Baseball and Cake - always a fun combination!

Whew, what a relief from the extreme heat we have been getting these last few weeks!  I hope everyone has been hiding away in some air conditioning and coming up for some bubble tea!  Our ice makers were working overtime last week.

Now on to our special cake of the week - a groomscake we made for a Phillie Phanatic!  Bridget, our lovely bride, wanted to surprise her groom with a fun cake on their wedding - which was held at the very gorgeous 2941 in Falls Church.  The views are breathtaking.  Well, the groom is a chocolate fan, so we made a rich devil's food cake filled and iced with our dark chocolate buttercream.  Bridget wanted to make sure we incorporated the Liberty Bell tower, Phillies logo and World Series from 1980 and 2008.  So from there, the sketch entailed a custom made Phillies jersey, a baseball with a baseball bat on top, and the Liberty Bell picture.

The first item we made for the cake was the jersey.  We went with a red jersey with white piping for the name and number.  We even remembered the small Phillies logo that is found on the left sleeve!  Once that was put onto the cake, we started on the baseball.  For the baseball, we rolled white fondant, then our tiny fingers rolled out red fondant very thin and cut it into strips for the signature stitching.  We then marbled different shades of brown to make the wood grain look for the baseball bats.  For the Liberty Bell tower, we used a sugar image to capture the light of the tower.  After we put together the cake with these elemtns, we decided it needed a few more touches.  So we put the World Series Campion logos on the sides of the cake, then added some more baseball game must haves.  We made some hot dogs with mustard, peanuts, baseball caps, and miniature baseballs to go around the bottom of the cake.  When we were done, we were ready to play ball!

When you come in, make sure to sample our fantastic granola!  We are creating a new line of healthy treats, and they are delicious.  Today, we have a great blend of nuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflowers seeds in a honey maple granola fortified with wheat germ and flax seed.  We are also working on our breakfast oatmeal, which is a great way to start the day.  If you have some flavor combinations you would like to see or recommend, let us know.