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Chocolate Groom’s Cakes

ake decorators are seeing a trend Here are half a dozen suggestions for
C away from one big glorious white groom’s cakes. They are so delicious, they
wedding cake to a number of smaller, just might steal the show:
more interesting cakes, often with some
• Guatemalan Wedding Cake
containing chocolate. A chocolate cake
has frequently been used as a groom’s • Debbie’s Dazzling Red Velvet Cake
cake, as a foil for the snowy white
• Chocolate Love Cake
bride’s cake.
Groom’s cakes derive from English • German Chocolate Spice Cake with
wedding cakes, spirited with whiskey Fruit and Nut Filling
and filled with fruits and nuts.
• Triple-Decker
Chocolate marries well, so to
Raspberry Chocolate
speak, with these flavors.
Cake with Chocolate Ganache

out the excess flour, and set the pan machine and scrape down the sides of the
aside. bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the
2. Place the white chocolate and the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes
butter in a small microwave-safe bowl more, scraping the sides down again if
and microwave on high power until the needed. The batter should look thick and
butter has melted, 1 minute. Stir until well combined. Pour the batter into the
the white chocolate is thoroughly melted prepared pan, smoothing it out with the
and the mixture is smooth. rubber spatula. Place the pan in the oven.
3. Place the cake mix, milk, eggs, vanilla, 4. Bake the cake until it springs back
and melted white chocolate mixture in a when lightly pressed with your finger and
large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric is golden brown, 28 to 32 minutes. Re move
mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop the the pan from the oven and place it on a