Editing Cake (section)

==Special-purpose cakes==
Cakes may be classified according to the occasion for which they are intended. For example, [[wedding cake]]s, [[birthday cake]]s, cakes for [[first communion]], Christmas cakes, [[Halloween]] cakes, and [[Passover]] plava (a type of sponge cake sometimes made with [[Matzah|matzo]] meal) are all identified primarily according to the celebration they are intended to accompany. The cutting of a wedding cake constitutes a social ceremony in some cultures. The Ancient Roman marriage ritual of {{lang|la|[[confarreatio]]}} originated in the sharing of a cake.

Particular types of cake may be associated with particular festivals, such as [[stollen]] or [[Bûche de Noël|chocolate log]] (at Christmas), [[babka (food)|babka]] and [[simnel cake]] (at Easter), or [[mooncake]]. There has been a long tradition of decorating an iced cake at Christmas time; other cakes associated with Christmas include chocolate log and [[mince pies]].

A Lancashire Courting Cake is a fruit-filled cake baked by a fiancée for her betrothed. The cake has been described as "somewhere between a firm sponge – with a greater proportion of flour to fat and eggs than a Victoria sponge cake – and a shortbread base and was proof of the bride-to-be's baking skills".  Traditionally it is a two-layer cake filled and topped with strawberries or raspberries and whipped cream.<ref name="Lancashire Life">{{cite web |url=http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/food-drink/the_history_of_the_courting_cake_a_lancashire_tradition_1_1645135 |title=The history of the Courting Cake, a Lancashire tradition |publisher=Lancashire Life |access-date=9 October 2015 |date=1 June 2011 |archive-date=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223125758/http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/food-drink/the_history_of_the_courting_cake_a_lancashire_tradition_1_1645135 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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File:Birthday cake.jpg|A decorated [[birthday cake]]
File:Halloween cake.JPG|A [[Halloween cake]] shaped like a pumpkin
File:At the Seattle Bridal Show2.jpg|[[Wedding cake]]s at a bridal show
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