Weddingbee Blog

I’m excited to show you Mr. Taffy’s idea for his groom’s cake. You may remember that he proposed to me by hiding the engagement ring on a 7″ record. Mr. Taffy wanted to reference his method of proposal, along with his love for vinyl, through his very own cake.

We thought about scanning the actual record that he played while proposing, but we decided to make a personalized label instead. 530 S. State is the address of our venue; our wedding city and date is the “recorded in and on” text, etc. I love how he wrote “High Fidelity” as a reference to our wedding vows. He wrote “arranged by M. Taffy”, because he planned the engagement and the groom’s cake. And did you see the words Mrs. Taffy? Whoo!

We thought about using a Motown label for the cake, as we are both from the Detroit area, but decided on Blue Note for the following reasons:

1. Blue Note is a label that Mr. Taffy collects.
2. It can be a play on words- “something blue”, and also “go blue”, as we are getting married at the University of Michigan Union.
3. Our wedding colors are blue!

We are ordering a decal of the label, and our cake baker is going to frost the cake with icing “grooves” on the top and the sides, so it looks like there is a stack of records. Mr. Taffy is really excited!

We might throw a photo or two on the table from our record store engagement session with A Girl In Love:

photo by a girl in love

The cake will be on its own table on the way to the bar, so our guests will be able to get a good look at the cake.

Are you having a groom’s cake?