Comments on: Who pays for the groom's cake?

Question: Who pays for the groom's cake?

warriorengineer — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:48:20 -0800

Who pays for the groom's cake?

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:04:49 -0800

Whomever is paying for the rest of the reception.

By: meerkatty

meerkatty — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:05:24 -0800

The bride, according to this. "Intended to be a gift from the bride to the groom..."

By: warriorengineer

warriorengineer — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:12:01 -0800

It is being served at the reception. It is usually chocolate, but being as the wedding cake is chocolate, the grooms cake is sweet cream flavored with fresh Louisiana strawberries in it.

By: The World Famous

The World Famous — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:12:41 -0800

According to tradition, the bride.

According to me, it doesn't really matter, as long as everyone gets along.

By: dpx.mfx

dpx.mfx — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:43:03 -0800

Yes, bride, but really, put everyone's money in the pot and don't worry about who's actually paying for what. (We didn't have a groom's cake, is that bad?)

By: Megafly

Megafly — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:01:17 -0800

In my experience it is rolled in with all the other expenses of the reception. Traditionally the responsibility of the brides family. A modern view might see this as pointless since in many more modern couples both of them pay for the wedding and reception.

By: sageleaf

sageleaf — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:31:57 -0800

A) The person who thought the groom's cake was a must.
B) The person who placed the order for said cake.

Sounds delicious.

By: decathecting

decathecting — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:21:54 -0800

The person who decided there ought to be a groom's cake. No one is obligated to pay for anything they didn't offer to pay for, wedding or otherwise.

By: warriorengineer

warriorengineer — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:15 -0800

I, nor anyone in the planning process has been to a wedding without one. maybe its just because we're from NOLA, but they're pretty standard. you really don't not have them around here. This is a very traditional wedding (as most here in Louisiana are) and the bride's parents are paying for the reception. They are forking over a ton of money, so anything that they shouldn't pay for will be happily covered by myself, my parents, the bride, the groomsmen... whoever is supposed to pay for it. The brides parents will apy for it is their traditional responsibility, but they don't seem to believe it is.

By: jaimystery

jaimystery — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:40:33 -0800

Just because you are having a traditional wedding, it doesn't mean you have to have to hold to 'all' traditions. (Do you plan to break the wedding cake over your bride's head?)

Serve the groom's cake at the rehearsal dinner & pay for it out of your side of the budget.