Groom's Cakes Ideas and Inspiration

The grooms cake is a tradition of the American South with roots in Victorian England. This unique tradition begins with the bride selecting a cake that showcases the grooms interests or hobbies. The cake is then presented alongside the wedding cake at the reception or served at the rehearsal dinner. Here are some examples of Dessert Works Groom's Cakes:

Love Birds Wedding

Today we'd like to feature a custom Dairy Free wedding cake we did for Kristen and Keith Mathieu earlier this year.  Kristen and Keith met in 2005 at the University of Rhode Island.  As a couple, one of their favorite hobbies is bird watching from their back porch.  When it came time to plan their wedding, "Love Birds" was a natural choice.  Here it is: a beautiful cake to complement a beautiful couple.  Congratulations Kristen and Keith!

Florentine Ivy and Picasso Lilies

Julie and Nick's wedding reception in a Botanical Center begged for a floral/ivy/botanically-inspired wedding cake!

Frosted in our vanilla buttercream, this couple opted for Dessert Works' "Florentine Ivy" design in a soft sage green.  Though ivy-inspired, this design also incorporates flourishes like a waving scroll, and dots that create even further embellishment.

On the middle tier, Dessert Works applied the same design, only much more conservatively.  The stretches of smooth buttercream and open space on this tier created a nice contrast to the top and bottom tiers.

The cake was further decorated with fresh flowers in deep fuchsias and plums -- Picasso Lilies and orchids.  Beautiful!  The floating candles provide an air of romance, delicately accenting the cake.

Shamrocks and Hearts

Jennifer and David may have added some luck to their wedding celebration with their incorporation of our "Shamrocks and Hearts" design on their cake!

Their cake was frosted in soft, smooth vanilla buttercream, with tiers of our Shamrocks design alternating with Kristen's signature "Champagne Dot" pattern (meant to look like champagne bubbles floating up to the top of the tier).

Dessert Works kept the shoulders of the cake clean, adding a floral bouquet of white roses to the top of the cake only.  And for a touch of green - the leaves on the roses provided the perfect accent.

Champagne: Chic and Elegant

Sometimes folks feel that white-on-white cakes don't pack enough punch; but they don't want to go crazy with color.

How about champagne??

Champagne is a deeper, fuller color than ivory (we wouldn't even consider it on the "white" spectrum), but it's still muted, classic, and elegant.

For this couple's wedding, we went with modern, square tiers and bamboo borders.  The cake was covered in champagne-colored rolled chocolate  (softening the corners of the square tiers), and then the fern design from the couple's invitations was translated into white rolled chocolate applique decorating the tiers.

Swiss Dot and Fresh Flowers!

 Becky and John's wedding cake was a beautiful demonstration of how fresh flowers can transform a wedding cake! 

Dessert Works decorated their cake with our sweet and simple Swiss Dot design.  On the bottom tier only, we brought in the couple's blue accent color with a fabric ribbon.

Fresh hydrangea poms, blossoms, and blush pink roses provided the finishing touches to pull everything together!  The fresh flowers then coordinated perfectly with the girls' bouquets, which provided additional decor to the cake table.

Edible images on a wedding cake!

We loved Kendra and Mike's thoughtful idea for a truly personalized wedding cake.  They decided to treat their wedding cake like a photo album, and to decorate it (literally) with memories of times shared together!

Each picture on the cake was printed in black and white as an edible image on sugar paper, then cut to size, applied on the cake, and "framed" in vanilla buttercream.  On the alternating tiers, the couple opted for Dessert Works' Wallace Scroll design in white to contrast and set apart the photograph tiers.

The bride's flowers included fuchsia Gerbera Daises, which Dessert Works created in edible form from buttercream for the cake's top bouquet.  Their honeymoon cake even included miniaturized versions of the pictures!  For an event that is a celebration of the couple and their relationship, how much more fitting could this design be.  Our best to the happy couple!

 

New England Fall Foliage Wedding Cake

 Fall weddings in New England are in high demand - the region's autumn foliage provides a such a stunning backdrop; couples reserve fall dates far in advance to take advantage of the landscape.

With fall coming up quickly on the horizon, we thought we'd remind you of our decorators' talents in rolled chocolate.  We're honestly capable of paralleling and capturing nature's beauty on your wedding cake!  (**If you're unfamiliar with rolled chocolate, it's Dessert Works' preferred alternative to fondant.  Check out our previous blog post on this topic for more info on this medium.)

Here's a cake from September 2010: we did a top bouquet of rolled chocolate roses, calla lilies, autumn leaves, and even a baby pumpkin for the season!  We brought in a range of beautiful hues such burgundy, eggplant, deep sage, and burnt orange to evoke the feeling of autumn.

The sides of the tiers were decorated in our "Ivy with Fall Leaves" design, where both the ivy and the tiny "leaves" are piped on in our delicious vanilla buttercream. 

Fresh Flowers and a Classic Wallace Scroll

Christina and Mark were married in Fall 2010 at the Four Points by Sheraton, in Norwood, where Dessert Works is the package wedding cake provider for receptions.

Their design was completely in package (i.e. no additional out-of-pocket expense to the couple!) -- it included our classic Wallace Scroll design piped in white buttercream, accented by fresh flowers and a topper of the couple's married last initial.

Quite simple, yet quite elegant at the same time - wouldn't you agree?

Stanley Cup Wedding!!

What a fun wedding!!

Bradley and Kevin made a bet back in December... if the Bruins won the playoffs, then the wedding cake would be a Stanley Cup.  Flash forward to August ...  :)

We started off designing a Stanley Cup "inspired" wedding cake that still had the look of a traditional, tiered cake. Ultimately though, the CUP design won out!!

This cake featured vanilla buttercream frosting and design work (a variation on Dessert Works's Wallace Scroll design), with white rolled chocolate crossed hockey sticks and detailing to create the wedding-version of the cup.

Can't wait to hear what the couple thought of the finished product!!  Go Bs!!!!

 

Criss-Cross Ribbons on Square Tiers

Laura and Chris were married in late July, 2011, and Kristen and her team at Dessert Works produced this beautiful cake for them!

The cake is frosted in our signature Vanilla Buttercream frosting (see how smooth?), with thicker fabric ribbons along the base of each tier, and thick and thin strands criss-crossing along the sides. 

We've seen this look on round tiers before, and think it translates beautifully to the square, slightly offset tiers!  Some conservative "champagne dot" bubbles were piped on (also in buttercream), and fresh flowers were placed by the florist at the Saphire Estate in Sharon, MA to complete the look.

Stunning, no??  Tell us what you think!!

Polka Dot Cupcakes

Karina and Christopher had wedding cupcakes instead of a traditional cake, but they didn't have the standard buttercream flower on top of each cupcake.

Instead, they had rolled chocolate polka dots in eggplant on top of their cupcakes. They also had an 8" cutting cake on top of the cupcake display with the song lyric, "I'm just a hunk, a hunk of burning love," written on the side.

Individual Cakes

Not everyone has a traditional wedding cake or cupcakes at their wedding. Some couples have individual cake centerpieces, or even a display of individual cakes like Jane and Ravi had:

 Photo by Priya Patel

Snowflakes

Today's wedding cake features two different kinds of snowflakes: buttercream and pastillage.

The cake was frosted in our buttercream frosting, and our snowflake design was hand-piped onto the sides of the cake in buttercream. The cake was then finished with some pastillage snowflakes that had metallic gold accents.

Cupcakes

Cupcakes can make for a beautiful display at a wedding! Michelle and Bob's wedding cupcakes are a perfect example of that!

Photo by Dave Donato

Photo by Dave Donato

They had a mixture of chocolate, vanilla and red velvet cupcakes, topped with buttercream flowers. In addition, they had a small 6" cake to use for the ceremonial cutting of the cake. This cake had our swiss dot design on the sides and coordinating buttercream flowers on top.

Pink Ruffle Cascade

This display cake was inspired by an actual wedding cake that our chef created. With the pretty pink cascade, we thought it was appropriate with Valentine's Day coming up.

The tiers are square and slightly off-set. The cake features our champagne dot design in a pastel pink, and a pink rolled chocolate ruffle cascade.

Unraveling Ribbons

Ken & Andy were married recently and we were able to create their wedding cake for them!

Their cake was simply frosted in vanilla buttercream. The focus of the cake was the beautiful cascade of rolled chocolate roses, calla lilies and unraveling ribbons that were all hand-sculpted.

Bass Groom's Cake

Today's Featured Friday cake is the perfect groom's cake or birthday cake for the bass fisherman in your life!

This cake was cut by hand into the shape of the bass, then decorated with rolled chocolate and hand painted accents.

Afterglow Photos

We love when photographers share their photos of our wedding cakes with us! Afterglow Photos was kind enough to share these photos of Karen & Rich's wedding cake at the Milton Hoosic Club.

Credit: Afterglow Photos

 Credit: Afterglow Photos

 Credit: Afterglow Photos

Such beautiful photos! Their cake was frosted in vanilla buttercream frosting and had our champagne dot design in white on the sides. It was topped with a bouquet of rolled chocolate flowers.

Swiss Dot

Amy and Scott were married in September and had their wedding reception at The Warren Center.

Their wedding cake was frosted in vanilla buttercream frosting, had a fabric ribbon around the bottom of the tiers, and our swiss dot design above the ribbon. The couple's monogram was also written in buttercream on the middle tier, and the cake was then finished with fresh flowers on the top and sides.