This quote, of course, refers to the ever popular bleeding armadillo groom's cake from the heart-warming movie 'Steel Magnolias.'  There are so many memorable moments throughout the movie, but one never to be forgotten is the agreed upon horrible groom's cake.

It is fitting the groom's cake is a wedding tradition that has its roots in the South in such places as 'Magnolias' fictional Chiquapin Parish, Lousiana.  This once neglected cake used to be viewed as an added and unnecessary expense, but it has been making a bigger and better comeback on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line.

The cake was intended to be a gift from the bride to the groom and can serve many purposes from dessert at the rehearsal dinner, bachelor party or an alternative choice to the bride's cake at the wedding.  It is typically chocolate, fruit, liquor-soaked or the ever popular red velvet flavor in a single or double layer cake where the design and shape may reflect a favorite hobby, interest or pastime of the groom.  From sports equipment to stadiums, beer to burgers and everything in between, here are a few fun ideas to fuse the groom's personality into the wedding.

Jennyfer Mancino of The Sugar Suite created the ultimate iPhone complete with personalized apps for a recent groom.  She also whipped up a fire truck with working head and tail lights for a common client of ours.  Amazing design work and I am sure the cake tasted fabulous too!

I'm a Food Network junkie!  I think it is beyond amazing what Duff and his team of misfits at Charm City Cakes and ALL the competitors of Food Network Challenge can do with cake.  They are almost too pretty to eat...and eat you must.  Although it is customary for the groom's cake to be cut and put into boxes (preferably beautiful boxes provided by Pearl Beach Paperie) for guests to take home.  Legend has it that single women are supposed to sleep with a slice under their pillow the same night they receive it and if they do, they'll dream of their future husband.  Sounds pretty messy to me and possibly a waste of cake, but a girl can dream.

So, reach for the stars and grab a slice of the groom's passions and turn it into cake for all to view and taste.  It will be a memory to last a lifetime, assuming you take a photo (like Andrea & Kahlil's Mini cake modeled after his actual car) before you dive in!

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