Ok so generally when you think of March you don't usually associate it with football. Well, what can I say... my son started football practice yesterday which reminded me that I hadn't yet done a post of my football cakes. In all fairness, only one is actually a cake. The other is all cupcakes. The football field cake with the helmet on top is something I did for my husbands fantasy football draft. (We're fanatics around here.) =) I was really happy at how the bottom "field" cake turned out. Piping straight lines or number or letters always tends to make me nervous but I think it came out well. I have to admit, however, I wasn't as thrilled with the helmet cake. I'm not sure what color the fondant should have been, but the white just didn't work for me. I'll have to come up with a better plan next time. I considered making the helmet look like his favorite team (the Eagles) but since it was for his fantasy league I decided to take the easy road and just put his league logo, "AQFL." (Armchair Quarterback Football League.) =) And even though it didn't quite look the way I hoped, it still tasted delicious!
The cupcakes were for my sons 6th birthday. Oh my goodness! I can't believe I'm just 4 short weeks away from his 7th birthday! Ouch, my baby is growing up. Ho-hum. Sorry, forgive me, back to the cupcakes. He had a football themed party, obviously. I just grouped cupcakes together in the shape of a football, smothered them in chocolate buttercream and piped on the details. Piece a cake! Haha, pun intended. (Yes, I am dork.) To make sure I had plenty I made some extra cupcakes to look like grass and stuck on the little football decorations that I grabbed from the grocery store. Everyone loved them and with everything else I had to do for the party, I loved how quick and easy this was. Touchdown!!
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