Groom's Cake pictures!

[FutureAshleyDukes]

I was hoping some of you ladies wouldn't mind posting a pic of your groom's cake. I am hoping to be able to surprise my FDH with one during our dinner. (Hopefully a Star Wars themed one )

 

[twojo21]

no cake pic yet but my fi/fh is having tiramisu in chocolate cups next to our wedding cake slices instead of a grooms cake.

i actually helped my aunt plan my cousins bday recently & i gave the bakery ideas from here for his star wars cake http://cargobay.starwars.com/webapps/cargobay/browse/623


19 days until were married at wdw!

 

[uktigger]

hi
sorry if this is a sill question but what are grooms cakes for? i'm just curious

eve

 

[mindystar]

From what I understand: Groom's cake started as a southern tradition, where the cake would be sliced, boxed, and sent home with single girls to put under their pillow to dream about their future husband. Now it's served along with the wedding cake and usually reflects the groom's hobbies or interests (fav car, fav movie, fav sport, etc.) Have you seen Steel Magnolias?--Remember the amardillo cake?

 

[LouisianaDisneyFan]

Ummm, okay... yes, a groom's cake is a Southern tradition... but I've never heard of anyone in real life putting the cake under a pillow!!! The pillow tradition started with cake pulls, which are actually Victorian in their beginning. Single girls were invited to pull silver charms from the bride's cake to predict their future, and the charms were placed under the pillow to dream of the future husband. Each charm would represent something different... such as a rocking chair for old age together with your husband, a shamrock for good luck, etc.

Do they put cake under their pillows in Steel Magnolias?! I'll have to go back and rewatch that again... because I definitely don't remember that part! The movie is true to the area during that era, though. ~Ev

 

[mindystar]

Oh no I just used Steel Magnolias, because they had a groom's cake (and made a deal of it ) I was looking up the history/tradition of the groom's cake and there are different variations--some say originally a symbol of a couple's sweet life together (I like that one)--the ones where girls put the cake under their pillow to dream of their future husband, but that it comes from England and Ireland--and that it was offered as a present from the bride to the groom made by her mother--etc.
And for the OP: here is a website that has some different ideas-http://www.frostedart.com/groom-cake.htm
I love the tuxedo cake w/tuxedo strawberries surrounding it
http://www.publix.com/custom/wedding/Category.do?categoryId=3
Don't see any with a Star Wars theme, but I'm sure your bakery/baker would help you out! Good luck

 

[uktigger]

hi
thanks for letting me know what a grooms cakes is i would like to get one for my H2B but as there will only be 4 of us at our wedding we would have far to much ckae with the wedding cake as well

eve

 

[allisonswonderland]

Interesting....I never knew that!

 

[Rustyflwr3]

Im sorry I don't have any pictures, but we were hoping disney could create sorcerer mickeys hat for the grooms cake! I don't know if they will do that, but hopefully they will

Jess

 

[IntheKnow]

Im sorry I don't have any pictures, but we were hoping disney could create sorcerer mickeys hat for the grooms cake! I don't know if they will do that, but hopefully they will

Jess

this has been done, but the hat itself is chocolate on top of a cake.