Tag: New Orleans Wedding Traditions

History of Groom’s Cakes

November 6, 2017

Groom’s Cakes Like much else, the South has a way with wedding traditions that is different from the rest of the United States. We’ve talked second lines and cake pulls, but today we’re talking something a little more male-centric… it’s groom’s cakes! Because in New Orleans we have to ask, why limit ourselves to just…
Charmed: History of Cake Pulls

October 2, 2017

Cake Pulls Down here in New Orleans we have an odd tendency to put inedible trinkets into our food. Not only do we put plastic babies in our king cakes as a way of celebrating Mardi Gras, but one of our most common wedding traditions includes hiding silver charms in wedding cakes as a form…