SC - saving wedding cake was Sweets to the sweet

[Bonne of Traquair]

> >
> > Here, the tradition is to save it for the first wedding aniversery. From
> > personal experience, and other reports, I can say it is usually not very
> > good by then. Maybe the British have their first born much sooner or
> > they have stronger stomachs. :-)
>
>Or maybe they save it in the freezer...   ;>

Their's saves better because Here (southeastern U.S), we are (usually) 
saving yellow sponge cake, commercial variety, covered with soft frosting 
from the industrial sized bucket 'o frosting.  There (England), they are 
(usually) saving fruitcake, covered with Royal Icing, the stuff that dries 
impenetrably hard.  I recollect learning that this frostings main purpose is 
more as preservative than as food from the days when baking was done weekly 
rather than as needed, and when celebratory baking might be done weeks in 
advance in order to have enough done. But who knows where I learned this, 
it's a factoid that predates my SCA-life.

Bonne
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