Football Birthday Cake
Soooo since my son has started playing football....and since he had a birthday....I decided to combine the two into a cake for him....not as manly as his 14 years, but still fun none-the-less.
I think the hardest part of this cake was getting the icing the right color. It took the entire time the cake baked and then some to get right. I started off with a chocolate cake. After it had cooled for a little bit I stuck in in the freezer while I finished making the icing. The red kept looking pink, then darker pink, then even darker pink. Even using the no-taste red Wilton food coloring I was surprised that for just two tablespoons of white icing I had to use almost 1/2 the container of coloring! Then when it came time for the blue I was prepared and just stuck a ton in from the beginning.
All of this was done in between going to various different doctors visits. I was amazed that everything managed to get done. I had planned on using the red and blue to create jerseys on the Teddy Grahams, but decided that numbers was easier and just as effective. I was going to use the leftover white from making the field lines to make pants and I had made some black to make helmets. I decided that was a lot more work than was necessary, so we used the black to make stripes for the referees.
After a lot of contemplation of what edible treat could be used a football I decided to go with almonds. I happen to have some snacking almonds in the cupboard. I had originally thought of chocolate covered, but cha-ching those things are PRICEY!! So I just added the stitching and voila. Since he's 14 I put 14 almonds around the edge of the cake and one in the "game".
Below you can see a pic of the finished product...complete with scoreboard and uprights(goal posts). The scoreboard is just a graham cracker and all the posts are Piroette cookies (mint flavored...yum-mee)
I think the hardest part of this cake was getting the icing the right color. It took the entire time the cake baked and then some to get right. I started off with a chocolate cake. After it had cooled for a little bit I stuck in in the freezer while I finished making the icing. The red kept looking pink, then darker pink, then even darker pink. Even using the no-taste red Wilton food coloring I was surprised that for just two tablespoons of white icing I had to use almost 1/2 the container of coloring! Then when it came time for the blue I was prepared and just stuck a ton in from the beginning.
All of this was done in between going to various different doctors visits. I was amazed that everything managed to get done. I had planned on using the red and blue to create jerseys on the Teddy Grahams, but decided that numbers was easier and just as effective. I was going to use the leftover white from making the field lines to make pants and I had made some black to make helmets. I decided that was a lot more work than was necessary, so we used the black to make stripes for the referees.
After a lot of contemplation of what edible treat could be used a football I decided to go with almonds. I happen to have some snacking almonds in the cupboard. I had originally thought of chocolate covered, but cha-ching those things are PRICEY!! So I just added the stitching and voila. Since he's 14 I put 14 almonds around the edge of the cake and one in the "game".Below you can see a pic of the finished product...complete with scoreboard and uprights(goal posts). The scoreboard is just a graham cracker and all the posts are Piroette cookies (mint flavored...yum-mee)
