Even the cake was in tiers is our series tips for weddings. The title comes from an overused and not so funny wedding speech joke, "It's been an emotional day...". What advice did you wish someone had told you before your wedding? We're collating all the etiquette and expertise here.
Give your cake pride of place. Displaying it during the afternoon while you're eating your wedding breakfast will not only give everyone to have a good look and get their mouths watering, it will also mean its in a good position when it comes to cutting it later.
If you asked the person who crafted your cake they usually say they cake should be away from the window and out of a draught. The photographer will want it in a well light area, free from signs in the background. Its good to have plenty of space for all your friends to get round you and take their own pictures too!
As far as Malc's concerned, cutting the cake is a bit of a bizarre thing to do. Why do we get everyone to gather round as we pretend to cut a cake? Why do we try to do it together and pause to kiss for the cameras? He reckons if you're going to do it you should go right on and cut the whole thing up in to pieces for your guests to eat!
Where does the tradition come from? Apparently Roman grooms used to smash the cake over the bride's head to symbolise her virginity. But the idea of sharing out bits of the cake goes back to a tradition of passing crumbs of cake through the bride's wedding ring as a symbolic gift of fertility. Well... now you know.