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Valentine’s Day, St. Bride’s was the Inspiration for a Romantic Wedding Cake Gift
St. Bride’s Church in London, England was the inspiration for our modern day traditional tiered wedding cakes. Legend has it that the local baker could see the spire of St. Bride’s Church through his bakery window. He was to be married at St. Bride’s. His love for his future bride, and his imagination produced a very special wedding gift. The baker made the cake to look like St. Bride’s Church Steeple. He baked the very first, ever, tiered wedding cake as a surprise gift for his bride. The traditional wedding cake was born. It all began with a very appropriately named church. This is a truly romantic love story. What woman wouldn't love the dreamy story of a man that bakes?! If you are in London, make St. Brides a must see on your sight-seeing list.
The first wedding cake dates back to the Roman Empire. It was initially a loaf of bread, rather than the traditional cake that we think of when we think of a wedding cake. The groom used the loaf to hit the bride over the head with during the wedding ceremony. The tradition was supposed to symbolize good fortune. Although, it is also said that it was to demonstrate the groom’s power in the relationship. Either way, I am so glad that times have changed. Though wedding cake traditions have evolved with time, St. Bride’s is a true trendsetter.
St. Brides, located on Fleet Street in London, is one of 51 churches designed by architect Sir Christopher Wren. At 226 feet tall, St. Brides Church is the second tallest of the churches, with Saint Paul’s Cathedral (Prince Charles married the late Princess Diana at St. Paul’s) being the tallest at 360 feet.
The current church is the 7th to stand on its Fleet Street site. Around 1701-1703 the famous octagonal shaped spire was added to the church. The spire rises in steps lessening in height at the top. St. Bride's Church was destroyed many times and rebuilt. The first time St. Bride's Church was destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666. St. Bride’s is said to be the first post Great Fire church to be rebuilt. Damage was, also, done to the church when a fire bomb was dropped during WWII. Fire destroyed the interior of the church.
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