The festive kabaluli bread that Georgian Jews bake for a wedding is very similar to cake, as it is made with eggs and milk and is garnished with sugar, candles, and silver coins. After the huppah ceremony, the bride's mother places the kabaluli on her head and dances in front of her daughter, sometimes joined by other women relatives, while the groom, followed by other wedding guests, often places a banknote on the loaf and dances before them.
Bread and fermented dough (symbols of the bride) and candles (symbols of the groom) are recurring motifs in Georgian wedding customs. Thus, at the betrothal, the bride's mother dances with the kabaluli, wishing her daughter to be like the bread - swollen, sweet, and a source of joy and blessing to all - and at the henna ceremony, two loaves are placed on the bride's head while she has her palms painted with dye. Lavashi (ordinary) bread, dispatched to the homes of guests, served as an invitation to the wedding before there were printed invitations.