97 Best Wedding Cake Cutting Songs
Cake Cutting Songs are played at a wedding reception while the bride and groom cut their wedding cake. The song can also continue while the bride and groom feed each other a taste of their wedding cake.
After the feeding, the remainder of the cake is cut to serve guests. Be sure to have a few cake-cutting songs in case the cake event runs more than three minutes.
What Is the Cake Cutting Event?
The cutting of the cake symbolizes the couple’s shared future together as a married couple. This is why each shares a piece of the cake.
The wedding couple cuts the cake, one hand on top of the other, surrounded by friends and family. Tradition says the groom’s right hand must be on top of the bride’s hand but you can do what feels right and comfortable for you. The slice of cake is fed by the groom to the bride first and then the bride to the groom. Same-sex couples can choose to do it in any order they prefer or simultaneously on the count of 3.
You may want to have napkins on hand if it gets messy. It usually does.
Table of Contents:
- Cake Cutting Songs
- Rock Cake Cutting Songs
- Pop Cake Cutting Songs
- R&B Cake Cutting Songs
- Country Cake Cutting Songs
- Folk Cake Cutting Songs
- Jazz Cake Cutting Songs
- Miscellaneous Cake Cutting Songs
- Cake Cutting Songs Spotify Playlist
- Questions about Wedding Cake Cutting
Wedding Cake Cutting Songs
Cake Cutting wedding song list curated by Matthew Campbell
Last Updated: September 16, 2021
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Rock Cake Cutting Songs
American Authors
Best Day Of My Life
2013, Rock
This is gonna be the best day of my life
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
Train
Marry Me
2010, Rock
Now that the wait is over
And love and has finally showed her my way
Marry me
OneRepublic
Good Life
2010, Rock
When everything is out
You gotta take it in
Oh, this has gotta be the good life
Dave Matthews Band
You And Me
2009, Rock
You and me together could do anything, baby
You and me together, yes, yes
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Say Hey (I Love You)
2008, Rock
The more I see, the less I know
But I know one thing that I love you (baby girl)
I love you, I love you, I love you
Jack Johnson
Better Together
2005, Rock
And there is no combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing
We’re better together
Cake
Love You Madly
2001, Rock
When I kiss your lips I want to sink down to the bottom of the sea
I want to love you madly
U2
Beautiful Day
2000, Rock
It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away
U2
The Sweetest Thing
1998, Rock
You know I got black eyes
But they burn so brightly for her
This is a blind kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Dave Matthews Band
Crash Into Me
1996, Rock
Oh and you come crash
Into me, baby
And I come into you
Def Leppard
Pour Some Sugar On Me
1987, Rock
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Spinal Tap
Cups and Cakes
1984, Rock
Cups and cakes, cups and cakes
I’m so full my tummy aches
Tina Turner
Better Be Good To Me
1984, Rock
And I don’t have no use for what you loosely call the truth
You better be good to me
Weird Al Yankovic
Eat It
1984, Rock
It doesn’t matter what you had for lunch
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Bryan Adams
Cuts Like A Knife
1983, Rock
Yeah, it cuts like a knife
Oh, but it feels so right
Pat Benatar
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
1980, Rock
Why don’t you hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
Queen
You’re My Best Friend
1976, Rock
You’re my only one
And I love the things
I really love the things that you do
Aerosmith
Sweet Emotion
1975, Rock
Well I got good news, she’s a real good liar
‘Cause the backstage boogie sets your pants on fire
Sweet emotion
The Beatles
All You Need Is Love
1967, Rock
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
The Beatles
When I’m Sixty-Four
1967, Rock
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I’m sixty-four
Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs
Sugar Shack
1963, Rock
You can understand why I’ve got to get back
To that sugar shack
Pop Cake Cutting Songs
Justin Bieber
Yummy
2020, Pop
Yeah, you got that yummy-yum
That yummy-yum, that yummy-yummy
Say the word, on my way
Harry Styles
Watermelon Sugar
2019, Pop
I’m just thinking out loud
I don’t know if I could ever go without
Watermelon sugar high
Taylor Swift
Lover
2019, Pop
And you’ll save all your dirtiest jokes for me
And at every table, I’ll save you a seat, lover
DNCE
Cake By The Ocean
2015, Pop
Let’s lose our minds and go crazy
I-I-I-I-I-I keep on hopin’ we’ll eat cake by the ocean
Maroon 5
Sugar
2015, Pop
Yeah you show me good loving, make it alright
Need a little sweetness in my life
Sugar, yes please
Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud
2014, Pop
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I’m thinking out loud
Sara Bareilles
I Choose You
2014, Pop
Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose you…
I will become yours and you will become mine
Bruno Mars
Marry You
2011, Pop
Is it the look in your eyes or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares, baby, I think I wanna marry you
Christina Perri
A Thousand Years
2011, Pop
Darling, don’t be afraid
I have loved you for a thousand years
I’ll love you for a thousand more
Bruno Mars
Just The Way You Are
2010, Pop
The whole world stops and stares for a while
‘Cause girl, you’re amazing
Just the way you are
Taylor Swift
Today Was A Fairytale
2010, Pop
Fell in love when I saw you standing there
It must have been the way
Today was a fairytale
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Lucky
2009, Pop
Lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Jason Mraz
I’m Yours
2008, Pop
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours
Plain White T’s
1, 2, 3, 4 (I Love You)
2008, Pop
There’s only one way (one) to say (two)
Those three words (three) and that’s what I’ll do… (four)
I love you (I love you)
Michael Buble
Everything
2007, Pop
It’s you, it’s you, you make me sing
You’re every line, you’re every word, you’re everything
Gwen Stefani
The Sweet Escape
2006, Pop
And I could be your favorite girl
Forever, perfectly together
And tell me, boy, now wouldn’t that be sweet?
Michael Buble
How Sweet It Is
2005, Pop
I just want to stop – and thank you baby… woawoa yeah
How sweet it is to be loved by you
Kelly Clarkson
A Moment Like This
2002, Pop
Can’t we make this dream last forever?
And I’ll cherish all the love we share
Huey Lewis & Gwyneth Paltrow
Cruisin’
2000, Pop
Music is played for love, cruisin’ is made for love
I love it when we’re cruisin’ together
Hall & Oates
You Make My Dreams
1980, Pop
Whoa yeah, well, well, well you (Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh ooh)
Woo woo, you make a-my dreams come true
Stephen Lynch
Grow Old With You
1998, Pop
I’ll get your medicine when your tummy aches
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks
Oh it could be so nice, growin old with you
Sixpence None The Richer
Kiss Me
1997, Pop
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon’s sparkling
So kiss me
Sarah McLachlan
Ice Cream
1993, Pop
Your love is better than ice cream
Better than anything else that I’ve tried
The Archies
Sugar, Sugar
1969, Pop
Ah, sugar
Ah, honey, honey
You are my candy girl
And you got me wanting you
Ohio Express
Yummy Yummy Yummy
1968, Pop
Yummy, yummy, yummy, I’ve got love in my tummy
That your love can satisfy
Louis Armstrong
What A Wonderful World
1967, Pop
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
The Turtles
Happy Together
1967, Pop
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together
Sonny & Cher
I Got You Babe
1965, Pop
Before it’s earned, our money’s all been spent
I guess that’s so, we don’t have a pot
But at least I’m sure of all the things we got
The Dixie Cups
Chapel Of Love
1964, Pop
Gee, I really love you
And we’re gonna get married
Goin’ to the chapel of love
Elvis Presley
Can’t Help Falling In Love
1961, Pop
Take my hand
Take my whole life too
For I can”t help falling in love with you
The Chordettes
Lollipop
1958, Pop
Sweeter than candy on a stick
Huckleberry, cherry or lime
If you had a choice he’d be your pick
But lollipop is mine
Dean Martin
That’s Amore
1953, Pop
When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie
That’s amore (that’s amore)
Louis Armstrong
A Kiss To Build A Dream On
1951, Pop
Imagination will make that moment live
Give me what you alone can give, a kiss to build a dream on
R&B Cake Cutting Songs
Nao feat. Adekunle Gold
Antidote
2021, R&B
It’s incredible, I put you on the pedestal
I mean, oh, you’re magical
You are special
You changed my life, it’s a miracle
I’m in love, you already know
dvsn, Ty Dolla $ign
Wedding Cake
2021, R&B
We gon’ play some Marvin Gaye
Then we gon’ throw on Maxwell, Mary J
Then burn that Jagged Edge like it’s our weddin’ day
Tim Rogers, Tweet
Made for Me
2021, R&B
You’re everything I need
You were made for me
Rotimi
Love Somebody
2020, R&B
Until you love somebody
Like one, two, three
Trust me you haven’t lived
Until you love somebody
Alex Harris
Falling for You
2020, R&B
every day got me feeling brand new
crazy bout the things you do
every day I keep falling
can’t resist
I’m falling for you
Robin Thicke
When You Love Somebody
2019, R&B
‘Cause when you love somebody, and need somebody
No need to fight it, so help me help you
Love somebody, and need somebody, we’ll be somebody
So help me help you love
Snoh Aalegra
Find Someone Like You
2019, R&B
I’ve been waitin’ my whole life, to find someone like you
Find someone like you
Maybe I, I want this, I want this to last forever
Maybe I, I want this, can we make this last forever?
Leon Bridges
Beyond
2018, R&B
She might just be my everything and beyond
Space and time in the afterlife
Tamia
Today I Do
2018, R&B
Crowded room
But my eyes are only on you
Can’t take ’em off
‘Cause I’m watching my dreams come true
Arika Kane feat. Kmelz
Wonderful
2017, R&B
If I could show you
how much I love you I would
Charlie Wilson feat. T.I.
I’m Blessed
2017, R&B
Ask me how I’m doing
I’m blessed, yes
Living every moment, no regrets
Mali Music feat. Jazmine Sullivan
Loved By You
2017, R&B
Yes, it’s so good, yah
To be loved you
Oh you know and I talk to you
It’s so good, good
To be loved by you
Shaliek
My Love
2017, R&B
Everyday my praises go up
‘Cause I know you’re a blessin’ that came down
The future’s lookin’ bright for us
Promise me you’ll stay around
H.E.R.
Every Kind Of Way
2017, R&B
I’ll never get up
Stay here forever, babe
It don’t get no better than this
Your kiss
Tamar Braxton
My Forever
2017, R&B
Cause my forever is you
No wonderin’ who I’ll be with
Its like I’ve always known who
Boy my forever is you
MAJOR.
Why I Love You
2016, R&B
I found love in you
And I learned to love me too
Never have I felt that I could be all that you see
It’s like our hearts have intertwined into the perfect harmony
John Legend
All Of Me
2013, R&B
I’ll give my all to you
You’re my end and my beginnin’
Even when I lose, I’m winnin’
Beyonce
Love On Top
2011, R&B
You’re the one I can always call
When I need to make everything stop
Finally you put my love on top
Rihanna
Birthday Cake (Interlude)
2011, R&B
I know you want it in the worst way
Can’t wait to blow my candles out
He want that
Cake, cake, cake, cake
Beyoncé
Halo
2008, R&B
Don’t fly me away
Don’t need to buy a diamond key to unlock my heart
You shelter my soul
You’re my fire when I’m cold
I want you to know
You had me at hello
Ne-Yo
Because of You
2007, R&B
I’m so strung out on you
I can barely move, but I like it
And it’s all because of you
Sade
By Your Side
2000, R&B
Oh, when you’re low
I’ll be there
By your side, baby
K-Ci & JoJo
All My Life
1998, R&B
All my life
I prayed for someone like you
And I thank God
That I
That I finally found you
Lauryn Hill
The Sweetest Thing
1997, R&B
Ooo baby just to hear you speak
Makes me argue just to see
How much you’re in love with me
See like a queen a queen upon her throne
Surface
Shower Me With Your Love
1989, R&B
Like the stars that shine
Way up in the sky
Our love
Will live forever
Average White Band
Cut The Cake
1975, R&B
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme that cake
Well, it tastes so good, don’t pass it all around
Natalie Cole
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
1975, R&B
Together forever through ever whatever
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you and me
Bill Withers
Lean On Me
1972, R&B
Lean on me
When you’re not strong
And I’ll be your friend
I’ll help you carry on
Stevie Wonder
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
1970, R&B
I’m yours, yeah, I’m yours
Here I am, baby
Signed, sealed, delivered, I’m yours
The Foundations
Build Me Up Buttercup
1968, R&B
I need you (I need you)
More than anyone, darling
You know that I have from the start
The Four Tops
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
1965, R&B
When I call your name, girl
It starts the flame burning in my heart
Tearin’ it all apart
No matter how I try
My love I cannot hide
Nat King Cole
L-O-V-E
1964, R&B
L is for the way you look-you lookin at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very very extra-ordinary, now
E is even more than any anyone that you adore can
Ben. E. King
Stand By Me
1961, R&B
I won’t cry, I won’t cry
No, I won’t shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
Etta James
At Last
1960, R&B
At last
My love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
Country Cake Cutting Songs
Old Dominion
Make It Sweet
2018, Country
Don’t waste another mile or a minute not kissin’ me
Life is short, make it sweet
LANCo
Greatest Love Story
2016, Country
‘Cause I’m what you wanted and you’re what I need
So let’s meet in between
We’re gonna be the greatest love story this town has ever seen
Blake Shelton
Honey Bee
2011, Country
I’ll be your shade tree
You’ll be my honeysuckle
I’ll be your honey bee
Sugarland
Stuck Like Glue
2010, Country
I’m stuck on you
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Stuck like glue
Thomas Rhett
Die A Happy Man
2015, Country
Oh, if all I got is your hand in my hand
Baby, I could die a happy man
Thompson Square
Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not
2010, Country
I think you know I love you a lot
I think we’ve got a real good shot
Are you gonna kiss me or not?
Keith Urban
Sweet Thing
2009, Country
And there’s no way I’ll be leaving
‘Till we’re kissing on the porch swing
Oh my little sweet thing
Taylor Swift
Love Story
2008, Country
Don’t be afraid, we’ll make it out of this mess
It’s a love story, baby, just say, “Yes”
Big & Rich
Lost In This Moment
2004, Country
Waitin’ my whole life for this
Watching all my dreams come true
Lost in this moment with you
Brad Paisley
Little Moments
2003, Country
When she steals my heart again and doesn’t even know it
Yeah, I live for little moments like that
Tim McGraw
My Best Friend
1999, Country
I don’t know where I’d be
Without you here with me
Life with you makes perfect sense
You’re my best friend
Shania Twain
From This Moment On
1998, Country
From this moment, as long as I live
I will love you, I promise you this
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
It’s Your Love
1997, Country
It’s your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can’t get enough
Folk Cake Cutting Songs
The Lumineers
Ho Hey
2012, Folk
I belong with you, you belong with me
You’re my sweetheart
Colbie Caillat
I Do
2011, Folk
You make me wanna say
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do
Love you
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Home
2010, Folk
I’ll follow you into the park
Through the jungle, through the dark
Girl, I never loved one like you
Ray Lamontagne
You Are The Best Thing
2008, Folk
It’s like you see right through me
And make it easier
You please me, you don’t even have to try
Oh, because
You are the best thing
Ingrid Michaelson
The Way I Am
2006, Folk
Cause I love the way you call me baby
And you take me the way I am
James Taylor
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
1975, Folk
How sweet it is to be loved by you
It’s like sugar sometimes
How sweet it is to be loved by you
Jazz Cake Cutting Songs
Christina Aguilera
Candyman
2007, Jazz
He’s a one stop shop, makes my cherry pop
He’s a sweet talkin’ sugar coated candy man
Harry Connick Jr.
Recipe For Love
1993, Jazz
Just add a dash of kisses to make it all complete
And that’s the recipe for making love
Harry Connick Jr.
It Had To Be You
1991, Jazz
For nobody else gave me a thrill
With all your faults, I love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you
Nat King Cole
L-O-V-E
1965, Jazz
L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore can
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie
Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
1964, Jazz
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
Frank Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight
1964, Jazz
Keep that breathless charm
Won’t you please arrange it?
‘Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight
Frank Sinatra
Love and Marriage
1955, Jazz
Love and marriage, love and marriage
Go together like a horse and carriage
Miscellaneous Cake Cutting Songs
BLACKPINK with Selena Gomez
Ice Cream
2020, K-Pop
Look so good yeah, look so sweet (hey)
Lookin’ good enough to eat
Flo Rida & 99 Percent
Cake
2016, Hip Hop
I didn’t come here to stay
I came to leave with somebody
I only came for the cake
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Over The Rainbow
1990, World
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dream of
Once in a lullaby
Bow Wow Wow
I Want Candy
1982, New Wave
You’re my guy, just what the doctor ordered
So sweet, you make my mouth water
John Williams
Jaws Theme
1977, Instrumental
How Long is the Cake Cutting?
The cake cutting event takes place immediately following the main course as dessert and is announced to all the guests so that they can gather together to witness the special moment. It really shouldn’t take much longer than 3 minutes but you never know.
Be sure to have a few cake cutting songs in case the cake event runs more than three minutes — the average length of a pop song. If you’re worried, talk to your professional wedding planner and DJ.
After the official cake cutting, the remainder of the cake is cut to serve your wedding guests. The catering staff or a designated person usually performs this task.
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What Do I Need for the Cake Cutting?
Typically, the bride and groom purchase a cake serving set. It may even be on their wedding registry — pre-purchased and monogrammed. The cake serving set includes the wedding cake knife and the serving knife. Don’t forget the wedding cake topper, too!
Quick tip for cutting the cake: Run the knife under hot water, dry it off, and then cut the cake. It works like a charm. However, you may need to re-heat the knife a few times while slicing the whole cake.
When cutting the cake, keep in mind the standard size of a piece of cake is 1 inch by 2 inches. If you are worried about too much fun in the mashing of cake, we would recommend the use of forks for feeding the bride and groom on your wedding china. This can also be made extra-special with the purchase of special wedding-themed forks.
Does the Wedding Cake Have to Be Served to Everyone?
No. Of course not. We understand that professional bakers charge a premium for their custom art. To save costs, modern couples buy a wedding cake just for the wedding party and freeze the top for the one year anniversary. Guests are served sliced sheet cake or even cupcakes from the back.
Some wedding couples also choose to have a special separate groom cake. We all remember the armadillo cake made famous in Steel Magnolias. Maybe don’t make that one a red velvet cake.
“The groom’s cake tradition started in England in the late 19th century and gained popularity in the American South during that same time. Today, the groom’s cake is simply a cake entirely influenced by the groom, representing his tastes and favorite hobbies.” Brides.com
You can also serve cupcakes which is on-trend for modern couples. If the bridal couple has cupcakes, they can choose to cut one cupcake in half or have a separate cake to cut. But if you do serve cupcakes, you’ll still want plates and forks. Or you’ll have a lot of frosting on your wedding guests’ noses.
If there is a focus on the cake-cutting event, we recommend one of the following cake cutting songs to bring more excitement.
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