How many groom’s cakes are sports related? I think it must be 50% because we do them a lot! The couple often has a hard time deciding on just one theme or hobby. We have done a few with several hobbies on one cake, but I think one theme can be more impactful. The tricky part of these hobby groom’s cakes is to keep them from looking like birthday cakes. It’s a fine line and it’s crossed pretty often in the cake world!
Well, it’s that time again… summer is just around the corner and millions of high school students across the US are closing one huge chapter in their lives and starting a new one. Yes, it’s graduation time!
This graduation celebration cake was made for a young man who went to The McCallie School in Chattanooga. He was very into football and baseball and will begin his new chapter in life at Auburn University in the fall.
Football field cakes can be a great way to showcase a groom’s interests and it’s much more economical than a sculpted football helmet or stadium cake. For this cake we used a combination of edible images and Cricut cut-outs as the main decorations. The cake stand was awesome, and was made by the grooom’s mother if I remember correctly. We delivered this groom’s cake to Trevitt Hall in Dalton, GA.
But I just fell in love with these chocolate covered strawberry “footballs”.
So most of my regular readers know I’m not here to talk about the Super Bowl, but since football has been all over the news lately so I thought it was worth discussing. Lots of grooms are into football, and as much as I like making sculpted helmets, a lot of times our clients are looking for something more economical. A football field cake can show the groom’s love of his team while not breaking the bank.
This week is Thanksgiving week, so I thought this would be the perfect cake to showcase as many of our family members will be watching football as they fall in and out of turkey-induced slumber.
But it’s also a time for self-reflection, and a time to give thanks. I have so many things to be thankful for – I am thankful that my small business has thrived in a struggling economy. I am thankful for the skills I have learned and the people that have supported me and my business.
I was contacted a couple of days ago by iVillage about featuring one of my stadium cakes for an edible football stadium article they were running. Of course, I said “Yes”! It wasn’t until the feature went love that I realized I was featured right next to Bakerella! What an honor!
It got me thinking about all the football cakes we have made in the past, and even though we aren’t “football people”,
A whole back we delivered this groom’s cake to Walnut Hill Farm. Sports themed groom’s cakes are all the rage and seeing as we are in Georgia, UGA is one of the most popular designs.
We do what we can to switch things up and do each UGA cake a little differently. In this case, we started with a two tier square chocolate cake and alternated sides on each tier with edible images of the bulldog and the Georgia “G”.
We had a really great time creating this unique groom’s cake that was delivered to the Dalton Freight Depot! Our groom here was a Troy alumni and wanted a cake that reflected the Trojan logo, while keeping things fairly simple.
We made a template and cut the cake out in the Troy “T” shape. I gave the whole thing a good coating of buttercream. I cut out long ribbons of fondant and used them for the outline and base of the cake.
I always love a good challenge, especially when it comes to cakes. When I had clients ask for a quasi-replica of UGA’s Sanford Stadium, I knew that I had my work cut out for me. I visited all my favorite web sites and really couldn’t find any good blueprints of the stadium, only seating charts (which were still helpful). Finally I ordered a scale model off the Internet. I used the model to take measurements and transfer them on to graph paper.
I must admit that I’m not a big football fan, but I am very proud of the way this cake turned out! I made this cake some time ago for Mitchell, who is 1/3 of a set of very sweet 8 year-old triplets.
The cake “field” is mostly buttercream, but I covered the football in fondant for a more realistic look. I made the 8 out of gumpaste and embedded wire so that it would slip into the cake very easily.
