Groom's cake brainstorm!

In the midst of wedding planning, the “groom's cake” has been a fuzzy detail I've been of two minds about. First off, I decided a while back we’d have the groom’s cake at the rehearsal dinner, since we’re already having plenty of cake options at the wedding reception. (Subject of a new post, I promise.)

Then there’s the fact that this would be an addition to our wedding budget and another pick up and/or delivery to arrange – something I’m really trying to avoid as we enter "crunch time."

AND the reality that Erik’s not that much of a cake person. So Nintendo or guitar shaped cakes like these

-- while cute -- would likely not be fully appreciated by the man of the hour.

So, here’s the solution I’m stealing from another bride. I’m going to make a couple batches of the vegan oatmeal dark chocolate cookies Erik now loves. (They're fabulous, if I do say so myself, made with oat flour, brown sugar and walnut butter, they're very unprocessed, but still soft and delicious.) And arrange them as such:

Very cute! This way it will be a tiered dessert that he’ll really like and we’ll really not to have spend much money on. Serve them with milk and we have an instant crowd pleaser, right? I’m hoping I can make these a couple weeks ahead of time and pop them in the freezer. How well does cookie dough keep in freezer?? What about freezing already baked cookies? Is this a no-no?

I may need to pick up a small cake stand to achieve this tiered look (which I’ve been avoiding cause they won’t fit our wedding cakes), but that shouldn’t be too hard. I never thought I'd be baking anything for our wedding, but I think I can handle the 40 people or so on our rehearsal list. Did you bake for your wedding? If so, do you have any tips for me?

Photo sources: guitar, Nintedo, and the cookies from Mrs. Mouse at http://www.weddingbee.com/.