Wedding Cake Toppers are those little “figures” that sit atop a wedding cake screaming “Oh, Oh, Oh…I’m Unique…I Say Something…Look At Me!” There is a great variety of toppers available on the market today. Yes, we’ve come a long ways since the humble beginnings years ago. Let’s spend a few minutes learning of their story.
Care for a formal description? Here goes… A wedding cake topper is a small figurine or model that sits on top of a wedding cake. They can be made from a variety of materials, but they are usually made out of plastic. The traditional topper depicts the bride and groom, dresses in their wedding attire, getting married before the altar.
With the description out of the way, the history is next. We should mention right from the start that we don’t have exact records of the first topper. We do know that they date back to at least 100 years ago. One tradition tells us that the daughter of a baker was getting married, and asked her dad to do something to make the occasion memorable. He thought and thought and, being a baker, decided he would bake a special wedding cake. On top of this cake he would put a little figure depicting his daughter and her future husband. He intended that it depict the love that they shared for each other something that the whole world could see. On the day of the wedding he unveiled the cake, and his daughter was delighted. She was so delighted that the topper has been a tradition ever since (or so the story goes).
Now we have no way to verify this “story”, but it might be factual. Factual or not, it does foreshadow the prominence that the cake topper would have on the wedding day. Surely this baker didn’t realize what he had started? He would start something that would change the “big day” for millions of couples!
We now fast forward to the 1950′s and the time of Elvis and Rock & Roll. Wedding cake toppers have become extremely popular as those who suffered through the ravages of war started to settle down and start families.
Today we see that the toppers are as popular as ever. They have changed somewhat to reflect the times, but they are popular none-the-less. Today you can get toppers that depict mixed race marriages, and same-sex marriages as well. Many humorous wedding toppers are being sold these days. One depicts the bride grabbing her groom by the collar…preventing him from running away from the altar. Another shows her dragging him back to the altar after he has made his getaway. Some toppers even depict the various hobbies that the happy couple can enjoy together.
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