What Does Cutting a Cake at a Wedding Mean?

According to tradition, when the bride and groom cut small pieces of the wedding cake and feed each other, it represents their complete dedication to the other and a promise of mutual care.

Cutting the cake together means the married couple agrees to share all the good things in their life.

Ancient Times In Ancient Greece and Rome, cutting the cake and crumbling it over the bride's head signified good luck and fortune to the young family. It also represented fertility.

History and Origins

Couples of that time were expected to kiss over the cake; if the cake stayed untouched, the young family would be blessed with many children.

Middle Ages

According to tradition, when the bride and groom cut the pieces of the wedding cake and feed each other, it represents their total dedication and mutual care.

Christianity