MSU Cake

Last month was my little cousins birthday, and he and his family are huge I mean obsessively huge MS STATE fans. It is a rare site not to see them wearing their maroon and white, and in most cases the whole family shows up to family events in their STATE gear. So, when my cousin asked me to do a cake for her oldest son's birthday, it was obvious we were going in the bulldog direction with it. When trying to thing of what I could do that wasn't sport specific and not just the words MSU on the cake, I was reminded of the headache I received the one time I made the mistake of going to the EGG Bowl in Starkville. YIKES, cow bells are awful, especially when you are for the apposing team. A cowbell to me describes this kid to me in every way, the true State fan that he is, the in your face kind of fan. Not that we don't' agg him on sometimes. :) So for all the aggravating we have done to him in the past, I felt I should do his cake justice and not plaster the Rebel in the middle of the cake with a big HOTTY TODDY! So here is what I came up with.

The cowbell was constructed using store bought rice krispie treats molded together.



All the rest of the decorations are made of rolled fondant. And just FYI making maroon fondant is a timely process and a work out for your arms. I used burgundy gel color.



Thanks to Jenny who assisted me on icing and rolling fondant on the cake. That part scared me because of all the nightmares that happen on Ultimate Cake Off. It wasn't too bad in the end.