Fake Wedding Cakes?

[Still BLUTANG]

tell me about these groom cakes. sounds interesting!

[abaici]

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]

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.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by kddani

Groom's cakes are fun. We don't really do them up here in Pittsburgh. Probably because with the cookie table, there's already enough sugar. I've been to a wedding with a HUGE cookie table, a chocolate fountain, and cake. that's a recipe for a belly ache!

Around here, groom's cakes are for the rehearsal dinner, never for the reception.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

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 don't like chocolate cake, but my mother was adament that the grooms cake, by tradition, had to be chocolate. I remember well when we were meeting with the caterer:

"The groom's cake has to be chocolate."
"But I don't like chocolate cake."
"But it has to be chocolate."
"But I don't like chocolate cake."
"But it has to be chocolate."
"But it's a groom's cake. I'm the groom, and I don't like chocolate cake."

Finally, the caterer mediated, asking me some very specific questions about what I don't like about chocolate cake and about different kinds of chocolate cake and he came up with a chocolate suggestion that was acceptable to everyone.

And I did like it.

As for rental cakes: beyond tacky.

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by Lady Pi Phi

I think the bride and groom should do what ever they want on their wedding day and to hell with who ever might think it's tacky.

Agreed!

I don't think I would do a foam cake, but I am sooooo far from getting married who knows what I would do.

[_Lisa_]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Around here, groom's cakes are for the rehearsal dinner, never for the reception.

The weddings I've attended have always had the groom's cake at the reception & I've seen some really interesting ones. Puerto Rico's flag, footballs, dogs, golf bags, cowboy hats, etc. Its mostly for show during the reception, usually only the wedding party takes a piece of the groom's cake & thats after everything has wound down.

I think the fake cakes are certainly pretty, but as a traditionalist, I wouldn't buy one.

[SWTXBelle]

Have you seen the tiny individual wedding cakes? I think that is cute (but expensive, I'm sure).
I need some clever person to post a picture from Martha Stewart or the like.
My home computer network is named luddite for a reason!

[AlphaFrog]

Is this what you're talking about?

[mu_agd]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Have you seen the tiny individual wedding cakes? I think that is cute (but expensive, I'm sure).
I need some clever person to post a picture from Martha Stewart or the like.
My home computer network is named luddite for a reason!

I've always liked that idea. Here are some examples:

[ErinIsBadNews]

[QUOTE=abaici;1482238]The groom usually has a smaller cake. Traditionally, it's chocolate and reflects something he likes or a hobby.
QUOTE]

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)