When do you cut the cake and what time is your first dance

Our timings are as follows. 7 evening reception starts, 8 first dance, 9 cut the cake and open buffet

Well from what I can gather it depends very much on whether you are using your wedding cake as dessert – if so then it needs to be cut before the meal is served in order to give the venue enough time to portion it all up fro after the meal.

And first dance usually ‘kicks off’ the party so it can depend on what time evening guests are arriving if you are having them and also what time you have the TOG booked until!

Timing of things is as MrsShark has pointed out - if cake is dessert, you cut it before you are announced in. If not you can cut it either after the speeches or later on in the evening.

Togs will ask when you intend to cut the cake and will take photos of a mock cake cutting so although they may not capture the actual cutting, they'll and you'll have piccies of the mock one. When we got married we wanted to cut our cake in the evening - we had mock cake cutting so the tog could go before the meal (he certainly did that lol) then cut it before our first dance at 8.00pm. Our evening guests had arrived so got to see it ?. The cake was then served as part of the buffet that night! Still had loads left over though to take home.

HTH Tracey xxx

Thanks Ladies........cake will not be served as a dessert and our TOG is a guest who will be there all day anyway so I guess it's whether we want the evening guests to see the cutting of the cake aswell! x