The long-awaited and desired wedding day is associated, first of all, with a lot of nerves and stress. This is due to the fact that it is necessary to approach the organization of a banquet party as carefully as possible. Newlyweds have to take many details into account. As a rule, one of the main points is the feast.
It is noteworthy that nowadays more and more married couples want to convey that special flavor that exists in the Russian people. This is due to the desire to make married life happy, because it is no coincidence that there have been beliefs for so long that directly point to this.
One of such interesting and original moments at the celebration is the recipe for wedding cones. They are a ritual and symbolic attribute of a wedding celebration.
What does the wedding tradition of handing out pine cones to guests mean?
Wedding cones have reached our contemporaries since ancient times, when the groom and boyar or the bride and girlfriend invited people to the wedding not with the help of cards, but handed special sweet pastries to future guests. Each person who received such an invitation could not refuse the newlyweds and had to attend the wedding. There is another story: every guest who proclaimed a wedding toast in honor of the newlyweds in the old days received sweet wedding pastries as a gift, a kind of attribute.
Nowadays, sweet cones are directly related to the wedding loaf. The newlyweds traditionally give these small buns and a piece of loaf to the guests at the time of presenting gifts. It is believed that during this ritual the bride and groom convey a piece of their happiness and love to the guest, so those invited take such gifts very seriously. And for luck to smile, according to legend, a tasty pine cone must be eaten before the end of the wedding.
To be or not to be big shots at a wedding
Often modern newlyweds refuse bling in their wedding event. There are arguments about sticky hands, about the satiety of the cone, which is not needed by a full-fed guest, and other reasons for the simplified perception of the wedding ceremony.
But remember one thing, a cone is not just a bun! People dear and close to you are invited to your wedding. They will converge on the day you have appointed in the banquet hall you ordered to witness the birth of your family and rejoice with you in your happiness. Show these people your sincere gratitude, give them a piece of your happiness and love along with a bonbonniere, presenting them with a wedding pine cone as an element of an ancient beautiful ritual.
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When and how is it customary to present pine cones at a wedding?
Often such a presentation ceremony is performed by the toastmaster at a wedding. But if the newlyweds themselves do this, then they hand the baked cone into the hands of each guest after he has presented his gift. However, there is a point that requires attention: the pine cone is sweet, and so that the guest’s hands do not remain sticky, it is better:
- Do not give buds without packaging. People get their hands and festive clothes dirty, and by the end of the fun the buns may simply dry out.
- Do not wrap the cones when presenting them. using a banal cellophane bag, since it does not look festive, but more like a sale.
If you want to do everything beautifully at your wedding - you have a chic decoration of the banquet hall, expensive wedding dresses, the most delicious dishes have been ordered - then every wedding bump should be packed beautifully. You can wrap it in transparent paper, tie it with a satin ribbon, or add a cute wedding accessory, for example, a small heart or angel.
Some give cones and bonbonnieres to all guests at once, turning off the lights in the hall, and decorate each bun with a candle and light it. All guests are asked to get up from their tables and gather in the center of the hall. The guests are delighted: the hall is filled with romance, the atmosphere is amazing: 40-80 candles are burning at the same time and a quiet romantic melody is playing. Don’t forget to offer each guest a beautiful baking bag after the candles are extinguished.
Wedding recipes: cone buns
The tradition of baking wedding cones has its roots in ancient pagan times. It has survived to this day; rarely does any wedding cost wedding bling, and each region has its own recipes for making this traditional delicacy.
Wedding cones, the recipes of which are passed down from generation to generation, can be found at almost every wedding. It is believed that this traditional delicacy brings happiness to the young, so no celebration is complete without them. It is customary to hand out buns in the shape of cones to guests; they must eat them, then the newlyweds will have a long and happy family life. Wedding cones are also distributed to children; the more children receive the delicacy, the more children there will be in the family.
The tradition of baking cones owes much to the wedding loaf, which in ancient times was baked by the best housewives in the village. Moreover, this honorable duty fell on the shoulders of only women happy in their family life. From the leftover dough, zealous housewives baked small buns for their children; when the child was given a delicacy, they were told that they should eat the bun for the happiness of the newlyweds. Later, the cones began to be distributed to guests at the wedding. Depending on the region, wedding cones may be made from dough or sugar. It is believed that the sweeter the traditional delicacy, the happier and richer the married couple will be in the future.
Different nations have their own traditions associated with wedding cones. So, in Ukraine in ancient times it was customary to attach a large branch (gilka) to the gate of the house in which the wedding took place. All the guests hung small gifts on it, including buns in the shape of cones. The more richly the wedding tree was decorated, the more satisfying and happy the life of the married couple was. The branch with gifts was carried around the village, showing off, after which each of the guests, going home, took the pine cone with them. This is where the custom of handing out wedding pine cones to guests came from. There are similar rituals with a wedding tree in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Moldova.
There was a very interesting wedding tradition in medieval England. A very high mound of buns in the shape of cones was laid out, over which the newlyweds were supposed to kiss. If the mountain remained intact, then this foreshadowed strong and unbreakable family ties, like this mountain of sweet cones. It is generally accepted that the appearance of a multi-tiered wedding cake is directly related to this wonderful English tradition. After all, even now newlyweds kiss over the wedding cake.
It is important not only to distribute wedding pine cones to guests, but also to package them beautifully. This delicacy symbolizes the happiness of the newlyweds; according to established tradition, guests must definitely eat such a bun. If you don’t pack the pine cone, it won’t be convenient for people to take it with them, so often the buns remain lying on the wedding table.
Wedding recipes for cones are practically no different from preparing a traditional loaf. You need to knead a rich yeast dough. First, put the dough: pour a glass of milk into a bowl, dilute ten grams of yeast in it, add two tablespoons of sugar. The milk should never be hot, otherwise the yeast will lose its ability to rise. It is better to preheat the bowl over a fire, or keep it in hot water, then wipe dry. If you make the dough in a cold container, this can slow down the fermentation process. Cover the dough with a cotton towel and place it in a warm place; after about half an hour it will rise.
Beat two or three eggs into a fluffy foam along with sugar, add to the risen dough, and pour in another glass of warm milk. Add flour sifted through a sieve - about three cups - pour in a quarter cup of refined vegetable oil, knead the dough. The amount of flour must be adjusted directly when preparing the dough, since it has different gluten levels, and it is difficult to accurately calculate in advance how much flour will be needed. The dough should turn out elastic and soft, in no case “rubbery”. It is kneaded until the dough itself comes off from your hands. Then it is transferred to a bowl, sprinkled with flour, and placed in a warm place for about three to four hours. During this time, the dough will need to be kneaded.
All that remains is to form the wedding cones; for this, long sausages are rolled out from the dough, after which, using scissors, notches are made along the entire length of the strand. Then the bun is rolled into a snail shape. Grease a baking tray with refined sunflower oil, place the cones at a large distance from each other, and place them in a warm place so that the buns rise. In this case, windows and doors must be closed, otherwise a draft will not allow the test to rise. Before putting the cones in the oven, they are greased with a mixture of milk, sugar and egg yolk. The buns are placed in the oven, which is heated to a temperature of two hundred degrees, baked for five to seven minutes, after which the temperature is reduced to one hundred and sixty degrees. At the end of baking, the cones are once again greased with the milk-egg mixture, this will provide the cones with a most appetizing crust. While still hot, the cones are sprinkled with powdered sugar.
It is interesting to know that there is a type of wedding pinecone called melon. In ancient times, the dough was wrapped around a cattail stalk and then baked over a fire. Melon was obtained with the aroma and taste of smoke, hence the name.
The tradition of baking cones for a wedding and distributing them to guests has survived to this day almost unchanged. Our ancestors did everything with meaning, therefore, when receiving a wedding pine cone as a gift, you must eat it and wish the newlyweds happiness.
How to bake a sugar cone - recipe with photo
The fashion for wedding sweet buns is spreading quickly, but not all housewives know how to bake and decorate a bun so that both adults and children at the wedding will like it. In order not to waste money on ordering baked goods from pastry shops, we offer a step-by-step recipe on how to bake a sugar bun. So, we need the ingredients:
- margarine – 300 g;
- milk – 600 ml;
- eggs – 4 pcs.;
- butter – 100 g;
- sugar – 150 g;
- saffron – 1 tsp;
- yeast – 100 g;
- flour – 3 kg;
- vanilla sugar – 1.5 sachets;
- salt – 1 tsp;
- baking powder – 1 sachet.
Cooking method:
- We make the dough: combine the yeast with salt, and then add warm milk, sugar, mix thoroughly. Cover the dough with a towel and place in a warm place for 30 minutes.
- Then slowly add flour to the mixture, grinding it with softened margarine so that the dough is not heavy. To the resulting mass add softened butter, beaten eggs, saffron, baking powder, stirring again.
- The amount of flour needs to be adjusted, because it has different gluten, and the dough should be soft and in no case rubbery.
- The above ingredients should yield 4300 g of finished dough. The weight of one bun is about 100 g. Portions are reduced or increased as necessary.
- To form the wedding bun, divide the dough into equal pieces, rolling them into long sausages.
- We roll it into a snail shape, and then use scissors to make notches along the length of the rope.
- Grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil, placing our buns at a large distance from each other. Place the baking sheet in a warm place so that the products rise.
- Before placing the baked goods in an oven preheated to 200 degrees, grease them with a mixture of sugar, milk, and yolk to provide the sweets with an appetizing crust.
- After 7 minutes of baking, reduce the oven temperature to 160 degrees, leaving the buns there until golden brown.
- Sprinkle the still hot sweets with powdered sugar.
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WEDDING CONES Wedding cones, the recipes of which are passed down from generation to generation, can be found almost
at every wedding. It is considered traditional
the delicacy brings happiness to the young,
The tradition of baking cones owes a lot to
wedding loaf, which in ancient times
The best housewives in the village baked. Moreover, this honorary
the responsibility fell on the shoulders of only the happy
in the family life of women. From leftover dough
zealous housewives baked small buns
Wedding recipes for pine cones practically
no different from preparing a traditional loaf.
You need to knead a rich yeast dough.
First, put the dough: a glass of milk is poured into a bowl,
dilute ten grams of yeast in it, put
two tablespoons of sugar. No milk at all
It should not be hot, otherwise the yeast will lose its ability to rise. It is better to preheat the bowl over the fire,
or soak in hot water, then wipe dry.
If you make the dough in a cold container, it may
slow down the fermentation process. The dough is covered
with a cotton towel and place in a warm place, after about half an hour it will rise.
Cooking method:
Beat two or three eggs into a fluffy foam along with sugar, add to the risen dough, pour in another glass
warm milk. Add sifted through a sieve
flour - about three cups - pour in a quarter cup of refined vegetable oil, knead the dough.
The amount of flour needs to be adjusted directly
when preparing dough, since it has different gluten,
and it is difficult to calculate in advance exactly how much flour you will need.
The dough should turn out elastic and soft, in no case “rubbery”. It is kneaded until the dough itself comes off from your hands. Then it is transferred to a bowl,
sprinkle with flour, place in a warm place for about
three to four hours.
During this time, the dough will need to be kneaded.
All that remains is to form the wedding cones,
To do this, roll out long sausages from the dough, after which
Using scissors, notches are made along the entire length of the tourniquet.
Then the bun is rolled into a snail shape.
Grease a baking tray with refined sunflower oil, place the cones at a large distance from each other,
Place in a warm place for the buns to rise.
The tradition is to bake pine cones for a wedding and give them away
to their guests has reached our days practically unchanged.
Our ancestors did everything with meaning, therefore, when receiving a wedding pine cone as a gift, you must definitely eat it and wish it
happiness to the newlyweds.
What do they do for a wedding instead of pine cones?
Giving pine cones as a gift to guests at a wedding is an original Slavic tradition . Those who celebrate in a different style, such as European or Hawaiian, may find the custom inappropriate. In this case, the question arises about replacing fluffy baked goods with something else.
Consider the following alternatives:
- Chocolates;
- Balls or bags of candy;
- Gingerbread;
- Small jars of jam or honey;
- Fruits;
- Chocolate coins;
- Spoons with frozen caramel;
- Magnets with photographs.
By the way, there is a similar tradition in the West. There, as a compliment, it is customary to present guests with bonbonnieres - small boxes of sweets.
Packaging option for a wedding bonbonniere (in which you can put anything)
Another option for a bonbonniere
Wedding bonbonnieres
When they give cones
Wedding cones are symbolically connected with the wedding loaf, being, as it were, part of it. Once upon a time, such a loaf was always baked by parents and presented to the newlyweds, being, as it were, their first bread together.
Thus, by sharing pieces of their first bread with the guests, the young people seemed to show their respect to the invited persons. Later, these pieces began to be baked in the form of individual buns.
Another tradition involves presenting wedding cones to guests after they present their gifts or while making toasts to the health of the newlyweds. Thus, the newlyweds symbolically thank the guest, sharing with him a piece of their joy, warmth and love.
In this context, we should not forget that the loaf has symbolized the sun in Rus' since ancient times. The guests, who were presented with a bun-cone, had to eat the presented treat right during the wedding feast.
According to legend, this brings good luck in personal affairs to those who have not yet tied the knot, and consent to the home to those who have already found their soulmate.
Since cones are still sweet pastries, you should take care of how to present them.
To prevent guests from getting their holiday clothes and hands dirty, it is best to pack the baked goods in advance. Transparent paper is perfect for this, complemented by some fashionable accessory - a satin ribbon, a heart, etc. The donation ceremony itself can also be arranged in a romantic setting. Today, not all people understand what the tradition of giving wedding pine cones means.
Therefore, it would be nice if the process of presenting baked goods to guests was played out by a toastmaster, who would tell guests about all the beliefs associated with this pastry.
