Bruins Hockey Puck Grooms Cake

Today was my most recent bride's rehearsal dinner for their wedding. "M" contacted me months ago asking if I would be able to make a groom's cake for her fiance. Taking some of his favorite things into consideration, we designed a Boston Bruins Hockey Puck cake. The cake is a 10" round, triple layer cake. The cake is an amazing white vanilla cake, filled with a rich, yummy chocolate pudding filling, iced with an incredible (if i do say so myself) light, creamy, fluffy Italian Meringue vanilla butter cream. Of course, we decked it out with black vanilla fondant, giving it a slightly grainy appearance for texture - after all, it's GOT to LOOK like a puck (just not TASTE like one! ;o) I added edible images of the team logo, her fiance's favorite F-16 AND, though I'm a Yankee fan... the Boston Red Sox "B"! We delivered it this evening and I'm more than excited to hear the feedback. I can only hope that they love it as much as I do! Best Wishes "M" - to you and your hubby-to-be! Enjoy every bite and every second that follows! Happy Wedding!

Here are some pics!

♥ your iPhone? There's a cake for that! ©

I'm SO excited to post about this cake! You'd never know I'm writing (and publishing) on 5 hours sleep! Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays!

SO allow me to intro this newest cake from Cheeky:

:::The iCake:::©

So I was asked to help out a family member who's brother's birthday is coming up! He's addicted to his iPhone, and she told me how much she'd love to surprise him with an iPhone cake.

I was SO excited to do this one, because I ♥ my iPod Touch (it's next to the cake in the above picture to show scale!), which for those that don't know, is very similar to the iPhone (without the phone part that is...)

The birthday boy's birthday date is actually January 6th, but the family is celebrating early! However, I added personal touches like the calendar says "Jan 6" and if you look really carefully, it's even "1:06PM"... and my favorite part? "iSal" in the top left corner...because it's the only time you get to see your name in cake! (The birthday boy's name is ....drumroll...Sal!) :o) **EDITED TO ADD: Actually, the date was Jan 5. And easy fix! :o)**

Anyway, so the biggest challenge was determining scale for this one because it's a small party, they didn't want a HUGE cake (we all know how much I LOVE to make big cakes :o) So how do make the cake 9x13 but also make it look a little cartoonish, and colorful...The answer: we enlarged some of the favorite apps (and typical ones) and made the iPhone have 3 rows of apps instead of 4. (So for all you detailed oriented cake-fans, yes, I'm well aware of the scale, and it was completely intentional)... the best part? The size, shape and color of the apps on the cake...totally works for the cake itself! I just want to pick it up and call someone (or at least play some Scrabble).

BIG props go to my sous chef, Brian,...my loving and wonderfully helpful and supportive husband who helped me mix and knead all the fondant colors by hand! Plus stayed up with me...lets just say VERY late to finish this! :o) I'm a lucky girl for sure!

The birthday boy hasn't seen it yet! I can't wait for reactions to this one! I'll update you when I know! :o) Cheers and Happy Happy New Year!

"♥ ur iPhone?

There's a CAKE for that!"©