Cake cutting??? Kinda long w/o c/n

sweetcanadian1979 · February 2012

I for the life of me can not figure this out so help me out please. Here are a couple important details. We are not having a dj we are having a band so we will not be going right into our first dance like a lot of couples do.

The meal will be first thing. We are self-catering it, it will be a bbq, so as it is cooked it will be put in the ovens on low to keep warm. It should only be sitting an hour at the most, just so everything is cooked before hand so no one has to sit, wait & watch others eat.

We are not having dessert other than wedding cake. Fruit will be during the cocktail hour.

My MIL has requested we cut & serve the cake ourselves, she thinks that is a good way to "make our rounds" (we will go to tables as well). Seeing as the cake is dessert i can't figure out how to do this.

Do we start it as soon as we are done eatting, before speeches so guests have the cake for the speeches, do we do it after the speeches before the band starts? Logistically i am totally unsure how we can pull this off in a timely manner without holding anything up.

Ideas?

Timeline:
Cocktails: 5:30
Supper: 6:30 (priest has church at 8)
Band starts at 8

BrooklynNovia · February 2012

You said it was you MIL's suggestion, but do you want to cut the cake yourself? I'd find that stressful.

Are you open to cupcakes? That might mean you'd still get to serve your guests and have that moment with them, but without the logisitical hurdle of cutting many, many slices of cake, platting them, etc.

sweetcanadian1979 · February 2012

My MIL is making the cake so cupcakes are out of the question, everything is bought already to decorate it.

IDK what i want really, my parents & inlaws really haven't asked us for a thing so that would make it hard to say no. They have been completely laid back with it all. My MIL is helping me a great deal with the church/music/cake etc as that is her home church.

She is a caterer as well as cake decorator & saw it at a wedding she did last year & thought it was a neat way to interact with the guests.

Megbo2012 · February 2012

I wouldn't do it. That's a little bit stressful, when you are making your rounds you can go from table to table. If you were cutting/serving cake you'd have to keep going back and forth getting slices. Unless you had a trolley, which would be ridiculous IMO because I'd be worried about fitting me, my dress and the trolley, in between the tables.

I'm also thinking of all the time you will be losing in the back room cutting all the slices of cake.

sweetcanadian1979 · February 2012

No Meg, that isn't what i mean, sorry should have clarified. We wouldn't be going to the tables with the cake, it is a buffet, so they would come up & get cake from us. We would cut our main cake & the sheet cake would be cut & brought out.

I guess i'll have to ask her how they actually pulled that off.

peachykeen26 · February 2012

Well, I have cut several cakes, the easiest thing to do is to just hack away at it. Wear an apron!!!!!
Take off your first layer and then just cut little pieces, like two inches long by 1/2in wide. One of my groomsmen is cutting up our cake because he worked for a catering company and I don't want to risk getting it on myself. I am a MESS in my kitchen, but I clean EVERYTHING when I am done, and I can't clean in a wedding dress. haha

peachykeen26 · February 2012

Oh, and practice. Make some cakes from mixes frost them and everything, then cut them, You will get cake and get your speed up!

Megbo2012 · February 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_cake-cutting-kinda-long-wo-cn?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:c3a4fc44-7462-438e-b00e-97db159ddc99Post:3c7c5d7b-9d1c-4966-92e3-435193444c8f">Re: Cake cutting??? Kinda long w/o c/n</a>:
[QUOTE]No Meg, that isn't what i mean, sorry should have clarified. We wouldn't be going to the tables with the cake, it is a buffet, so they would come up & get cake from us. We would cut our main cake & the sheet cake would be cut & brought out. I guess i'll have to ask her how they actually pulled that off.
Posted by sweetcanadian1979[/QUOTE]

<div>Ahhhh ok. That's a whole lot easier then. The only problem I see is not everyone will want cake, and there might end up being a line, similar to a recieving line. I wouldn't want to miss anyone because they didn't come up and get cake, which is why I think going around is easiest. I don't think I'd remember who did/didn't come up because I'd be so distracted, but you know yourself better than I do! </div>

kelsey+brandon · February 2012

I think it'll be easier to let someone else cut the cake. That's the last thing I want to be doing on my wedding day is cutting cake and serving food to people. I'd feel like a lunch lady.

Just make sure you get your food ASAP and eat quickly. Then make your rounds to all the tables as everyone is still eating.

For timing of cutting the cake, just give everyone a break in the middle of dancing and do it then. That's what we're doing. I know I always appreciate a little time to digest my food in between dinner and dessert.

HarperBargo · February 2012

I think in theory it sounds like a nice idea and gesture. But in all practicality it might not work. It might be one more thing for you to possibly stress out about.

Also as a guest I love wedding cake! I would get antsy having to wait in what would likely turn into a receiving line. Just a thought though.

MichelleAG05 · February 2012

I have had to cut a wedding cake before and it was a huge PITA. And it's very messy. I would not want to do it in a wedding dress - that's for sure!!

If you do decide to cut the cake, I would do it after the speeches and before the dancing begins. Unless your band has already stated they will take a break and then I would do it during the break.

Zimsgirl · February 2012

I'd let someone else. Will there be any servers?

midgetthemighty · February 2012

I seriously would politely decline this suggestion from your MIL. You can make your rounds as you were originally planning and everything will run much smoother.

Hilraythebride · February 2012

I personally would not feel comfortable doing this because I would be way too nervous about cutting too few pieces so I would cut them super thin then I would most likely have way too much leftover.

MMRoberts11 · February 2012

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[QUOTE]I seriously would politely decline this suggestion from your MIL. You can make your rounds as you were originally planning and everything will run much smoother.
Posted by midgetthemighty[/QUOTE]

Agreed.

sweetcanadian1979 · February 2012

The more i read your guys answers the more i think i agree. Yes we will hire servers, so i am going to just have to get them to do it. The band does take a break but that is when we bring out the luncheon (our weddings all have a light lunch about 11pm, it is law when serving alcohol). I will talk to her more about it in a couple weeks.

courtneyclare103 · February 2012

I agree with almost everyone else. I do not want to serve anything on my wedding day. You won't even be able to talk long that way because the line will need to keep moving. I'd just politely decline this idea and make table rounds instead.

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