Groom's cake table?

Ours are going to be on separate tables! My FH loves Captain America, so that's his cake theme...but it's also the ring bearers birthday and he LOVES FH so he's going to have some cupcakes to go along with that cake. I've know the little boy since he was born and his mom is my MOH so I'm happy to incorporate him even more. Now that you ask....I've only been to one wedding where the cake and grooms cake were on the same table. I think it also depends on your venue and how that's set up for the reception!

I've seen both. We're not doing a grooms cake though, FH said he didn't want one and not to waste the money on it.

We had ours on the same table. Not a big deal.

I didn't get to try any of his - people devoured that sucker. :-(

Can someone explain to me how the grooms cake works. I always thought the grooms cake was the top tier of the wedding cake. Our wedding is in 56 days, if someone could explain it, I would appreciate it; in case I have to call the bakery.

I'm not sure of the actual tradition of a grooms cake, but the top tier of the cake is traditionally frozen and then eaten on the couple's first anniversary.

I really don't think it matters where you put the cake.

I'm having them next to each other.

"The tradition of the groom's cake began in Britain. The groom's cake was often richer than the bride's, since stronger flavors such as chocolate, fruitcake, and alcohol were considered more appropriate to "the stronger sex." Groom's cakes during the Victorian era were heavy, dense fruitcakes. A characteristic recipe for the groom's fruit cake was published in the “The British Baker" in 1897. Eventually, flour cakes, either white or chocolate, supplanted fruit cakes as the most popular choice.

Groom’s cake is a tradition most popular in the southeastern United States. It was brought over from Britain by American colonists. The Southern groom's cake was traditionally a dark-liquor soaked fruitcake, especially in Virginia. The white-iced bride's cake was considered too light for masculinity. Chocolate groom's cakes became popular in the late 19th century, and can be any flavor, such as carrot cake, red velvet cake, etc."

Groom's cakes are usually served at the wedding reception as a second flavor choice to the guests, but are often served at the rehearsal dinner in some regions. Groom's Cakes are often decorated to reflect the groom's hobbies, such as golfing, fishing, or hunting. The movie Steel Magnolias features a famous scene with a red velvet groom's cake shaped as a giant armadillo.

Another tradition was to cut a piece of the cake and put it in a small box, then present the box to an unmarried woman attending the wedding. The woman was not expected to eat the cake, but rather to put it under her pillow. Superstition held that this tradition would help an unmarried woman find a husband."

FH's groom cake is going on the same table as the wedding cake.

Flowers went in the empty vases. They were on the aisles in the church. We repurposed a bunch of the ceremony flowers in the reception.

We're now outsourcing the dessert table setup, but I had envisioned his cheese wheel "cake" on one side of the table (it's a big oval table), mini dessert bar items in the middle, and our cake cake on the other side of the table for cutting access.

Hm. I'm undecided on this. I think it may look weird/ take away from your wedding cake if they're on the same table. Are you going to cut it like you do the wedding cake? Or will staff cut and serve it?

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I've seen both ways. Your science theme ideas appear more suitable for a separate table.

Thanks for the clearing that up, looks like I need to order a grooms cake ASAP

My FH loves pie so he will actually have his own pie table

We served our grooms cake at the rehearsal dinner. We just did it for fun!