The Long-Standing Southern Tradition Of The Groom's Wedding Cake - Chowhound

D. Patalano/Shutterstock "We agree on one thing," the bride, Shelby, says in the midst of a last-minute row with her mother, "the groom's cake! It's awful." The cake, she notes with a tinge of disgust, is made in the likeness of an armadillo with a gruesome red velvet interior. The women all react in disgust and disbelief. This charming exchange comes by way of the 1980s classic film "Steel Magnolias," which…