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The Full Story
About the Groom's Cake
The custom traces back to Victorian England, where a dark, rich fruitcake was served at weddings alongside the bride’s cake. Guests often took slices home in small boxes. The tradition of the groom's cake crossed the Atlantic and took firm hold in the American South, where it stuck around long after it faded elsewhere. Southern families kept it alive as a way to honor the groom, with the cake traditionally baked by the bride’s family or made as a gift to him.
There’s also a charming bit of folklore attached to it: unmarried women would sleep with a slice of the cake under their pillow, said to bring dreams of their future husband.
What it is today
Where the wedding cake is the formal, elegant centerpiece (typically white or ivory, tiered, and traditionally the bride’s domain), the groom’s cake is the more personal, playful counterpart. It’s usually smaller, often served at the rehearsal dinner or set out on a separate table at the reception, and it reflects the groom’s tastes, hobbies, or personality. People have done cakes shaped like favorite sports teams’ logos, fishing boxes, guitars, alma mater mascots, and even armadillos (a Southern classic, thanks to Steel Magnolias).
Why it’s gaining popularity
Couples elsewhere in the country have embraced it for a few reasons:
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It gives guests a second dessert option, especially useful for people who don’t love traditional white cake
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It lets the groom have a real stake in the wedding details
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It adds personality and a fun conversation piece to the reception
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Chocolate lovers finally get their due
Your chocolate truffle cake
Chocolate truffle is a fitting choice. It’s an intensely rich, dense cake, typically layered with ganache or truffle filling and often finished with a glossy chocolate coating or cocoa dusting. The flavor is a natural echo of the old tradition, since the original groom’s cakes were dark and rich too. A deep chocolate cake like this is also a crowd-pleaser, which helps explain why it’s one of the most popular groom’s cake flavors.
Delta pilot's groom's cake
A one-tiered chocolate groom’s cake with a sleek, modern finish. The exterior is smooth, glossy chocolate icing with clean edges and minimal decoration, so the design stays sharp and uncluttered. Inside, rich chocolate cake is layered with tart raspberry filling. A miniature Delta airplane sits on top, angled as if climbing after takeoff, as a nod to the groom’s career as a Delta pilot.
A groom's cake for a great surfer
A one-tiered groom’s cake designed like a slice of the ocean, with a triple berry flavor inside. The sides ripple with deep blue waves that fade from navy to turquoise and cap in white foam. A surfboard stands upright on top, flanked by palm trees, with a sign reading “Justin the Big Kahuna.” Inside, tender cake is layered with a blend of strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries.
A golf-themed groom’s cake for the groom who’d rather be on the course.
This one-tier cake is covered in smooth fairway-green icing, with piped grass around the base and across the top. Fondant crossed irons with black grips cross the front, golf balls sit on the sides, and a stack of three dimpled golf balls rests on a tuft of grass up top, next to a little tee box with blue and white tee markers. A groom’s cake is a fun Southern tradition that’s spreading across the country, and it’s a great way to give the groom a dessert that reflects his own passions.
