Are you having a Groom's Cake?

[MOB Karen]

Ok, Amber is not having a groom's cake. If you had a groom's cake, or are going to have a groom's cake, please share a picture, and tell us why you wanted to have one. If you don't have a picture, please describe it for us.

[Kacie_bride]

Justin does not like cake so we are getting him a huge cookie cake from the mall. I also saw a picture at the florist of this chocolate cake that looked like an ice chest with beer in it. I think because he would get amused by this we are going to get him that too for a surprise!

[AngelinLove]

We will be having one!!! Joel's mom and sister are gonna make it!!! We will have it at teh rehearsal dinner. It is gonna be pretty silly though. It si gonna be chocolate and shaped like a monkey head,,,cause Joel likes Monkeys, and then the body is gonna be cupcakes that are blue and orange, because those are his fraternity colors!!! I will take pics when it is made and post them then. I think that it will be very cute..lol!!!

[katieandalex]

Not sure yet....I'm thinking no, if we have one, it will only be for the rehearsal night and I will probably make it myself.

[LaceyinPgh]

Nope, we didn't have one. We briefly toyed with the idea but it never happened. If we did it was going to be at the rehearsal dinner but instead we had strawberry crepes.

[Jenn060306]

I had never even heard of a grooms cake until i came to Onewed. We didn't have one because it just seemed like an un-nessesary expense.
Maybe if we had gotten one for the shower it might have had a better fate then the one my MiL bought. A box of ziplocks fell over on the suran wrap top and mangled the flowers and everything on top. My MiL cried for a good half hour about it getting wrecked then went out and bought a little one that wasn't magled for us to cut. She's so cute. I felt so bad that the cake got ruined. It was still super yummy!

[Kacie_bride]

The groom's cake I saw at the florist was very inexpensive.

[brewsells]

I am not planning on a Groom's cake. It is just an added expense we don't have the money for. I did find some really cute ones though.

[Jopet]

Um what's a grooms cake?? and what is it for? I have never heard of it before :bbeek: .

[countrygirl]

We are having a grrom's cake, it's going to be an armadillo cake, straight from Steel Magnolias. J doesn't know about it.

[racecargirl]

Yes, we are going to have a small wedding cake and then just a sheet cake for the grooms cake, but my fiance wants it decorated in Huskers or Chiefs. And his cake will be chocolate since I'm allergic.

[ikkin510]

I think I'm am going to make a groom's cake for Steve for the rehearsal. I used to decorate cakes, so it will be something fun for me to do, and a good excuse to buy a new decorating kit! I'm not sure what it will look like yet. Maybe I'll grab a fire engine mold. Still thinking.....

[MOB Karen]

Um what's a grooms cake?? and what is it for? I have never heard of it before :bbeek: .


GROOM'S CAKE:


The groom's cake is a long-standing southern tradition; traditionally, a fruit cake. Legend has it that pieces of the cake were placed in boxes for the unmarried female guests to place under their pillow in hopes that the man they dreamt of would eventually be their husband. Traditionally groom's cakes were served to the bridesmaids by the groom accompanied by a glass of wine. Another claim states that the groom's cake is to be saved and shared with friends after the honeymoon.


Not all couples elect to have a groom's cake but if you do:


Design your grooms cake based on your groom's interests; golf ball shapes for golf enthusiasts or the colors of his favorite sport team for that die hard sports fan! Use your imagination and have fun with it!


The Bride usually orders the Groom's cake while ordering the wedding cake, usually keeping the design of the cake a secret until the wedding day or the rehearsal dinner.



Flavor and type of cake is all up to you...use the grooms favorite flavors and fillings and serve at either the Rehearsal Dinner or along with your Wedding Cake at your Reception.

[hummingbird521]

The groom's cake is a long-standing southern tradition; traditionally, a fruit cake.

Wonder how long the tradition of the fruit cake lasted??? hate those things.

[WhiskeyGirl]

The groom's cake is a long-standing southern tradition; traditionally, a fruit cake.

Wonder how long the tradition of the fruit cake lasted??? hate those things.

Lol!! ME too! Me too!! :)

[MOB Karen]

The groom's cake is a long-standing southern tradition; traditionally, a fruit cake.

Wonder how long the tradition of the fruit cake lasted??? hate those things.

Probably not long, everybody hates those things. Ewwwwwwwwwww!!!!

[Kacie_bride]

I don't like fruit cakes either. I've always known a groom's cake to be a chocolate cake. I always like them better than the bride's cake!

[AngelinLove]

Angel's Theory on the Fruit Cake!!!

I think that about 200 hundred years ago...something went horribly wrong at a bakery somewhere and all these gross "fruit cakes" got make. Since they were so heavy and indestructable (sp) there was no way to get rid of them...so the owners called them fruit cakes and handed them out as Christmas presents. Well...since they are sooo gross and freaky..noone evr ate them..they just kept regifting them. Eventually they were used as grooms cakes, becuase they figured that the desperate single women at weddings would really take them home and sleep with them under their pillows...but they were wrong again, because no one is that desperate...lol!!! Hence the reason that grooms cakes are no longer fruit cakes and alot of people have never even heard of them. This also explains why even to this day people are trying to avoid fruit cakes and regift them when they are the unfortunate one to receive one!!!!

[MOB Karen]

Angel's Theory on the Fruit Cake!!!

I think that about 200 hundred years ago...something went horribly wrong at a bakery somewhere and all these gross "fruit cakes" got make. Since they were so heavy and indestructable (sp) there was no way to get rid of them...so the owners called them fruit cakes and handed them out as Christmas presents. Well...since they are sooo gross and freaky..noone evr ate them..they just kept regifting them. Eventually they were used as grooms cakes, becuase they figured that the desperate single women at weddings would really take them home and sleep with them under their pillows...but they were wrong again, because no one is that desperate...lol!!! Hence the reason that grooms cakes are no longer fruit cakes and alot of people have never even heard of them. This also explains why even to this day people are trying to avoid fruit cakes and regift them when they are the unfortunate one to receive one!!!!

Good one, Angel!! And why anybody would want to eat gummy, chewy fruit in their cake in the first place, is beyond me!!! Helloooooo!! Fruit is supposed to be fresh and juicy!! LOL!!

[SerendipityCrafts]

I have heard the term but I don't know squat about them. When is this cake supposed to be served? What is the purpose of having one? Sorry .... I just don't get it.

[SerendipityCrafts]

The groom's cake is a long-standing southern tradition; traditionally, a fruit cake.

Wonder how long the tradition of the fruit cake lasted??? hate those things.

Fruit cake was a traditional wedding cake not to long ago either. I can't stand them either but that said, my ex's grandmother made the fruit cake for my first wedding and it was exceptional .... but this could have been because this sweet little old lady picked out each ingredient oh so carefully, prepared all her pans with care, monitored it while it baked ever so slowly in her oven and then ........








loaded it with lots and lots of booze! Yummy!

[MOB Karen]

Fruit cake was a traditional wedding cake not to long ago either. I can't stand them either but that said, my ex's grandmother made the fruit cake for my first wedding and it was exceptional .... but this could have been because this sweet little old lady picked out each ingredient oh so carefully, prepared all her pans with care, monitored it while it baked ever so slowly in her oven and then ........


loaded it with lots and lots of booze! Yummy!


And maybe I would like them, if I was too drunk to know any better. LOL!!!

[SerendipityCrafts]

And maybe I would like them, if I was too drunk to know any better. LOL!!!

The really funny thing is that this little ol granny is such a tea totler! First the cake is made and a cheese cloth is soaked in either rum or brandy and it is wrapped around the cake to keep it moist. LOL I bet she kept repeating the last two steps.

[MOB Karen]

The really funny thing is that this little ol granny is such a tea totler! First the cake is made and a cheese cloth is soaked in either rum or brandy and it is wrapped around the cake to keep it moist. LOL I bet she kept repeating the last two steps.

I know what you mean. One time, I got a buzz from Rum Balls. I swear to God, and I am not kidding. We were at work, and we were giggling our *** off too. It was great!!

[SerendipityCrafts]

Legend has it that pieces of the cake were placed in boxes for the unmarried female guests to place under their pillow in hopes that the man they dreamt of would eventually be their husband. Traditionally groom's cakes were served to the bridesmaids by the groom accompanied by a glass of wine. Another claim states that the groom's cake is to be saved and shared with friends after the honeymoon.

This is exactly the same thing I always heard you were to do with a traditional fruit wedding cake. The favours for my first wedding were pieces of the fruit cake idividually wrapped and boxed. We passed these out to our guests, giving us the chance to speak with everyone individually. After the wedding, we froze the top layer of the cake to have on our first anniversary.

[Jopet]

Thanks for letting my know what it is :). No we will not be having one lol.

[darkangel090260]

your telling me there is more then one Fruit cake getting passed arround.. Because i keep getting the same old one back every few years..

[WhiskeyGirl]

The gross thing is that my parents actually eat that garbage. I always knew I was adopted!! lol

[cowboysbride]

Eric's Grooms cake is this without the strawberries..........my sister is making it
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g287/cowboysbride/hsgroomcake.jpg

[AngelinLove]

Oh Ellen, but the strawberry's look sooooooooo yummmmy!!!!!

[cowboysbride]

Oh Ellen, but the strawberry's look sooooooooo yummmmy!!!!!

LOL yeah and strawberries give him the.... uhmm, well, uhmmm...a **** good reason to run to the bathroom!

[nikkiana]

We're not having one.... We don't really need any more cake, plus groom's cakes aren't a common tradition where we live.

[Teribridetobe]

Yes, we are having a grooms cake. Blake loves fishing and the cake will be a rainbow trout. My sister is making it so i can't wait to see the end product!!!:D

[Kacie_bride]

Yes, we are having a grooms cake. Blake loves fishing and the cake will be a rainbow trout. My sister is making it so i can't wait to see the end product!!!:D

How cool! A fish cake! I like that. On wedding I went to had the groom's cake themed in deer hunting stufff. That was pretty neat.

[Valmai]

Never heard of them until coming on ere lol so no we wont b having one. Our wedding cake is that yucky fruit stuff ur all on about tho lol cos thats what we like and its tradtional over here. We are having some sponge ones too tho for those that dislike fruit cake! xxx
Oh yeah and the one we are having in Austria is a Sacher Torté (cos again thats kinda tradtional over there) xxx

[dolphincc]

We had a chocolate cake in the shape of a Bud Light bottle. DH works for Bud Light.

[LizabethDavis]

Nope. I thought about it, but too much cake for me! And Pat doesn't want a big to do about him anyway, so we opted to not have one!

[SueMartin]

we did.. but not specifically a grooms cake.. a friend made us a wedding cake, fruit that had been soaked in Navy run ( 98% proof) for 3 months, woohoo.. and we had a chocolate mud cake for those people who didnt like fruit.. pure co incidence that chocolate mud cake is terry's favourite..

[Crystal05]

No we didn't have a groom's cake. Just didn't feel like we needed one.

[Brandilyn03]

We aren't having a groom's cake - there will be plenty of cake with just the wedding cake - and I have never been to a reception with one! They aren't common in my area.

[KristyGirl]

We had a groom's cake, but we ate it at the RD. It was a tower of Krispy Kremes. Very good!