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Why do we have the groom's cake?

The groom's cake dates back to the mid-19th century. At that time, the traditional wedding cake had evolved from a popular single-layer fruitcake into a stacked pound-cake shaped like a church steeple. But guests still wanted fruitcake. To appease the masses, newlyweds would serve two cakes -- the wedding cake and the fruitcake. The wedding cake was eaten at the reception; the fruitcake, or the groom's cake (as it soon became known), was sliced and boxed for guests to take home. Legend has it that an unmarried woman who placed her slice under her pillow would dream of her husband-to-be. Two cakes -- especially in the southern U.S. -- continued to be offered to wedding guests until after World War II.

This news arrived on: 07/28/2007

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09-02-2007 13:06

Nancy jean wrote:

Grooms cake story .Slice OF Wedding cake ,true.

THe story was wonderful, and the Part saying The single woman could put a slice of the Wedding cake under her pillow, worked for Me truthfully, Back into the early sixties,I dreamt near eight am, Of The Man I later DID meet and Married, also in the dream was His mother and brother. He also told me his name twice in the dream. Totaly true. we were wed for Thirty Four Years.

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09-02-2007 13:03

Nancy jean wrote:

Grooms cake story was Good.

Loved The story Of the Grooms cake, and the Putting of the slice of wedding cake under the Pillow Actually worked For me back in the early sixties. I later met and did wed the Man I dramt of, His mother And brother were also into the dream. we were wed thirty four years.

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08-03-2007 23:36

ARCAMAX TRIVIA wrote:

GROOM'S CAKE

Informative & interesting.
Not funny, but just as good.
Something to share.
Shirley D., Olympia, WA

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