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Mrs. Pearl, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 26, High school history teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 37, Software engineer Engagement Date: No official date, we just decided :-) Wedding Date: July 2007 Venue: St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Church, Ritz Carlton Huntington Hotel About Me: Mr. Pearl and I have been together for about four and a half years now. We've been "engaged" since 2004 and were originally supposed to get married in June 2006, but postponed the wedding to July 2007. I love shopping for housewares and office supplies, music, reading chick lit, football, and the diverse world of Los Angeles dining.
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Have Your Cake (and eat it, too)!

February 24th, 2007 @ 9:10 pm by Mrs. Pearl

One reader commented in her Weddingbee feedback that she didn’t know the point of a groom’s cake. To be honest, I didn’t know what the point was, either! My first exposure to a groom’s cake was watching the movie “Steel Magnolias” as a child and seeing Dylan McDermott’s (Julia Roberts’ husband in the movie) hideous, but hilarious, gray armadillo groom’s cake made of red velvet cake on the inside…so it looked like a poor animal was being hacked to pieces when slices of cake were being cut!

The tradition of a groom’s cake originated in the South. Originally, a groom’s cake was sliced and boxed for unmarried girls at the wedding to take home and put under their pillows. The legend was that the girl would dream of their future husband. The groom’s cakes were also likely to juxtapose the wedding cake. Traditional wedding cakes used to be only white, so the groom’s cake was usually chocolate.

Currently, groom’s cakes tend to reflect the interests of the groom — profession, hobbies, favorite sports, alma mater, etc. They can be as “traditional” as being made from real cake, or as unique as being a croquembouche or a stack of Krispy Kreme donuts! Some people still serve the groom’s cake as a wedding favor. One easy way to do this is to package the cake in a Chinese food takeout box (which can be purchased relatively cheaply from warehouse/bulk stores like Smart and Final). Others serve the cake at the reception. Another popular option that people take is serving the groom’s cake at the rehearsal dinner, since most guests will be full from dinner and cake at the reception.

Here are some examples of groom’s cakes:

Traditional groom’s cakes:

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Customized groom’s cakes:

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5 Responses to “Have Your Cake (and eat it, too)!”

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Robyn

thanks for answering my question!!! One of my biggest problems with planning my wedding is my parents eloped and so my mom hardly knows anything about planning a wedding. I love the pile of donuts hahaha so cute!!! Its seems like an incredibly fun part of the wedding planning, it will reflect how well you know your FI.

 
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Miss Pearl

I completely understand your frustration in this regard, Robyn. My parents married very young and eloped, so I have never seen a wedding picture of them (not like they’d have them around anyway, since they’ve been divorced since I was about 3 years old).

It’s definitely a fun part of the planning process, but can also be an easy thing to cut out if you’re budget strapped. Mr. Pearl’s birthday is the day after our wedding, so the “groom’s cake” will be a surprise, themed-birthday cake at our post-wedding brunch.

 
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Mrs. Bee (message)  3,261 posts, Sugar bee

i didn’t know what a groom’s cake was before i started planning my own wedding either, so no worries robyn.

i had one made for mr. bee and surprised him at our rehearsal dinner. just a fun little thing to do, but not mandatory. :)

 
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Wedding Diva

I see them being served more often at the rehearsal dinner for two reasons:
1. If the groom wants something truly obnoxious it won’t be at the wedding.
2.It can also be something that is more of an inside joke that the family will get but maybe not the entire guest list. My favorite was a giant chocolate cake that looked like a carrot. The families and close friends got the joke but no one else would have.

 
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Jennifer

dh’s groom’s cake was a giant, two layer chocolate chip cake with chocolate ganache in the middle. It fit perfectly in our dessert reception.

 


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Mrs. Pearl Mrs. Pearl, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 26, High school history teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 37, Software engineer Engagement Date: No official date, we just decided :-) Wedding Date: July 2007 Venue: St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Church, Ritz Carlton Huntington Hotel About Me: Mr. Pearl and I have been together for about four and a half years now. We've been "engaged" since 2004 and were originally supposed to get married in June 2006, but postponed the wedding to July 2007. I love shopping for housewares and office supplies, music, reading chick lit, football, and the diverse world of Los Angeles dining.
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