Informative Speech - History Of The Wedding Cake

Central Idea: Our decadent, modern wedding cake took centuries to evolve from its humble beginnings as rough breads.

I. The origins of today’s wedding cake can be traced back to ancient Roman

II. With the Roman conquests, the Roman wedding traditions were carried to

III. During the 1660’s, a French chef visiting England was introduced to the

English wedding custom and changed it forever.

IV. In Victorian England, the wedding cake made its most dramatic

transformation into the cake we know today.

V. Over the past 150 years, the wedding cake continued to evolve.

VI. In my experience as a wedding cake designer, I have been asked to

create many special and unique designs.

(Transition: Let us begin the evolution of the wedding cake with the Roman traditions.)

I. As I mentioned, the wedding cakes origins have been traced to ancient

A. It was customary for guest to bake round breads and bring them to

1. These breads were very course and dry.

2. They were baked from wheat for their symbolism, not

1. The transformation of the wedding cake reflected these

a. If they successfully kissed without knocking over the

1. This confection is regarded as the first modern wedding

B. With the marriage of her eldest daughter, Queen Victoria

b. In the United States, the modern white cake made it’s

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