Grayson’s 7th Birthday

This would be Grayson’s masterpiece. Well, mine as far as the cake creation goes, but my son gets the credit with the vision. He wanted a hockey puck birthday cake…now let’s get real…that sounded kind of boring. Just a lame, flat, black cake right?? Yeah, that’s what I thought too. But no, he wanted the Chicago Blackhawk logo piped on the top and the insignia on the sides.

Now we’ve mentioned it before, I’m self taught. I’m not the most adept at piping…let alone piping freehand! But this was great! I took a piece of tracing paper and put it over my son’s jersey and copied the Indian Head and the Tomahawk insignia on the arms. Then I laid the Indian Head over the center of the cake, and used a toothpick to poke little holes through the paper and the fondant to create the lines. When it was finished, I just had to connect the dots with the piping bag. Pretty easy!

The tomahawks were made by putting a sheet of wax paper over the tracing. I copied the design with piped stars then put the finished pieces in the freezer to set. After 30 minutes I took them out, peeled off the wax paper and used a skiff of frosting to stick them to the sides of the puck.

I do have to say, to date, this is one of my favorites!