Impossible, you say, since a wedding cake is something the bride and groom and guests actually consume and therefore cannot be returned in exactly pristine condition.Think again. Love makes all things possible, apparently.
These days, a beautiful, towering wedding cake that is rolled out and put on display for guests to ooh and ahhh over might really be a fake cake made of foam and plastic and covered in fondant – which is similar to frosting. After the bride and groom perform the ritual of cutting the cake – in some cases, a slice of real cake is hidden in a secret compartment – the cake is rolled away.
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