My little brother is getting married this Saturday and of course I am making the wedding cake. My mother wants me to also include a Grooms cake for him next to the regular cake. Is this correct? I was thinking of making something totally different from the regular cake also. The wedding cake will be simple, 4 tiers alternating white cake, dark chocolate cake with whipped cream with fresh strawberry filling and iced with fresh whipped cream. I was thinking of making his cake on the same lines but a strawberry flavored cake with cream cheese filling and iced with a shiny ganach. Now my questions are: Is a grooms cake proper to set out there next to the main cake? Does anyone have a good strawberry cake recipe, the box ones are horrible? and what is the trick to icing a cake with ganache and making it smooth and shiny? Any help would be appreciated as wellas any links or pictures too. Thank you all, you are so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my absolute favorite strawberry cake recipe that I got from one of the cake doctor books.

1pkg. white cake mix (I like DH or BC)
1 3oz. strawberry gelatin
1C mashed strawberries
1C vegetable oil
1/2C whole milk
4 eggs

Preheat oven to 350 grease and flour pans. Mix all ingredients on low speed for 1 minute. Mix on high speed for 2 more minutes. Pour into pans. Bake 28-30 minutes. Recipe fills 2 9-inch round pans.

This cake is soo yummy with cream cheese icing!

Thank you!!! That sounds delicious!

Normally the grooms cake is on a separate table from the wedding cake. Alot of times it will reflect the grooms interests or hobbies or is chocolate like you are planning with the ganache. I haven't worked with true ganache very much but I think one trick is to not mess with it too much after you pour it over the cake. All of your flavor combos sound wonderful!

Also if you are using whipped cream icing I might suggest the wilton stabilized recipe. It holds up wonderfully and is easy to pipe with.

http://www.wilton.com/recipes/recipesandprojects/icing/stable.cfm

Grooms cakes are so much fun!! You can always tell when the bride has picked out the grooms cake because it will be all frilly and girly and not reflect the groom at all. Its his cake, let it be his. The last wedding I attended the groom was addicted to the Star Wars Battlefront game so his cake was a giant Darth Vader head. Everyone got a good laugh from it.

Ive never actually seen the grooms cake away from the brides cake. Ive always seen them next to each other. I suppose if he wanted a crazy design for his cake that totally clashed with the brides cake I would keep them separate lol.

Grooms cakes are supposed to be fun and reflect the groom, his hobbies, interests, favorite past time etc. Id get with him and ask him what he wants. It adds a little lightheartedness to the reception.