{"id":1531,"date":"2011-05-02T18:42:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2013-01-31T04:46:35","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T04:46:35","slug":"spring-into-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=1531","title":{"rendered":"Spring into PLAYOFFS! Vancouver Canucks Hockey Cake!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s hockey playoff time folks! <\/em><\/p>\n

Can you feel the excitement?<\/p>\n

Ya, neither<\/strong> can I!<\/p>\n

I just don’t.<\/p>\n

I apologize to my brother, who has to live in the US where there isn’t enough hockey coverage (or at least as much as he thinks there should be), I apologize to my family, as I was bred into a hockey loving group, and I apologize to myself, as I promised I would jump on the bandwagon! \u00a0 Who is proud to be a wannabe bandwagon jumper? \u00a0L.O.S.E.R.<\/p>\n

I just couldn’t be bothered. \u00a0The bandwagon went too quickly by my place, and I missed jumping on.<\/p>\n

Oh well. \u00a0There’s always next game right? \u00a0Next round, next series, next year?<\/p>\n

When is that next game anyway?<\/em> Someone’s going to have to help me out!<\/p>\n

I have been successful at entering my school’s hockey pool<\/strong> though! \u00a0I put a lot <\/strong>(*cough* a-hem)<\/em> <\/strong>of thought into my picks, and relied heavily on my deep, insightful choices (<\/em>*cough* a-hem)<\/em> <\/em>. . . I randomly chose with the alphabet’s help! \u00a0A- Alexander Ovechkin, B- Kevin Bieksa etc. \u00a0Aren’t I clever? \u00a0I hope for my sake, and everyone else’s who actually chose their players with real rationale thought, that I don’t win, or even get close to winning!<\/p>\n

Vancouver Canucks Hockey Cake:<\/p>\n

\"Vancouver<\/a><\/p>\n

This cake was a customized cake done for a loyal customer for her husband’s surprise birthday party! \u00a0I hear he loved it . . . doesn’t every Canadian male want to see their name on the back of an NHL hockey jersey? \u00a0It was a biggie . . . chocolate cake, with chocolate buttercream covering the cake, and vanilla buttercream for the piping design.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I love doing these kind of piping cakes<\/strong>. \u00a0I love the order to it, I love the rigid lines, and I love to watch the picture\/pattern slowly develop as I get into the piping groove.<\/p>\n

What I don’t<\/strong> love is the cramp in my hand that I get! \u00a0You have to get your icing at the perfect consistency: not so soft, that it doesn’t maintain it’s shape, but that it is not so hard, that it makes piping difficult on your hand and forearm.<\/p>\n

I like to test the icing when it is in the bowl still. \u00a0If you put a knife into the bowl, and wiggle the bowl around, you can tell how stiff your consistency is. \u00a0If the knife slowly wobbles as you wiggle the bowl, you most likely have medium consistency, and if the knife stays stuck, you probably have yourself some pretty stiff icing! \u00a0For a piping cake like this one, you want medium consistency.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Happy piping hockey fans!<\/p>\n

And, hey, if you see that bandwagon anywhere, and there’s still room for me, send it on over to my new address. \u00a0Thanks!<\/p>\n

Stay Tuned: Next Up in the Man Cake Posts- a Tank and an XBox Remote<\/em><\/p>\n

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