ILLUSTRATION BY SARA MULVANNY
Cake has been associated with celebration since at least medieval times. Back then, the cakes were actually more like glorified breads: yeasted, fruited and spiced, they were expensive, huge and screamed luxury.
It was under the Tudors that the ‘bride cake’ was first eaten at weddings (the same fortified bread that cropped up at all celebrations).
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