I always struggle when it comes to cake ideas for a guy. I want to do something cool, with a wow factor, but it always seems like those kind of cakes are more for women than men. With my hubby's birthday coming up, I wanted a cool guy cake more than ever. Thought process went like this: hmmm, guy cake. Guy cake colors. Blue, browns, blacks maybe a little white and gray. My hubby likes games - card games, board games, computer games - you name it, he's probably played it! So the winner this year was: a backgammon board.
I modeled this board after his actual backgammon game - taking liberty with the colors! We had someone attending his birthday party that was allergic to chocolate, so I had to make sure that I didn't use my chocolate fondant. Instead I colored the fondant blue, brown and white. The colors turned out a little more retro than I liked and if I do this cake again, I think I will use the different shades of brown and white instead.
Overall, I am happy with the execution of the cake. It is probably some of the better fondant work I have done - very smooth. I know there has to be a trick to make the seams disappear, but I haven't figured it out as of yet! If anyone knows the trick - please share!!
The cake itself was a white velvet cake - very yummy! Again, due to chocolate allergies, I wanted a cake that everyone can enjoy. Not only that, my hubby loves white chocolate cakes. I paired that with a raspberry butter cream filling that had a consistency of mousse. Thanks Melissa! That was a yummy recipe!
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