Fake Wedding Cakes?

WhiteDaisy128 · #1 07-09-2007, 06:17 PM

Less than $200 and oh, so yummy!

ErinIsBadNews · #2 07-09-2007, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteDaisy128

Less than $200 and oh, so yummy!

Is that Buttercream icing? It looks quite yummy and very pretty.

Kevlar281 · #3 07-09-2007, 08:27 PM

Why rent when I can have this made?

SWTXBelle · #4 07-09-2007, 08:39 PM

That's why God invented Groom's cakes - so you can have your beautiful wedding cake AND a funkier one, too.

Still BLUTANG · #5 07-09-2007, 08:45 PM

tell me about these groom cakes. sounds interesting!

abaici · #6 07-10-2007, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Still BLUTANG

tell me about these groom cakes. sounds interesting!

The groom usually has a smaller cake. Traditionally, it's chocolate and reflects something he likes or a hobby.

I would not go the rent a fake cake route, but I see nothing wrong with the foam layers. That's a design decision. I plan to have a really small wedding--50-75 people. However, I like certain cake designs and I don't want that to be compromised. My bakery charges nearly $200 for 1/2 a sheet cake. So, I know I will be paying out the wazoo.

SWTXBelle · #7 07-10-2007, 04:42 AM

I am not much of a white cake lover, so I am sooo happy to have a slice of a chocolate groom's cake instead.
I've never seen one like the "Steel Magnolia" armadillo (although I do love me some red velvet cake!) but I have seen some shaped like fraternity badges, or with a hunting, golf or sports motif.
My (ex) husband's was German chocolate, and very, very good. Our wedding cake was chocolate, but it had the traditional white icing (which I think is kinda tasteless).
I've reached a point where I am much more impressed by a cake which is moist and tasty than one that is a bizillion tiers high.

ErinIsBadNews · #8 07-10-2007, 09:29 AM

[QUOTE=abaici;1482238]The groom usually has a smaller cake. Traditionally, it's chocolate and reflects something he likes or a hobby.
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I thought they were traditionally fruit? Ok, I looked it up and found both answers. So I guess we're both right.

"Cake historians say the [grooms cake] practice first came to the wedding party in the mid-19th century. About that time the bride's cake--for a long time a single-tier, dense fruitcake--had evolved into a stacked pound cake in the shape of a church steeple. But revelers still desired some of the old-style, rich, fruity cake. Enter: the Bridegroom's Cake. Each guest was given a slice of fruitcake in a box to take home. As the story goes, single women who slipped a slice under their pillow would have sweet dreams of a mate. Today, groom's cakes are baked and iced in the bridegroom's favorite flavors...A groom's cake is a have-to-have in the deep South."
---"A Cake of His Own," Washington Post, April 15, 1998 (p. E01)

How do you sleep with cake under your pillow??? I think I'd do a bit midnight snacking. lol.

"The grooms cake...The tradition of sending wedding guests home with a piece of second cake, called a "grooms cake," has its origins in early southern [U.S.] tradition. It is a tradition that almost disappeared by today is experiencing a revival of sorts. The modern-day groom's cake is often a chocolate cake, iced in chocolate, or baked in a shape, such as a football or a book, that reflects an interest of the groom. It is to be used as a second dessert, it is placed on a separate table from the wedding cake and cut and served by the wait staff. At a small, at-home wedding, it is placed on a separate table from the wedding cake and is served. Having a special groom's cake is a charming personal touch. Some couples ask to have the groom's cake packaged, festively wrapped and tied with a ribbon, in small boxes to send home with departing guests."
---Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette, Peggy Post, 4th edition (p. 339)

RitaMae1908 · #9 07-10-2007, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiteDaisy128

Less than $200 and oh, so yummy!

Wow you got a really great deal and it looks yummy... My cake was all real and it was good. I didn't think that it would get all eaten but it did because it was that good. I spent $600+ on my wedding cake... thank goodness my MIL paid for the grooms cake...

...at my cousin sweet 16 though they did have this huge FAKE cake on display on one of the tables... and yes later they served sheet cake.