Groom's Cake Ice Cream

Before I came to Texas I had never heard of Groom's Cake. At Texas wedding receptions there are two cakes. One is the traditional white cake with white frosting, painstakingly beautiful and delicate, called the Bride's Cake, and then there is the groom's cake. I know that in other parts of the country where this tradition is alive the groom's cake is kind of a joke. I think on Steel Magnolias the GC was made in the shape of an Armadillo. I have heard that in Hawaii the groom's cake has prunes baked into it so it is more of a fruit cake. But in Texas the GC is a spectacularly rich chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and decked with shaved chocolate and chocolate covered strawberries. It is absolutely to die for! So today when I was in Kroger picking up a few groceries I noticed that Blue Bell had come up with a new flavor of ice cream which has been appropriately named Groom's Cake. It has a chocolate ice cream base(always a good start)with chunks of chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate cake, chocolate frosting and swirls of strawberry syrup. It tastes as good as the description. Believe me when I say you are going to want to go out and buy yourself a half gallon. I have to apologize to all of you unlucky people who live too far away from Texas to get Blue Bell. But be assured, there is still a lot of room in Texas for when you are ready to move.