The Whole Story Behind The Wedding Cake Topper

By S. Taylor

Congratulations! You would like a topper to position on the very top of your fantastic wedding cake. Toppers are certainly a hot little item these days. In regards to an example, consider the following search topics that all sorts of people are typing directly into into the most popular search engines:

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Just what are wedding cake toppers anyway? You have asked a very valid question. Not many people know what they are, but they are those little "figures" or "statues" that position themselves on top of the tiered wedding cake. They seem to shout out "Notice Me...I'm Something Special...I Matter!". From their very humble beginnings there is a great variety of wedding cake toppers available in today's market. Let us spend a few minutes learning their history...

The History

Now that we are done with our formal description, let us turn our attention to the history. Although no precise records exist of the first time someone put a little model on top of a wedding cake, we do have various traditions. One of the most popular traditions out there these days states that a girl was engaged and getting married, and she was trying to determine some way in which she could show the love that she and her husband to be shared for each other. Her father happened to be the baker in the village in which she lived, and she gave him a job. Being a baker he naturally baked a wedding cake, but he one step further and added a little figure to the very top of the wedding cake. He put a figurine of his daughter and her future husband on top of the cake. This was to exemplify the extreme love that these two young individuals shared for each other.

Is this story factual? Perhaps. Is it fictional? It could be. Does it foreshadow the prominence that the cake topper would have on not only the wedding cake but the big day? For sure. This mere baker probably had no idea what a trend he had started. The wedding day would never be the same again...

When you think of the 50's what do you think? The King (Elvis) and Rock & Roll right? Well wedding cake toppers were to become more popular than ever during this decade as soldiers returning from WW2 started to settle down and have a family.

Today we see that cake toppers are just as popular now as they have ever been. Styles have changed somewhat to reflect changes, but they are still popular none-the-less. In today's world you can get cake toppers that depict mixed race marriages, and same-sex marriages as well. Many traditional wedding cake toppers are being purchased these days. One depicts the pretty grabbing her hapless groom by the back of the shirt...preventing him from running away from the altar. Another shows her dragging him back to the altar after he has run off. Some cake toppers even depict the various hobbies that the happy couple can enjoy.

To Summarize

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