A Cake for Mr. Plaid

A Cake for Mr. Plaid

August 12th, 2010 @ 1:51 pm by Mrs. Plaid
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Since I talked about our (potentially) gorgeous cake in the last post, I figured I should talk about what I plan on doing for Mr. Plaid’s special cake.

And let me just say that until I moved to Texas four years ago, I had never even heard of a groom’s cake. I thought the bride and groom just shared the wedding cake. I was so naive. Haha.

So once I embraced the whole groom’s cake idea (and honestly why wouldn’t I take the opportunity to make another cake), I started to brainstorm. I almost immediately thought: ZOMBIES!!!

He is super into zombies. Zombie movies, zombie video games (I have to confess I’m quite the shot when it comes to killing some zombies), zombie anything. But how do I make an awesome zombie-themed groom’s cake? Simple! What do zombies love most?

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Brains! I’m going to make a giant brain cake. Then I plan on molding all sorts of little zombies to climb on the brain, eat the brain, crawl across the table toward the brain…you get the picture. I may even throw in a few themed zombies, for instance: super heroes, Star Wars characters, etc.

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Awesome, right? So I figured, cool, we’ll serve this at the less formal, more intimate rehearsal dinner. Wrong. Mr. Plaid wants it at the wedding. So his brain cake will be sitting next to our gorgeous lacy wedding cake. Haha, it’ll be a nice juxtaposition at least.

Are you having a groom’s cake for your groom? How did you decide what to get, and what will it look like?

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22 Responses to “A Cake for Mr. Plaid”

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Jennifer5642 (message) 233 posts, Helper bee

OMG! This is hilarious. Did you see the zombie cake episode of Ace of Cakes? The zombies were eating the brains out of a cake bust that resembled the hubby! I think it was a birthday cake, though, but still hilarious.

We’re doing a Nascar-themed groom’s cake, complete with a crystal car of his favorite driver, Jimmie Johnson. As an aside, at what age do you have to start spelling Jimmy with a “y” instead of an “ie” if you want to be taken seriously as a man?

We’re doing the cake at the rehearsal dinner because our wedding cake will be surrounded by the dessert buffet.

8/12/10 @ 2:04 pm (reply)

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Miss Husky (message) 1,754 posts, Buzzing bee

That is so awesome - can’t wait to see how it turns out!

8/12/10 @ 2:04 pm (reply)

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TheFutureMcBride (message) 4,479 posts, Honey bee

That sounds awesome! No groom’s cake here, but I wanted to have a beer mug one.

8/12/10 @ 2:20 pm (reply)

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arenyth (message) 1,484 posts, Bumble bee

Hah, I wanted to do the same thing for my FI but he thinks a groom’s cake is overdoing it I might do this for an anniversary though, because it just sounds like too much fun! I’m leaning towards zombie cake toppers, and I know I want one of our wedding party pictures to be all of us walking like old school zombies I think I’m even adding them to the ceremony “until death or zombification do us part”

8/12/10 @ 2:29 pm (reply)

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moderndaisy (message) 6,607 posts, Bee Keeper

I was going to do a flaming guitar grooms cake, but got too busy close to the wedding and never even got around to looking into it..

8/12/10 @ 2:41 pm (reply)

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

That’s a great idea! Love it!

8/12/10 @ 2:43 pm (reply)

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Lo (message) 538 posts, Busy bee

My FI is from the South and a groom’s cake was one of the first things his mom asked me about. We are going with his favorite college team mascot and I can’t wait to see how it turns out!

8/12/10 @ 3:12 pm (reply)

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

The brain sounds like a fun cake! We’re doing an XBOX 360 with other gaming controls for his other systems.

8/12/10 @ 4:11 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Pug (message) 3,753 posts, Honey bee

that’s going to be so much fun. can’t wait to see them side by side!

8/12/10 @ 4:15 pm (reply)

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Miss Socks (message) 1,323 posts, Bumble bee

A PERFECT project for our Pastry Chef Bee!! I can’t wait to see how this turns out!

8/12/10 @ 4:20 pm (reply)

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LindsayJeff (message) 210 posts, Helper bee

I did a Geek Squad Punch Buggy at our Rehearsal Dinner for my groom. We have been playing punch buggy for 3 years and coined the Geek Squad as the “mother of all buggies”- it came out fantastic!

8/12/10 @ 4:22 pm (reply)

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Miss Locket (message) 2,837 posts, Sugar bee

mmm brains! I really want to make a groom’s cake in the shape of a giant ben and jerry’s chubby hubby container since it’s Mr. L’s fav icecream, but don’t know if I’ll have time right before the wedding…so I was thinking to make him a bachelor party cake instead.

8/12/10 @ 4:23 pm (reply)

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Miss Plaid (message) 769 posts, Busy bee

@Jennifer5642: I didn’t see that episode. I’m gonna have to DVR it. Maybe it’ll give me some ideas!

@arenyth: I might just totally have to steal that zombie walking picture idea. You’re brilliant!

@LindsayJeff: What is a Geek Squad Punch Buggy? Pictures?

@Miss Locket: OMG…you should totally do it. I don’t think it’d be that hard. Check out this bachelor party cake I made for a friend a couple months ago: http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pid=43063914&id=5510993&ref=fbx_album

8/12/10 @ 4:44 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Hermit Crab (message) 3,562 posts, Sugar bee

Sounds awesome! We went to the midnight showing of Sean of the Dead the other night - I was not prepared for the zombieness abounding!

8/12/10 @ 4:52 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

I can’t wait to see how this turns out!

8/12/10 @ 5:55 pm (reply)

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LittlestBirds (message) 2,605 posts, Sugar bee

That is AMAZING, and would have been beyond perfect for my zombie-obsessed husband. It was a hell of a lot cheaper, though, just to get a cake with his college logo on it! That’s awesome that you’re making it yourself, can’t wait to see it.

8/12/10 @ 8:17 pm (reply)

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Spooky (message) 3 posts, Wannabee

Pookie and I loved the brraaainnnsss. I’m making his, a red velvet layer cake w/cream cheese icing, & 47 candles for his BD, 2 days after.

8/12/10 @ 8:56 pm (reply)

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rachaelrobin (message) 2,882 posts, Sugar bee

Awesome!! I don’t know if we are going to have a groom’s cake (I never heard of one until WB) but they sound so fun!

8/12/10 @ 10:51 pm (reply)

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jlp2w71611 (message) 298 posts, Helper bee

Yes! Who doesn’t love a groom’s cake? Haha I figure this makes him less likely to argue about the actual wedding cake. My guy LOVES Superman & hockey so we’re going to do a comboed theme with his favorite player wearing a Superman cape as a topper I think.. should def. be interesting!

8/13/10 @ 12:16 am (reply)

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bellelayne (message) 57 posts, Worker bee

Funny you say these things…..
Um. We are only having one cake, and its more “groom’s cake” than wedding cake.
We love video games and cartoons. So our cake will be an 8 bit nintendo with a wii sitting on top. Then our cake toppers will be classice (and some modern) couples like Mickey and Minnie, Daisy and Donald, Ron and Hermione, Wall*E and Eve, etc.
Silly, but very us!

8/13/10 @ 10:42 am (reply)

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