Wedding Photos of Cake cutting

The following “Cake cutting” 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 cutting” 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.

Wedding day moment at Château de Terride as the bride and groom joyfully cut the cake during their reception celebration.

Joyful Cake Cutting at Château de Terride: A Bride and Groom's Memorable Wedding Moment

A joyful family portrait captured at Restaurant Vetta in Monte Bre, Lugano, Switzerland, showcasing the bride and groom lifting their baby overhead during the night cake cutting on their wedding day.

Wedding Day Bliss: Family Portrait at Restaurant Vetta, Monte Bre, Lugano, Switzerland

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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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A captivating photo captured during a São Paulo, Brazil wedding, featuring love and resilience taking center stage as the newlyweds share a cake-cutting moment surrounded by jubilant guests at the venue.

Love and Resilience: Newlyweds Share Cake-Cutting Moment at São Paulo Wedding Celebration

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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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Adorable little girl eagerly waits for cake while couple cuts it outdoors at a private residence in Parker, CO, surrounded by seated guests.

SWEET TOOTH: Girl eagerly awaits cake as couple cuts it outdoors in Parker, CO

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A married couple cutting their wedding cake at Domaine de Raville in Moselle, Grand Est, surrounded by friends and family.

Cutting Cake Chaos: Newlyweds Slice, Celebrate with Loved Ones at Domaine de Raville Wedding

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At Casa de los Bates in Motril, Spain, the groom, holding a long sword, delicately feeds his bride a piece of cake during the symbolic cutting ceremony.

Spanish Villa: Groom's Swordplay Steals the Show in Cake-Cutting at Wedding

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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 playfully smashes wedding cake on groomsman's face in Holcombe, Radstock, catching him by surprise and wrapping her arm around him from behind.

Sweet Surprise: Wedding Cake Shenanigans in Holcombe

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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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In Salones Don Luis, Mengibar, Jaén, Spain, the bride plays a playful joke on the groom after the cake cutting ceremony at their wedding.

The Sweet Surprise at Salones Don Luis

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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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At Villa Muggia, Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Italy: A stunning wedding moment captured as the bride and groom share a romantic kiss amidst the spectacular display of cake and firework fountains outside at night.

Villa Muggia's Nighttime Bliss: Fireworks and Romance on Lake Maggiore

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At Hotel Worms in Rheinland-Pfalz, the bride and groom can't contain their joy as they indulge in the delicious wedding cake. Their blissful expressions and gestures suggest that they are in cake heaven.

Cake Heaven at Hotel Worms: Rheinland-Pfalz's Blissful Wedding Delight

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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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At Younger Ranch, Colorado Springs, CO - A charming flower girl couldn't contain her excitement and impulsively interrupts the cake cutting ceremony, creating a heartwarming moment captured from a high camera angle.

Younger Ranch, Colorado Springs, CO: Interrupted by a Charming Flower Girl

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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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A couple cuts their elegant wedding cake at Villa Miani in Rome, with sparklers adding a touch of excitement to the moment

Sparkling Romance: A Picture-Perfect Wedding Cake Cutting at Villa Miani in Rome

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A couple playfully engages in a cake fight after cutting their wedding cake at Mount Ida Farm in Charlottesville, resulting in a messy and fun-filled moment during their special day

Unforgettable Messiness: Couple's Hilarious Cake Fight at Mount Ida Farm Wedding

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A couple celebrates their wedding at Villa Belvedere in Bertinoro, Italy, with a night landscape as a backdrop, cutting into their wedding cake with the romantic glow of city lights in the distance

Romantic Night Under Italian Skies: Capturing Love at Villa Belvedere

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In Bodrum, Turkey, at the Susona Hotel, a couple celebrates their wedding as the bride elegantly feeds the groom a slice of cake in black and white

Timeless Elegance: A Delightful Wedding Moment Enshrined in Bodrum, Turkey

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The bride and groom in Milan, Italy were captured singing while cutting their wedding cake, the groom using a microphone while the bride matched his hand gestures

In Milan, Italy, the bride and groom sang while cutting their cake, the groom mic'd and the bride mirroring his motions

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At a wedding in Istanbul, Turkey, the newlyweds dramatically cut the cake with a large sword at a festive party scene

At a festive wedding in Istanbul, Turkey, the couple cut the cake with a sword

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The wedding picture at Thorpe Garden, Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire captures the newly married couple and their young son cutting the cake with funny faces

The wedding of the family at Thorpe Garden, Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire is captured in a picture from cutting the cake with funny faces

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