Wedding Photos of Cake

The following “Cake” images were created by documentary wedding photographers from the WPJA, who regularly submit their best candid moments, artistic portraits, details, and scene setters for review by our WPJA competition judges.

WEDDINGS + ELOPEMENTS + ARTISTIC PORTRAITS & DETAILS + ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS

Some of the “Cake” marriage photography samples below may have come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party, an engagement session with the couple, or possibly be artistic portraits or detail shots.

FINE ART WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: Our Artistic Guild award winners take a more creative approach to wedding day Portraits and use their innovative skills to capture the Details of each couple’s special day. The Artistic Guild’s Scene Setters are some of the most notable and breathtaking from within the artistic WPJA contest categories. Playing with light and shadow, special effects, and post-production editing, these images embrace the artistic component of wedding photography.

PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY: The story of every couple starts long before the wedding day, and the engagement marks one of the most important milestones in their story. Engaged couples often want to celebrate the occasion and announce their upcoming wedding with a photoshoot. Pre-wedding portraits of an engaged couple can be just as moving and compelling as the images taken on the wedding day. Engagement portraits can win a Diamond Award, an exclusive WPJA award whose winner is selected from the best engagement photography in the world.

Excitement fills the moment as two young boys in smart bow ties and formal wear gaze eagerly at a decadent wedding cake at the Hilton Hotel Istanbul.

Boys in Bow Ties Admiring Decadent Cake at Hilton Hotel Istanbul Wedding Celebration

Beautiful candid moment of newlyweds cutting their wedding cake, captured in black and white at CAV Restaurant in Providence, RI, USA, showcasing the humorous and endearing confusion of the couple as they navigate this traditional task together.

Elegant Cake Cutting Delight: Newlyweds at CAV Restaurant in Providence, RI Show Humorous Confusion

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Bride and groom share a sweet moment as they cut into their wedding cake at The Woods At Eisler Farms in Butler, PA, showcasing a blend of anticipation and joy on their special day as they carefully slice into their decadent treat.

Anticipation and Joy: Sweet Moment Cutting Wedding Cake at The Woods At Eisler Farms

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In Tennessee, a candid moment at a Gatlinburg wedding venue as a child and a bride both point excitedly at the wedding cake, symbolizing anticipation and joy.

Excitement Captured: Child and Bride Pointing at Wedding Cake in Gatlinburg, Tennessee Venue

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A beautiful detail shot frozen in time on a wedding day in Blue Hill, Maine, as a couple's hands delicately cut into a splendid wedding cake.

Elegant Cake Cutting: Capturing Romance in Blue Hill, Maine as Hands Gracefully Slice Cake

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In Virginia at Poplar Springs Manor in Warrenton, the bride playfully smashes cake into the groom's face, causing it to fall off as they both share a joyous laugh.

Fun Fiasco: Bride's Cake Smash Sends Groom's Plan Crumbling, Laughter Fills the Room

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Bride and groom playfully tease each other with cake during their intimate woodsy wedding reception party at Peterson Grove, Sanborn County Park.

Cake Mischief: Bride and Groom's Playful Antics at Peterson Grove Wedding Reception

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A couple cuts their wedding cake at Istanbul Bosphorus Palace with champagne spraying in the foreground, a moment of celebration and joy.

Champagne Celebration: Love at Istanbul's Bosphorus Palace

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Bride laughs as groom playfully smears cake on her face in the charming courtyard of the Kehoe House in Savannah, GA.

Sweet Moments: A Playful Wedding Celebration at the Kehoe House

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At Il Refolo ricevimenti & country house in Teano, the bride joyfully opens a bottle of sparkling wine with her husband and daughter nearby, capturing the cork mid-air.

Bubbling with Love: A Wedding Celebration at Il Refolo

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A young boy in a suit sits on the stairs at Wyoming Hereford Ranch, licking the frosting off his cake fork during the reception festivities.

Sweet Moments at Wyoming Hereford Ranch

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Cartagena, Colombia: Witness an impressive feat as the bride savors an upside-down bite of cake, carried by her exuberant guests, captured by a destination wedding photojournalist

Cartagena, Colombia Unveiled: A Breathtaking Moment of Joy and Celebration

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Vercelli Wedding at Castello di Moncrivello, Italy - Groom celebrating with a champagne spray at the cake table while the bride stands beside him

Joyous Champagne Spray: Vercelli Wedding at Castello di Moncrivello, Italy

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At Salones Mayestic in Arjona, Jaén, this wedding couple faces a playful challenge as they are lifted on their friends' shoulders. The bride stretches to reach the cake topper, held by the groom atop the cake.

Arjona Jaén: Playful Challenge, Cake Topper Held by Groom

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In Tuscany, at Villa Medicea di Lilliano, the bride and groom celebrated their wedding day by toasting after cutting the cake. The photographer captured the moment from a high angle, recording the artistic scene in BW

Villa Medicea di Lilliano: A Toast to Forever, Captured in BW

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In Savigny-Lévescault, France, the pro documentary wedding photographer captured a French tradition where the bride and groom, along with their witnesses and children, break a cake called "broyer." Here, the couple's son is having a blast!

Savigny-Lévescault: French Wedding Cake Tradition - Pro Photographer Captures Joyful Moment

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The wedding picture captures the joyous and explosive toast at the Bergamo wedding reception party

At the Bergamo wedding reception, the wedding picture captured the joyous garden toast

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At the reception location in Edmonton, Alberta, the groom surprised the bride by feeding her a piece of cake during the cake cutting ceremony

At the wedding reception, the groom symbolically showed his devotion to the bride by feeding her a piece of cake during the cake cutting ceremony

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Best Trino documentary wedding picture from Principato di Lucedio of the Bride and groom cutting cake

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Umbria, Italy wedding reportage photojournalist created this image of cutting the cake, the Italian way

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Best Verbania documentary wedding photojournalism image from Grand Hotel Majestic in Italy showing A cake full of stars

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An extraordinary Tâncăbești wedding image by a professional Romania photographer at Artist The Barn conveying the Bride and groom cutting the cake at the reception venue

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Best Driebergen documentary wedding photojournalism image from Buitenplaats Sparrendaal showing One of the bridesmaids is feeding her mother with cake

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Best Bodrum documentary wedding picture from Flamm showing the Bride eating cake from grooms nose

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A fun San Francisco documentary wedding photography showing things quickly escalated to handfuls of cake being smashed into each others faces

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A fun San Francisco documentary wedding photography showing things quickly escalated to handfuls of cake being smashed into each others faces

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An extraordinary Nieuwerbrug wedding picture by a pro Zuid Holland, NL photographer revealing Dogs with bow ties looking at cake held by bride and groom

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An exceptional Cambridgeshire wedding image by a pro Huntingdon UK photographer at The Old Bridge Hotel exhibiting An alternative version of the cake being cut and smashed

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Villa Rossi scene setter wedding venue photography showing the cutting of the cake in a different way

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