Let them eat cake!

We won't be serving wedding cake - but if we were then we would just make it a point to do the cake cutting before supper even! We aren't the type of people to stick to order anyway - and this way we can allow for the cake to be cut and ready for dessert.

Our venue-provided dessert will be served right before speeches begin, which will be 1/2 hour MAX! My FH and I might do the shoe game right after our speech, and then serve cupcakes (we have a small cake for us to cut to signal that cupcakes are now being served).

We didn't want to do right as our late night snack rolls out since some people might not stick around for it and they miss out on cupcakes - which we want everyone to experience!

I would personally serve it with dessert or shortly after that (maybe after all the first dances and speeches if you are doing those?) rather than at midnight. The reasoning: A lot of etiquette books and people I know say that the first polite opportunity if you need to leave is after the couple cut the cake together. Placing it at midnight might have people missing it too if they are not night owls.

The venue gives us the choice to pick a dessert that they offer or to serve our cake as the dessert of choice. I do like the idea of the cake boxes and guests taking some home. Most guest will have rooms booked for the night and a brunch will be offered the next day, but who doesn’t like to indulge in a piece of cake for breakfast sometimes!