Fake Wedding Cakes?

abaici · #1 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 · #2 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.

MysticCat · #3 07-10-2007, 10:09 AM

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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.

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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 · #4 07-10-2007, 10:44 AM

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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_ · #5 07-10-2007, 10:46 AM

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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 · #6 07-10-2007, 11:03 AM

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 · #7 07-10-2007, 11:05 AM

Is this what you're talking about?

mu_agd · #8 07-10-2007, 11:09 AM

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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:

xo_kathy · #9 07-10-2007, 11:23 AM

I wouldn't say this is a "new" idea - I've been hearing about it for years. Though it usually was the bride and groom having a real top and bottom tier and the bakery used styrofoam for the other layers - not renting a cake from another place.

And the Ace of Cakes designs aren't new either. I got married in 05 so was looking at stuff in 04 (and earlier b/c I'm obsessive like that) and those bright colors, dots, stripes, etc have all been popular for some time now.

Our cake was included in the pp charge at the location - most NYC area locations do that. Since we knew the bakery they used and really liked their product, it worked out perfectly and was completely affordable.

Funny someone said something about wedding cake only being white. Mine was pale yellow with white swirls on it. My southern Chi O sister came up to me early in the reception and said, "Have you seen your cake?" I said, "No, why? What's wrong?" She said, "It's yellow." I said, "OH! It's supposed to be!!!!" I thought it was funny she was so concerned!

1908Revelations · #10 07-10-2007, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by mu_agd

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

I LOVVVVE these ^^^!

ErinIsBadNews · #11 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)