Pickle: How to Cut the Cake

I had a caterer who also did my cake but because she was horrible, she didn't cut and serve the cake as was agreed on before. I even had to find her and ask that she cut the cake. I went back to the dance floor, went to sit down and saw that the cake was still sitting untouched. Thank goodness that I had a guest who knew how to cut wedding cakes who stepped into the role to cut and serve the cake for us.

You may be having a family member cutting the cake for you for and they may not know how to cut and handle a wedding cake and its tiered glory.

Source: junebugweddings.com via Kristina on Pinterest

The Pickle: Having to cut the wedding cake and needing to know how to handle the removal of the tiers.

The Solution: I have rallied up some great online resources that I think are best for teaching you how to cut a wedding cake. No need to google and waste time clicking a bunch of links!

• I found this awesome article from EtiquetteHell.com that not only covers tier removal and cutting the slices, but it also provides more details to make sure that who ever is going to cut your cake is really prepared. 

• For the visual learner, Allrecipes.com has this short video on cutting slices from a tiered cake. 

• Here is an article from The Business of Weddings that gives a different way to cut the cake versus the "circle method" shown in the previous two sources. 

• Can't talk about learning something that has to do with cakes without mentioning Wilton! This guide can help you determine how slices are to be cut for cakes that aren't a regular circle or square. So if you are having a heart, petal, oval, hexagon, or paisley shaped cake, you'll want to have this guide handy. 

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