Cake cutting? When?

We get married at 3pm, sitting to dinner at 6.15, finishing dinner at 8pm and cutting cake around 8.15pm before the evening guests arrive.

Were cutting ours after the speech about an hour before the evening guests arrive and then it will be served in the evening with the buffet

Hi

It's is totally up to you when you 'cut' the cake. This doesn't mean that it has to be served at the same time. Traditionaly you cut the cake after the speeches, but a few of my weddings this year are using the cake cutting as the 'kick off' of the evening reception. The idea being that not only do the evening guests get involved in some of the traditions but also the cake is served with the evening buffet to fill it out a bit.

If you don't want it included into the evening, I would just have the traditional cake cutting for photos basically, after the speeches and then just serve the cake later with the buffet or as I said, do this at the beginning of the evening to signify the start of the evening. This may need to be announced either by the DJ or toastmaster.

You go with what you think is right,

Ruth

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