The Hockey Puck!!

Tools Needed: 2 cake mixes, 1 round cake pan (size is totally up to you, for this cake I used a 14 inch round), 1 cake plate–to fit your size choices, 1 batch of buttercream frosting, Wilton fondant with food coloring of your choice, piping bags (1 per color needed) with couplers and rings, Tips #4-round, #16-star and #21 star.

This was by far the heaviest cake I’ve made. Because I wanted that “chunky” hockey puck look I made it two layers. My son had chosen a lemon cake, so I used one recipe of lemon filling.

As for decorating–I know it looks hard (or at least detailed) but it was really very easy. I do not enjoy the taste of fondant, but because I didn’t know how to do the paper towel method to get buttercream perfectly smooth, I had to use it. As for the face–it’s time consuming, but very easy.

Using a piece of parchment paper, place it over the picture you are hoping to transfer to your cake, in this case the Chicago Blackhawk head, trace it with a black magic marker. Then place the parchment paper over the the center of the cake and with a toothpick poke holes through the parchment and into the fondant to create a ‘dotted’ pattern you are hoping to create. Then, with your piping bags and Tip #4 connect the dots to outline your pattern, then fill in with stars from Tip #16. Changing colors as your pattern dictates.

For the patterns on the side I simply traced the outline of the design I wanted on the parchment. I placed the plastic wrap over the parchment, and again traced the pattern with Tip #4 and filled it in with stars from Tip #16. Once the pattern was finished, I simply placed the finished piece in the freezer to set up. After about 20 minutes I removed them, took a second piece of plastic wrap and covered the palm of my hand–then flipped the now frozen design onto it, peeled off the first piece of plastic wrap and piped a bit of frosting on the backside for glue–and stuck it to the side of my cake where I wanted it. I had 5 in all.

Then I simply finished the base of the hockey puck with a rope design with Tip #21.

All in all, it was a really simple cake to design–and yet it can look so difficult!