Will You be Serving a Groom’s Cake?
October 18, 2009 by Christine Gooding
Filed under Wedding Cakes, Wedding Traditions and History
I came across a little wedding tradition that I happen to think that’s something quite interesting. Serving groom’s cakes on weddings.
I found out that this is a tradition typically associated with the American South1 and is usually flavored fruitcake.
If wedding cakes are usually decorated white, light and more feminine, the groom’s cake takes on a more fun, elaborate and unconventional cake designs.
Image: Flickr - tnsomethingspecialcakes
The groom’s cake seen above is one of the better examples of how one can look like. It takes on the funny wedding cake topper showing off a bride dragging a fireman to the altar.
Other designs can be as customized as the couple would prefer. It can be in a shape of a bongo, football or what ever shape that best suits the personality of the groom. It doesn’t even have to be fruitcake; can be in chocolate or cheesecake.
The groom’s cake is often served at a separate table from the wedding cake at a wedding reception, though it may be served as a dessert for a rehearsal dinner.2
And here’s a bit of trivia: legend has it that if a single lady sleeps with a slice of groom’s cake under her pillow will supposedly dream of the man she will marry.3 Now, that’s something interesting.
So, will you be serving a groom’s cake on your wedding?
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1 Wikipedia
2 Wikipedia
3 Cake Business
Having grown up in the American South, groom’s cakes have always been apart of every wedding I’ve ever been to. So, when Nathan and I started planning our wedding the grooms cake was one thing that we spent lots and lots of time discussing. I wanted to pay homage to one of my favorite movies. I wanted the red velvet cake in the shape of an armadillo with gray icing. Nathan needless to say was not so keen on that idea! So after going round and round about how we were going to do his grooms cake, I let him have his way. His favorite super hero is Captain America. So, our baker is going to use pound cake and carve a round shield like the one Captain America has and decorate it to match. We’re going to be serving ours at the receptions.
A few years ago my cousin got married and she and her husband are both University of Florida Alums and he’s a huge football fan. Their groom’s cake was made to look like Ben Hill Griffith Stadium. They served theirs at their rehearsal dinner.
I grew up in Alabama and now live in Louisiana. I didn’t know there was such a thing as a wedding without a groom’s cake. When I got married, the wedding cake (bride’s cake) was italian creame with several intricately designed layers in white. My husband loves golf, so he had a tall chocolate sheet cake with a golf theme. It did not have fruit.
I made the groom’s cake for my sister’s wedding. It was a very large red velvet cake complete with cream cheese frosting. I am currently working on the wedding cake and grooms cake for a friend for this weekend. This groom’s cake will be a 14″ & 10″ layered chocolate cake topped with chocolate ganache and strawberries.
I think the idea of a groom’s cake is great. It gives more variety in flavors and adds a fun and personal element for the groom.