What Style Cake For 50Th Anniversary Open House?
Decorating By flourpowerMN Updated 27 Jun 2010 , 2:00am by kger
My SIL and I are planning an Open House for my IL's 50th anniversary later this month. I'm making the cake & having trouble deciding on what style of cake to make.
Stacked?
Cupcake tower w/tiered cake on top?
Dummy cake w/kitchen cakes for serving?
Since it's an open house style party, I kind of want the cake to be part of the decor...which makes me lean toward doing a dummy cake for display. And, kitchen cakes will be easier to serve.
But the practical side of me says to do a stacked cake so it can be both decor and food.
I like the idea of a cupcake tower, but that might be too modern for a 50th anniversary.
Help! (thanks in advance!) Other ideas welcome too! 
I like the cupcake idea. If its the type of thing where people will be dropping by all day and they cut the cake it could start to get stale after a few hours and cupcakes are wrapped in their papers so you don't have to worry about that. I know you could cover the cake but then if someone forgets then you could have trouble.
I had a client a couple of years ago with the very same concerns. She wanted those who arrived at 4:30 to see the same cake as those who had arrived at 2:00.
We opted for a small 2-tier (with pillars) dummy cake, with sheet cakes in the kitchen. Since I was doing the catering, it was easy for my crew to keep the dessert table filled with pieces of cake on a plate for the guests, with the dummy cake as the centerpiece. (I did the dummy at no charge because (a) I was also doing the catering, so they were spending a considerable amount of money with me (b) it was only 2 tiers, so not much work at all.)
Thanks IndyDebi...that's exactly what I was thinking. Just needed confirmation from the pro's! 
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