It's when the bride and groom share their dessert together.
The bride and groom both hold the knife together to make the first slice in the wedding cake. This symbolizes the beginning of their life together. The cake is sliced after the wedding ceremony at the wedding reception. The rest of the cake is sliced without any special significance as the easiest way to serve the cake to guests.
Slicing a cake at a debut party originated in Europe. The significance or cutting the cake at the party symbolizes a shared relationship prior to a wedding.
Symbolically, it is the first joint physical act performed by the husband and wife.
it's to signify the bond of the married couple to prove that they'll do everything together. or it's just something to do for the couple at their party, they just want to get to that motel and have fun.
Actually it began in Europe and not with a cake but pastries and desserts. They would feed each other as a symbol of unity and a shared relationship. When the wedding cake appeared later the tradition of sharing a piece of the cake remained intact.
The wedding celebration would not be complete if you didn't include this tradition in your list. :) As a wedding consultant, it is a must for you to include this in your list because it symbolically means of having love, honor and respect one another.
* At the wedding reception after the meal is served and approximately one hour after, the wedding cake will be cut by the bride and groom. The bride holds the knife and the groom's hand goes over hers and they make a small slice to feed each other a piece of the wedding cake before serving to their guest. Sometimes the bride and groom will have a little fun and push the cake all over the outside of each others mouths. Then the caterers came and cut the cake and either the bride and groom can serve the wedding cake or the caterers will do it if requested before the reception.
it is to have fun at a wedding !!!
I do believe that it means that you are uniting and cutting a piece of your new life together.
The newly-wed couple slicing the wedding cake together has come to symbolize many things over the years. Generally, it symbolizes the new couple beginning a new life together and for happiness in the future.
Either or. It just depends on your preference. You may cut a cake, but slicing sounds more intelligent (very much an opinionated remark). When you use more culinary vocabulary, people take you more seriously. I prefer slicing, but to each their own.