1. Your MC, photographer and videographer should have already checked out your cake area for the best positioning.

2. Bride and Groom stand behind or to one side of the cake if the back drop will cause distractions in the photos.

3. Groom positioned behind with the Bride to the front taking in consideration which hand each uses when cutting.

4. Hold the cake knife together and make a small wedge-type cut in one of the lower tiers of cake. This will give you the best support in order to keep balance on the cake. Also, frostings such as rolled fondant are more difficult to cut on the cake.

5. Use the cake server to place the cake piece on a plate and cut the piece in half.

6. Know ahead of time if the Bride and Groom will use forks or their fingers. Extra napkins should be available for clean up purposes.

7. Whether the Bride and Groom are feeding each other together or separately; be courteous in order to keep each other clean.

8. Bring your champagne glasses to the cake table to include in photos.

9. The person/person’s cutting the wedding cake for guests to enjoy should save your top cake unless you have asked for the top tier to be used for serving. Many couples save and freeze their top tier cake to enjoy on their first anniversary. Some bakers give the couple a special cake instead of saving their top tier. Ask your baker ahead of time their policy.

10. Ask the person cutting the cake to save two pieces of cake for the Bride and Groom to enjoy then or after the reception.

11. Already have someone assigned to gather and return (if needed) cake parts to the cake person. Many times, cake stands and other parts are rented.

Enjoy your celebration!!

Here's a Bonus Tip from David of a deveraux film: Make sure you are the only one's cutting the first piece. Having the banquet manager or one of the server's stepping in every second will ruin the natural flow of the moment, and the precious photos and video that you will have to relive it.