Wedding Cakes

Jamaican Wedding Cakes And Icing

Jamaicans are known in the whole world because of their life style and of course because of their reggae culture. Jamaican weddings are unique and distinguished as well as Jamaican wedding cakes.. The traditional rum and fruit cake are their strong point. They’ve learnt the recipe from the English, but now they call it their own.




The recipe is not that hard, but just some Jamaican hands can make a perfect Jamaican  wedding cake.  You need dry fruits, such as prunes, raisins, dates, cherries, currants, butter and eggs. The fruits are chopped and marinated in rum and wine, for a couple of days and this is what forms the cake’s mixture. The Jamaicans use fresh flowers for everything. Jamaican brides have them in their hair, on their dress and they use them to decorate the wedding reception. So, the next step in making the cake is that it is laced with white creamy icing and topped with fresh flowers.

We can easily see the influence of the Americans in Jamaica. The whole world is getting Americanized without knowing it. This is why Jamaican weddings can be compared with the American ones. A Jamaican wedding, today, can be mistaken with an western theme wedding. In the past Jamaican weddings were marked by Jamaican wedding cake parades, in the day before to the actual ceremony . The tradition says that the guests were suppose to sent some of the wedding cake ingredients to the lovers. This was an important practice, meaning that they were sharing in the couple’s union.

The Jamaican wedding cake it’s a huge symbol of love and unity. It’s priceless and this is why at the wedding ceremony is covered by a net. If the guests want to try it, they have to offer money to the cake, so the married couple would take the net off. The removing of the net means that the celebration starts. Usually the cake was pretty huge, so all the guests can have a piece. If there were guests that couldn’t come to the wedding, they would surely receive some nice slices of the wedding cake. After all, everybody have contributed to the making of the Jamaican wedding cake. Another important thing is that when serving the cake, a glass of wine goes with any slice of cake. It has to be there. Wine and rum are the most popular drinks in Jamaica. The remaining wedding cake, if there is any, it’s usually frozen to be served on the first day anniversary of the married couple. If not, they will serve it to the family when they come to visit the fresh married couple in the case there’s no honeymoon planned.

If you are not Jamaican and if you want to try a theme wedding you should definitely try to be Jamaican for a day. Jamaican wedding cakes can be delicious but this depends. You should try it before and then decide if you want to have one at your wedding. They can be tricky, because they are not classic wedding cakes that everybody enjoys, Jamaican wedding cakes are unique and their unique taste might not be appreciated by everybody.