when hazel told me that she wanted a josh allen birthday, i was really excited to make her cake. i mean, i like making all the kids cakes, but its for sure more fun when it’s a theme i love too. and the 2020 buffalo bills are on fire, as is their superstar QB, so this cake was extra fun. also maybe stressful.
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i picked up blue and red fondant, as well as frosting, knowing that making true red and royal blue is a little tricky and we needed the colors right for this beast. hazel specifically wanted the jerseys in all three colors and the bills logo on their helmet. so, i made the fondant pieces all up first. the jerseys were tiny so i piped the stripes and numbers and that got a little messier than i had hoped.
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the top of the cake was perfect if i do say so myself. i was a little disappointed in the blue color of the frosting i bought, but hazel said it was perfect, so i can’t be too mad. we also voted for the white face mask, worn only once this season, in place of the traditional gray mask. hazel has strong opinions about these things.
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attaching the jerseys to the side was a little more difficult than i anticipated. i managed to crush a bunch more of my piping and get a bunch of fingerprints in the frosting. also i didn’t love the way the stripes on the side looked. i need to find a new option for premade colored frostings. this wasn’t my fave. but again. hazel approved. so i’m happy. but also my own worst critic.
i had a lot of fun making this cake, but it was stressful and i wouldn’t do it again anytime soon. maybe unless i had a buffalo bills cutter instead of trying to exacto knife the fondant with a paper template. those little details are finicky.
ok. the end. i’ll stop whining about my mistakes and be happy that my girl was happy.
That is a million dollar cake! And it gets more valuable every week! I think Hazel will remember it for a long time.