Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1912 — Rented Wedding Cake. [ARTICLE]

Rented Wedding Cake.

There was something wrong with the cake, the baker said; it looked all right and it smelled all right, but bis artistic sense told him it would not taste all right. “Then fix it up with an extra coat of icing, and we will keep it for a renter,” said the proprietor. “Who in the world would rent a cake?” someone asked. “Wedding parties,” said he. "Thcty want a big cake in the center of the table for show, but a cake of that size good enough for a wedding would cost more than they can afford to pay, so they order fine cake put up in individual boxes for the guests, and use the bride’s cake ju6t as an ornament. They don’t buy it, they rent it. Sometimes a cake is rented a dozeh different times. After each wedding it Is freshened up with a new coat of icing, and looks as good as new for the next occasion. A good renter fetches about $3 a wedding.