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Anniversary cake question
I don't know what board this would question would belong on - maybe I'll post on (P&)E if I can't find an answer here.
Mom's throwing us an anniversary party for our immediate families - 12 people total - on our actual anniversary. Yay! She's have it catered from our favorite restaurant. Yum!
Now the angry part - we've been fighting over this for over a month - what to do with the top tier of our wedding cake. I say it's only meant for the bride and groom and that H and I will politely eat a couple bites (since it's probably going to taste nasty) and there should be a fresh and delicious dessert for everyone else.
Mom says when it was her's and Dad's first ann. they had a party and EVERYONE ate the year old cake. She said it wasn't bad. She wants everyone to eat our top tier and she'll also have a plate of cookies, too.
Aside from the fact that the top tier
probably isn't big enough to get 12 slices out of, her idea seriously bugs me. It's been keeping me up at night! Dad apparently agrees with her
and H and I can't get anyone on our side. I think it's rude to serve
year old cake as dessert.
Re: Anniversary cake question
IMO, you're anniversary cake shouldn't even attend the party. You and DH should have take your bites at home alone. Maybe it can be your private dessert after a quick lunch at home before heading to the party. And I definitely agree with you I think it's a bad idea to serve year old cake to guests.Just tell your mom that you don't want to take the cake over and don't. Maybe you can offer to buy a couple of pies for dessert, along with her plate of cookies.
Another option is to have a new cake - made to look like your top tier and big enough for 12 people made for everyone to eat. HTH.
It must be nice to live so stress-free that this is the type of thing keeping you up at night.
If you are really concerned about your guests, serve the year-old cake as a novelty but serve something else as the "real" dessert. If Mom is already put out that she's spending so much on this party, you and YH provide the "real" dessert--maybe a fresh replica of the top tier.
If you are actually concerned about ruining some sort of romantic moment with your husband, just tell your mother you want to eat the cake with YH at home. End of story. But considering Mom is throwing you this nice party, I'd go with the first option.
And, FWIW, if your top tier was wrapped properly, it should taste fine. Ours was slightly drier than on our wedding day but still delicious.
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I forgot to mention the cake is in her freezer. When we got married we knew we were going to be moving three times in the past year so we put it in her freezer for safe keeping.
We'll probably end up ordering another cake ourselves and serve that one. Thanks for all your advice!
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For the love of all that's holy, please don't post this on P&E. They'll say such cruel things to this (admittedly silly) question, you'll remember them for decades.
Leave your cake top at home. Everyone I've ever heard about (and my own, too) has said their top was fine, if not a little bland and dry. Buy a little faux cake to serve 12 or just have normal dessert. She's your mom, thankfully not your MIL, so you can tell her to just get over it.
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