Golf Tournament Cake

Hi everyone.... so this is a cake that I did for a local women's golf tournament. 

I knew what I wanted to do (grass, 19th hole scene, etc..) but wasn't quite sure how to accomplish it on a large scale (the cake needed to feed 70+ people).  I ended up doing a half sheet cake for the bottom tier and just covering it with buttercream to look like grass.  Then for the top layer I scoured through my old shaped cake pans for something that just looked like an interesting enough shape for the putting green area.  I ended up using my "Dora" cake pan and think it ended up working out well!

 

I covered the Dora cake in fondant and just used buttercream around the edge for some grass accents.  For the small sand traps I used a spoon to make small indentations in the buttercream grass and then sprinkled some graham cracker crumbs in the indents.  Other than HATING how my handwriting looks on cakes, I was pleased with how it turned out. 

 



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!!