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Created:	Mon Apr 23 1990
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	651
Total number of notes:	9490

645.0. "Grooms Cake" by STOWOA::BRENNAN () Tue Mar 04 1997 12:51

    
    
    This question is from the Mother of the Bride, I'm the Matron of Honor.
    
    What's a "grooms cake" and how do they fit into the reception?  When
    do you serve it?  Where does it go in the reception hall?  etc.
    
    The first time I'd heard of a "grooms cake" was in the movie
    "Steel Magnolias".   *8^)
    
    Thanks,
    Kristin

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645.1		KERNEL::WRIGHTD		`Wed Mar 05 1997 04:28`	10
	Hi - Im sorry - I dont know whats its for either - we dont have them in the UK, but I first heard about it in the same film as yourself and wondered then? "A bleedin' amradillo????" sorry - not much help!! Deb
645.2	Not done in N.E.	WMOIS::NILSEN		`Wed Mar 05 1997 12:34`	9
	Kristin, You don't find many people doing the grooms cake in the New England area. The mid-western states are the only ones. The few times I have see it in the N.E. area, the cake was placed on the cake table, but not cut. The couple just took it home. Bob
645.3		RYNGET::MILLER		`Thu Mar 06 1997 13:28`	10
	They had a groom's cake at a wedding I went to in Texas. If I remember right, it sat on the table with the bride's cake (which is the same as the wedding cake we have here in N.E.) and you were offered a choice when the cake was served. I can't remember if there was a ceremony around cutting the groom's cake. I think they are usually chocolate...this one was. Much nicer looking than an armadillo!! Trina
645.4	Groom's cake	NETRIX::"[email protected]"	Donna McLaughlin	`Wed Apr 02 1997 11:26`	11
	Hiya - we do have groom's cakes here in Ireland (so I've just discovered)! Its a separate cake from the normal wedding cake and is made of plain sponge (madeira) or chocolate. The idea is that guests who don't eat fruit cake can be offered an alternative. One of the tiers of the wedding cake could be sponge but the weight of another tier on top would damage it. It is iced and decorated but not as much as the complete wedding cake. Hope this answers your query... Donna [Posted by WWW Notes gateway]