakeshop and the Travel Ban," 26 June 2018
The 19th century mansion at 1 W. Mount Vernon Place that is part of the Walters Art Museum resembles a giant white wedding cake.

— mary carole mccauley, baltimoresun.com, "The Walters' renovated Mount Vernon mansion is a work of art in itself," 15 June 2018
Instead, the court issued a judgment in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which focused on whether the government could penalize a baker who refused on religious grounds to sell wedding cakes to gay couples.

— matt ford, The New Republic, "Why Trump Should Worry About the Supreme Court’s Cakeshop Ruling," 4 June 2018
Her mother, Carmen Wilda Bermudez, owned a bakery in New Britain specializing in Quinceanera and wedding cakes.

— daniela altimari, courant.com, "Who Is Eva Bermudez Zimmerman? A Fresh Face With A History Of Activism," 25 May 2018

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