{"id":45330,"date":"2016-07-30T14:12:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T18:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=45330"},"modified":"2017-08-06T14:30:47","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T18:30:47","slug":"grooms-cake-toothsome-tribute-new-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/wedding-cakes\/grooms-cake-toothsome-tribute-new-half","title":{"rendered":"The Groom\u2019s Cake \u2014 a Toothsome Tribute to Your New Other Half"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Jody Wimer<\/div>\n

Almost every day, someone asks me about the groom\u2019s cake. What is it? Where did the tradition start, and why do today\u2019s couples keep it going? Should the groom\u2019s cake show up at the rehearsal dinner, or the wedding? Is it supposed to be made of chocolate?<\/p>\n

When many people think of the groom\u2019s cake, they picture that quirky red velvet armadillo from \u201cSteel Magnolias.\u201d Often, their second thought is, \u201cwhy would I want that my wedding?\u201d In reality, though, the groom\u2019s cake is a deeply-rooted Southern custom, every bit as traditional as the explosion of wedding cookies you find at many Western Pennsylvania weddings \u2014 and it doesn\u2019t have to be an armadillo.<\/p>\n

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According to superstition, any single woman at a wedding should go home with a slice of groom\u2019s cake and sleep with it under her pillow. That night, according to legend, she\u2019ll dream of her future husband. Whether or not the folklore holds true, it seems that the old Southern tradition of the groom\u2019s cake is making a comeback \u2014 not only in the South but in metropolitan areas all over the nation, where designers are whipping up elaborate confections that reflect the groom\u2019s interests in a dramatic and memorable way.<\/p>\n

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