2006-10-31 00:32:51 · 11 answers · asked by kedra 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
just a way for the groom to get something he wants and a personal touch to a day that is generally accepted as for the bride. plus their cakes are often better (chocolate and flavoring) the wedding cake is often vanilla with white icing and maybe some garnishes of some kind (still kinda boring tho)
2006-10-31 00:34:43 · answer #1 · answered by jenivive 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My brother and one of my best friends were married last weekend. In order to have enough cake for all the guests, they needed a rather large cake. They discovered that 2 smaller cakes (1 three layer and one 2 layer) was cheaper! So, they made one with the bride's favorite cake, and one with the groom's favorite.
A groom's cake is a nice way to add a personal touch to the wedding - and does not have to be a big expense. Most of the time, the bride, or the groom's family will make the cake themselves and it is usually just a simple one layer cake.
2006-10-31 09:47:47 · answer #2 · answered by Chrys 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The origins of the Groom's Cake are somewhat unclear. Traditionally, the groom's cake is packaged into small, single-serving boxes for guests to take home. The roots of this custom may date back to early Rome when guests would scramble for fallen crumbs after the wedding cake had been broken over the bride's head. The cake and the crumbs were thought to bring good fortune to those who ate it.
Another theory dates back to the eighteenth century, when it was traditional to pass out small pieces of the wedding cake through a wedding ring whose owner was happily married. Victorian bridesmaids would practice this ritual on the eve of the wedding. They would wrap the pieces and, on the day of the wedding, would give them out to all the unmarried guests. These unmarried women would then place the piece of wedding cake under their pillow in order to dream about a future husband. This same custom also dates back to nineteenth century Southern tradition, when the same process was followed.
2006-10-31 16:16:49 · answer #3 · answered by AmyB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are several reasons for it. some weddings have them, some dont.
it was started as a way to have a cake additional to the traditional wedding cake which is not to be destroyed in the process of the feeding attack. most of the time the wedding cake is cut a certain way and the majority of it is sealed and frozen to be eaten by the happy couple on their one yr anniversary. in the other hand the groom cake is the one that is totally eaten at the wedding (or even at the reheasal dinner).
it is also a funner cake. it came be made out of anything from chocolate, to velvet cake, to carrot cake. does not have to be shaped like a wedsding cake, can have any shape whatsoever.
2006-10-31 09:05:20 · answer #4 · answered by lasalle_1986 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Traditionally the Groom's cake is baked and prepared by the Groom's mother. This is the area where his personal tastes and personality can be injected. For instance if he is a huge Football fan then the cake can be done in that genre, or if he liked fishing etc....
The ole' wives tale is that if a single woman took a piece of that groom's cake home with her and put it under her pillow she would dream of her future husband.
The remaining pieces of the groom's cake should be cut up and wrapped in foil and sent home with each of the single women at the reception.
2006-10-31 08:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by GrnApl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its something for the groom, if your like most brides your pretty much making every decision for your wedding. The grooms cake is kinda just for him. I am having a grooms cake made to look like a baseball with a big A on it for Atlanta Braves. My fiance loves white cake with strawberrys so that is how I had the cake made also. The cake is totally him, no one else. Its a suprise and I am giving it to him at our rehersal dinner. Really its just this cute little thing for him to enjoy. Espceially if you have one made just for him.
2006-10-31 12:44:57 · answer #6 · answered by totallylovableandinlove 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of times the wedding cake is for the woman. Men don't really care about fancy things such as the cake so you make the groom's cake for him. It is usually somthing that symbolizes him. Like a sport he really likes or something to that effect.
At our wedding instead of a groom's cake we did two dad cakes. One for min and one for his.
2006-10-31 11:13:17 · answer #7 · answered by glitter3317 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, it's just a way for the bakers to get more money off of you. It's an unnecesary expense.
Good luck
2006-10-31 09:32:52 · answer #8 · answered by Blunt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just another wedding tradition that you can take or leave. We didn't have one.
2006-10-31 12:43:26 · answer #9 · answered by rubikscube 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gotta have something for those strippers to eat
2006-10-31 08:34:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋