Give your Traditional Cake a Twist!

In most weddings the cake is cut by the Bride and Groom, after which, the happy newly weds stuff a piece of the fluffy frosting into each other’s mouths, smiling. It’s at this time that the banquet staff takes the cake in the back to feverishly cut the cake, trying to get it out to the dessert hungry guests in a timely manner.


Instead of having your guests wait for a server to bring them their piece of cake, why not try something new? One alternative for a huge cake is to have smaller cakes on each of the reception tables. This will help take care of the decorations for the tables as well as the cake itself. With these smaller cakes in mind, have the longest married couple at each table cut the cake. This can be a conversation starter for everyone at the table and it’s a fun friendly contest.


Now, if you really want to give your guests a surprise, at each table have a different flavor of cake. If you have 30 plus tables you can have cakes that are vanilla, chocolate, red velvet and strawberry. A variety of cake flavors allow guests to mingle to the next table and swap cakes if they want. Also, just because there will be smaller cakes on each of the tables, doesn’t mean the Bride and Groom shouldn’t cut a cake; they can simply downsize too. Instead of cutting a cake to feed 200, the couple cuts a cake for the wedding party.  That way the couple still gets their “cake cutting” moment, and the guests get a pleasant surprise when asked to cut the cakes at their tables. 

Photos courtesy of: Ashley Duncan