The groom's cake
Old tradition is bride's gift to her groom
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The groom's cake
is a special way of honoring the groom. It
is usually a gift from the bride to the groom, and is traditionally
a dark cake of fruits and nuts and/or soaked in liquor.
The cake may be presented at any time during
the wedding celebration, and is sometimes included as one of the layers
in the bridal cake. However, it is also nice served as a toast to
the groom at the rehearsal dinner in an intimate tribute to the wedding
attendants and special guests.
Special boxed miniature groom's cakes are also available
and make lovely gifts for your attendants. This follows the superstition that a maiden who sleeps
with a slice of
groom's cake under her pillow will dream of her own future groom.
Tradition also says that a bride who keeps a piece of her
wedding cake will have a faithful and loving husband.
One of the nicest traditions of all is that
of saving part of the wedding cake to share on your first anniversary
celebration. Before the advent of the home freezer, the groom's cake
was always the cake reserved for this occasion, as the heavy fruit
and liquor-soaked cakes had a very long shelf life.
So many wedding traditions are focused on the bride. Including a groom's cake
as part of your wedding is a nice way to balance things.
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