Afternoon tea wedding struggles...

No such thing as too much cake!

Well you don't have to have a wedding cake, or perhaps you could have a small cake for cutting and not serve any?

Dummy cakes and cheese wheel cakes are also a thing, you could go the savory approach and supply crackers with a cheese wheel cake? It might be a nice change after a sweet infused lunch. Or I've heard of pork pie cakes if you aren't into cheese.

It all boils down to how important the wedding cake is to you, do you want the big cake? Or are you doing it because "that's what happens at weddings"?

Would your afternoon tea caterers take the wedding cake into consideration if you asked them? So cut the cake and serve the slices with the afternoon tea instead of another selection? Or would they substitute one cake option for something savory like cheese and nibbles, or crisps etc?

I'm shooting in the dark here, but yes that does sound like a fair amount of cake for one day.

When I've photographed "afternoon tea" weddings the wedding cake has been served after the evening buffet/ hog roast. Alternatively, you could consider a pork pie wedding cake instead, or a cheese one.

I can't comprehend your question about people not being able to eat more cake though?!! I can eat cake all day!

We had exactly what you're planning - afternoon tea, then hog roast in the evening. Our afternoon tea was at about 4pm, then hog roast at about 8.30pm & wedding cake afterwards.

My FIL's friend actually made our cake - she made an amazing three tier cake & then made loads of cup cakes too - all the cup cakes had gone so I'd say people defo can't get enough cake! The cake itself there was a lot left over, but that was because it was put in the cool cabinet as it was so hot it was melting, & there were loads of cupcakes anyway. We ended up giving chunks of the cake to family & neighbours the day after & taking loads on our minimoon with us, so it certainly didn't go to waste!