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

While their fellow Plums busied themselves with bridal parties and wedding cakes, these girls had political awakenings. —Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026

The ingredients became rather expensive, not to mention that baking, assembling, decorating and transporting a carrot wedding cake was no small feat. —Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 May 2026

Over a whirlwind 48 hours, the improbable companions let their guards down and help each other work through personal hangups ‒ all while tasked with transporting a wedding cake. —Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 21 May 2026

The caption on the photo confirmed that the confection was lemon and elderflower, the same flavor profile London bakery owner Claire Ptak used for their actual wedding cake on the day of their 2018 nuptials. —Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026

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