Cake Cutting Songs
The cake cutting is a quick moment in your reception, but it’s a fun one. It’s often one of the first things you do together as a married couple during the celebration.
The music here doesn’t need to be perfect. It just needs to fit the tone and keep the moment light and enjoyable.
Choosing the Right Song
Cake cutting isn’t usually a long or formal moment, so keep the song choice simple.
- Choose something fun or upbeat
- It can be romantic, but it doesn’t have to be
- Lighthearted songs often work well
- Don’t worry about choosing a song you need to hear from beginning to end
Popular Cake Cutting Songs
These are some popular choices that work well for cake cutting:
- Maroon 5 – Sugar
- James Taylor – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- DNCE – Cake by the Ocean
- The Archies – Sugar, Sugar
- Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar on Me
- Natalie Cole – This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
- Jack Johnson – Better Together
- Bruno Mars – Marry You
- Hall & Oates – You Make My Dreams
- Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)
A Few Different Directions
- If you want something a little different:
- Zac Brown Band – Loving You Easy
- Dean Martin – That’s Amore
- Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
- Nat King Cole – L-O-V-E
- Plain White T’s – 1, 2, 3, 4
When to Cut the Cake
Timing can make a big difference with the cake cutting.
If it happens in the middle of a packed dance floor, stopping everyone for cake cutting can interrupt the energy you’ve already built. That doesn’t mean cake cutting can’t happen during open dancing, but I like to look for a natural place in the reception rather than stopping something that’s already working.
Cake cutting can happen after dinner, around the time of toasts, before open dancing, or later in the reception. Your caterer may also have a preferred time so they have enough time to cut and serve the cake.
If you’re planning other traditions such as a bouquet toss, garter toss, anniversary dance, or another special moment, we can also think about how those pieces fit together rather than treating each one as a separate interruption.
The goal is to put the cake cutting where it works naturally with the rest of your reception.