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All About Wedding Cake Etiquette
There is a certain kind of protocol involved with most aspects of a wedding,
which also holds true for the wedding cake. Cutting the wedding cake is usually
one of the last formalities in a wedding and the first that a couple will share
as new husband and wife; which means that everything needs to be done as should
be.
Here's looking at how to do everything right regarding your wedding cake.
- Wedding cake etiquette starts with the correct setting of the wedding
cake. The wedding cake should be displayed on a beautifully decorated table,
which goes in front of the main table (or brides table). It should be set in
such a manner so as not to block the guests' view of the head table. An
engraved and decorated knife is usually placed at the table (although this
is not mandatory, it is advisable).
- Etiquette demands that the cake be cut at the right time during the
reception. This will depend on the kind of reception that you have. If it is
an informal kind of gathering, such as a tea party or cocktail reception,
then you should cut the wedding cake after the guests have been received and
the speeches made. For more formal affairs, the cake should be cut after the
main reception lunch or dinner has been served.
- The wedding cake cutting should be announced prior to the cutting. This
can be done by making an announcement to the effect, or by playing the very
song that the wedded couple danced their first dance to.
- The right hand of the groom goes over the right hand of the bride, and
they cut the wedding cake together. The first slice is fed by the groom to
his bride, after which the bride serves her new husband.
- The wedding cake is then taken away by a family member/ friend/ or the
catering staff to be cut. The cutting is not done in front of the guests.
- The cake is then either served along with the coffee, or is used as a
party favour and put in boxes for the guests to take along with them.
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