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Wedding cakes first appeared in Ancient Rome.
What we’d now call a “regular loaf of bread” would be ceremoniously broken over the bride's head for good luck.
In the 16th century it was called the “bride's pie” — a crust-filled plate with assorted oysters, lamb testicles, pine kernels, and cocks' combs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_cake
🤵🏽♂️ Later on it became tradition to make two cakes: one each for the bride and groom.
Groom's cakes have mostly gone the way of the dodo bird, but the practice is still observed in parts of the modern American South.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groom%27s_cake
💍 Another extinct tradition was to hide a ring inside the bride’s pie, with the maiden who found it being dubbed the “next to marry”.
The modern version of catching the flower bouquet!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_bouquet
🍏 It’s said the bouquet tradition may be related to the Golden Apple of Discord — a story from Greek mythology.
The goddess Eris is tossed into a wedding feast as a prize of beauty, sparking a tussle between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite — which eventually led to the Trojan War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_of_Discord
…and that’s today’s random walk!
Random Walk:
Wedding Cake → Groom’s Cake → Flower Bouquet → Apple of Discord