Sunday, May 18, 2014

Lacrosse!


One of my favorite things is to do cakes for my kid's "end of season" sports parties!  It's so fun to do sports themed cakes or tailor a cake to go with a specific team.  With Lacrosse season coming to a close it was the perfect time to play with marshmallow fondant a little bit and also
to try out my alphabet cut-outs!
 
I've found it very difficult to cut letters out of fondant... making them all the same size and having them actually look nice... not easy!  Then I saw some alphabet cutters at the craft store:
http://www.amazon.com/Wilton-Fondant-Alphabet-Number-Cookie/dp/B0009PU010


We are the "Woodinville Falcons" so I did a bunch of little green & blue W's to go on the cupcakes. I was worried about denting or creasing the fondant if I tried to pop out the W's with my fingernail, so I decided to try a Q-tip to push them out and that worked great.

 
For the Lacrosse head I used marshmallow fondant to shape the head, shaft and to make a little Lacrosse ball.  Then I piped in white mesh and used blue fondant for the shooting strings. It would have been nice to give it a more 3-D affect on the pocket by doing the mesh out of fondant and letting it harden, but I wasn't sure it would work.  I may have to try that next time!
 
 
Go Falcons!!