Cleveland Wedding Cakes
We design wedding and special event cakes for the entire Cleveland,
Ohio area and northeast Ohio.
Creating a truly unique wedding cake that reflects your personal style and makes
your event spectacularly memorable. That's the White Flower experience.
We serve wedding and all occasion cakes to the Cleveland,
Ohio area. We are located at LaPlace Shopping
Center
in Beachwood,
Ohio.
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directions to our Cleveland-area Shoppe.
With professional backgrounds
in both fine arts and culinary arts, the White
Flower designers serve the Cleveland, Ohio area, creating wedding
cakes that are as exclusively exquisite as they are sumptuously edible.
Choose from our wedding and occasional cake
portfolio of designs or work with an artist to create a cake that is
uniquely yours. From the classically elegant to the tastefully ornate to
the playfully whimsical, a White Flower cake will leave an indelible impression
on your guests.
Contact the Cleveland, Ohio wedding cake designers
for your special
cake creation, whether it's for your wedding or special occasion.
Let us design your wedding or special event cake: serving Cleveland,
Ohio and northeast Ohio. Call 216.514.2253.
The Wedding Cake Tradition
The wedding cake first started with Ancient Egyptians
as a cake of wheat or barley and was broken over the bride's head to signify
fertility. But early
Roman bakers, whose art was held in highest regard, grew offended at the waste
of wheat. They began
to bake small, hand-sized cakes — to be eaten, not thrown.
Festive guests, fond of the tradition of pelting the bride, tossed the cakes
anyway.
The Roman philosopher
Lucretius offered this compromise: crumble the cakes over the bride's
head, and to further symbolize fertility, the bride and groom would save a
bit of the cake to
feed each other.
In the Middle Ages, when times were hard in England,
people were less willing to throw food. The sweet cakes evolved to simple biscuits,
and guests
were encouraged to bring their own. After the eating — and
yes,
still some throwing — the leftovers were collected into a pile, to be distributed
amongst the poor. The size of the pile quickly became symbolic of the prosperity
of
the couple, who exchanged
kisses atop the mound. Ironically, it was this frugal practice that
gave rise to the multi-tiered wedding cake concoction we are familiar with
today.
The
French
chef of King Charles II
witnessed the cake-piling ceremony and was appalled at the haphazard
stack. Inspired to build an organized, tiered work of iced art, it became the
rage of all France. During the reign of King Edward II the cake was first (and
since) iced white. [From ... "FactMaster" ]
Cutting The Wedding Cake
The cutting of the cake is a lovely tradition that
occurs at the reception. Guests expect to see the married couple cut
their wedding cake together! It's nice to have a ribbon-tied silver knife,
sharp and serrated, for the ceremony. The bride and groom cut the wedding
cake together, and the groom feeds a piece to
the bride. The bride then feeds the groom. After
the wedding cake cutting ceremony, the guests are served. The bride customarily
serves her new in-laws the next piece(s), followed by the groom serving
his new in-laws.
When Do We Cut The Wedding Cake?
At your dinner or luncheon reception, cut the cake
just before dessert. For an evening cocktail reception or an afternoon
tea reception, cut the wedding cake after the guests have arrived.
How Do We Cut The Wedding Cake?
For a picture-perfect cake cutting, the groom
places his right hand over the bride's right hand, and together the couple
cuts into the bottom layer. Since cutting a wedding cake can
be a complex affair because of its size and multiple tiers, we will give
you detailed instructions as to how to cut the first piece. After the first
cut, have a pre-designated person finish cutting the cake (for a larger
cake, we recommend having the caterer take care of this duty. The wedding
cake is usually removed out of view while the cutting is done, so as to
not take the focus off the wedding party.)
How Do We Feed Each Other?
For your elegant wedding, smashing of the cake
into each other's faces is...well, wrong. Instead, the groom should feed
the bride her first bite, and then the
bride should feed
him. This taste of the first slice serves as a symbol of the bride and
groom's willingness to share a household.
Visit our Cleveland-area wedding cake gallery.
Visiting the Cleveland area for a wedding? There's lots to do
and see in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Ohio area attractions:
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Cleveland area attractions
The Essential Visitor's guide for the Cleveland
Area.
Get the scoop on Cleveland
information, attractions, and activities.
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Case Western Reserve
University
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Cleveland.com
Explore Cleveland, Ohio!
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The Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers is our favorite basketball
team. See our Cleveland cake gallery for
cakes we've created for the players.
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The Children's Museum of
Cleveland
The Children’s Museum of Cleveland features
outreach programs and traveling exhibits
and is a fun cultural
and educational resource for adults and kids
in the Cleveland area.
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M.O.C.A.
The Museum of
Contemporary Art Cleveland, MOCA Cleveland
is the hip place to experience the Cleveland
area art scene.
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Cleveland's University Circle
Incorporated
University Circle Incorporated (UCI) is the non-profit organization
that nurture the growth of University
Circle, Cleveland's cultural, educational
and medical center.
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Cleveland Institute of
Music
The Cleveland Institute of Music is a
leading international conservatory that
fosters an exceptional degree of
collaboration between students and teachers.
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Cleveland Institute of
Art
Established in 1882, The Cleveland Institute
of Art has a reputation
for being among the top ten professional
colleges of art and design in the country.
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Crawford Auto-Aviation
Museum
Come see hundreds of automobiles and aircraft
from the 1800's and 1900's and enjoy Cleveland's
place in history in the transportation industry.
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Cleveland's Western Reserve Historical
Society
A fun afternoon exploring Cleveland's history
through autos and aircraft, mansion tours,
family history, gowns,
pantsuits, and changing exhibitions.
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Cleveland
Orchestra/Severance Hall
Home of the
world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra, reopened
in January 2000 following a $36-million
renovation and expansion. Hailed as one
of America's most beautiful concert halls,
Severance includes a 2,000-seat main
concert hall, a 400-seat chamber hall and a
stunning Grand Foyer.
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Cleveland Botanical
Garden
Flower shows, orchids, bonsai, lectures and more!
With ten acres of landscaped gardens, you'll
enjoy a visit to the Cleveland Botanical Garden. Lots
of information and advice on conservation, horticulture,
landscape and floral design.
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Cleveland Museum of Art
This Ohio
museum allows you to experience science and nature up close and in person at the Museum.
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The Cleveland Museum of
Natural History
Come see the T-Rex named Sue...and tons more
at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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National Register of
Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places
is the Nation's official list of cultural
resources worthy of preservation.
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