Friday, June 18, 2010

The Man Cave Cake

Well tomorrow is the 3rd annual Man Cave party and Jimmy pretty much volunteered me to make a cake for it. And not just any cake, a cake made to look like "The Man Cave". The Man Cave is a detached garage that has been turned into a place to watch the games. It is decorated in all Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, Celtics, Chicago Bears, Beer and Scarface stuff. It's got multiple couches, several TV’s, surround sound, a beer fridge, a grill, dart board, basketball hoop, everything you need to have a good time. This is the hangout that all men wish their wives would let them have!!

So Jimmy asked me, if I would be capable of making a 3D cake of the Man Cave. “Sure” I said, after taking a minute to realize that he was seriously asking me to make this cake for Saturday and here it was Thursday afternoon. He said several times over that he’d help; well I hope he’s ready, because he’s going to work! Oh and did I tell you that Saturday I have to teach a class at 10, then I was hired to take photographs at a family reunion right before the party starts? Yeah, I’ll be sure to have an extra drink or two when this is all finished, I’ll tell you that!! So…I went and grabbed everything I needed to make the cakes last night, took 3 different stores to get it all. I baked up a chocolate sheet cake and a vanilla sheet cake to build the garage itself and it’s in the freezer doing its thing. I got up early this morning to make the icing and get things ready for the marathon decorating session tonight and I’m going to run out as soon as I can to get some more materials that I think I’ll need.The only thing that really has me stressing is the roof, I’m not sure what is going to be the best thing to construct it will be, and the humidity may come into play and that is what worries me.

There is going to be a TON of people there and this is my chance to show my skills off to a whole new crowd. So I’m kind of excited, a little nervous, yet confident that I can pull this off. I’ll keep y’all up to speed with all the sugar that’ll be flying tonight!!

Stay tuned for pictures of the process!!!

***UPDATE 7/19/10***
Ok so, It's not my best work, but not bad with the time I did have....
The party was a BLAST!!! I had so much fun, I can't wait until next years party!! Thanks Tony & Thanks Kim for hosting a kick a** bash!!