In the past christenings were often within a year of the wedding so this made perfect sense.
Wedding cake tiers meaning.
Now most couples are more likely to create a small cake eating ceremony around their first anniversary.
Most couples cannot resist saving the top tier of their wedding cake to eat on their first anniversary or a christening ceremony.
In some parts of england the wedding cake is served at a wedding breakfast.
A traditional wedding cake has three tiers and each tier of a wedding cake has its own significance.
Continue reading below tradition has it that the bottom tier is for eating at the ceremony the middle tier for distributing after the event and the top tier was saved.
The wedding breakfast does not mean the meal will be held in the morning but at a time following the ceremony on the same day.
Each tier of the wedding cake has its own significance and the top tier serves a very special function indeed.
In modern western culture the cake is usually on display and served to guests at the reception.
Saving the top tier.
Today s more elaborate multi tiered wedding cakes have both symbolic and practical meanings.