Also 9 bride’s-cake. [f. BRIDE- = wedding.] A rich, highly ornamented cake, eaten at a wedding; wedding cake.
1552. Huloet, Bryde cake, sumanalia.
a. 1600. Robin Hood (Ritson), II. i. 211. I got a good piece Of bride-cake, and so came away.
1606. Choice, Chance, etc. (1881), 54. Breakefast, where a bride-cake and a messe of cream, with the help of a cold pie, staied our stomackes well.
1666. Pepys, Diary, 17 Aug. Had a piece of bridecake sent me by Mrs. Barbary.
1822. W. Irving, Braceb. Hall (1849), 474. Loads of bride-cake were distributed.
1877. W. Jones, Finger-ring, L. 171. Slices of the bride-cake.
