Football Oreo Truffles

 

The perfect tailgate treat!  EASY, too!  Crush up a package of Oreo's then mix in a package of cream cheese.  Form into footballs then dip into melted chocolate.  I used chocolate bark which I found by the cocoa in the baking isle.  I dipped the balls by sticking a plastic fork in one side and swirling it in the chocolate.  As you can see, some didn't get wiped off very good so I had some 'run off' but, no worries, they tasted great!  When hard, pipe on white icing for the strings.  They were a huge hit at the party and taste great!

 

Baseball Cake

Okay, I went the easy route! Just a round cake frosted in white with red licorice. I was going to go all out and make a 3D circle cake, but if you saw this 6-year old's face when he saw this cake you would have just gone easy, too! He LOVED it!

BYU Football Helmet

Another BYU challenge from my son: BYU themed, no repeat from another year! So, I attempted a football helmet this year. It was much harder than I thought (allow some extra time in your day!) but he seemed very pleased with it. My husband liked it so much he had a hard time wanting to cut it up to serve it!

I used two small circle pans for the bottom of the helmet and a bowl for the top layer. I stacked them up and cut out the front. The pieces were then used to fill in the gaps from the second layer to the bowl layer to round it out more. I had the hardest time finding a dark navy blue coloring for my contrasting colors. I did buy a navy food coloring gel, but it never turns dark so I add a little black and I think I have it for the chocolate I used for the face guard. So, I tried that same mixture in the frosting and it didn't work. So, I ended up using the chocolate that I had colored for all the blue that you see. I piped the face guard similar to how I did this except I just freehanded it instead of using a pattern. Then, I piped right on the cake for the logo and stripes.

CARS Cake

My son LOVES the Disney CARS movie so for his birthday he wanted a race track with "Kachow" (aka Lightening McQueen) winning!  So, I made a round chocolate cake.  I crushed up chocolate center sandwich cookies to look like gravel and lined the track with halved cookies.  I made grass with green colored coconut and added white frosting lines for the track.  I then added his cars to the track and the 'trophy' candle that he wanted on top.  It was easy and he was pleased!!

BYU Football Stadium Cake

OK, here was the challenge from my son:  I want a BYU themed, layered cake but not a repeat of any other year!  Well, after thinking about those repeats, I decided to go for the whole stadium since the jersey, football, and logo were already done!  So, here is my attempt.  Not my best cake, but he got the point.  I baked a large cake and cut the center down to the board.  I frosted the board with green colored frosting and coconut then striped with white icing.  I put the cut pieces on top of the sides for added height.  Frosted in grey for a steel look and M&M's for fans (notice the student side!).  I used the candles for flags and he almost refused to blow them out because he said they were the lights and the game wasn't over yet :) !  Oh, and the plane is a gift from his brother that they thought should fly over at the start of the game!

Basketball Cake

Another Cub Scout Father-Son creation! This time they made an orange-flavored cake with orange-flavored frosting and black frosting lines. It was baked in two glass bowls and then put on top of each other! Good job, guys!

BYU 'Y'

An attempt at the Y logo for my son's birthday. It's all frosting!

BYU 'Cake'

The boys made this cake for a cub scout cake auction. It was actually a brownie that was frosted, sprinkled and decorated with white chocolate chips, hershey's kisses for one team, cookies and creme kisses for the other team, and the refs were hugs! They used purchased cake decorations for the goal posts.

Snorkler

This is one of my favorites! I just did a simple round cake and added Hershey's Hugs for hair and candy eyes and mouth and added a brand new pair of goggles that the birthday boy got to keep and use in the pool!

Football Jersey

This cake was done for my son who believes that BYU football IS life! So, he wanted a blue cake made into a jersey. Yes, you read that correctly...a BLUE CAKE made into a jersey. So, all the blue you see is the actual cake! It was a fun challenge and he was happy with it! The green on the shoulder was my other son's idea for a grass stain! It is just green sugar sprinkles.