Super Bowl

I’m not that into sports, but my husband is a die-hard football fan.  So a couple of years ago, I purchased a stadium bundt cake pan from Williams-Sonoma and made it for the SuperBowl.  My best friend Becca and I iced it in the colors of the opposing teams that year, and it was complete with a set of gummy bear football players in the center.

Photo courtesy of thisnext.com

 When I tried to use the pan again the next year, using the same cake recipe, unfortunately after three attempts, a purchase of Wondra flour, and multiple Ziploc bags full of crumbled cake later, I gave up and accepted the fact that the pan had lost its non-stick-ness and it had to go.

As a side-note, I should mention that a few years later my husband's favorite team, The Giants, won the SuperBowl and so for our wedding, I got him this surprise Groom's Cake.  It was vanilla-chocolate-chip cake with rasberry preserve/white chocolate icing filling.  But looked exactly like a football!

Cake made by Cake Alchemy

Daniel's football is featured on their website 
under "Collections" → "Party"!!  Check it out!

I recently saw a Honda commercial that inspired me for possible future edible stadiums.  Unfortunately, for this particular edible stadium, my husband warned me that it would involve building an actual legitimate support structure (and he seemed un-interested in teaming up to do this for Sunday).  So I did a little more research and found a more manageable edible stadium project here.  I think this snack stadium looks nicer than the cake stadium!

Photo courtesy of seriouseats.com

I’m not hosting a Super Bowl party this year, so I probably won’t attempt to make any edible stadium this year (it’s not so portable-looking), but I will definitely keep this article handy for next time.  I will be making some chili though!

Karaoke

Last weekend I organized a karaoke party (no particular reason, just a fun way to get friends together in this cold weather!).  I used evite to manage the guest list, RSVPs, etc.  I love this site (my friends and family will attest to this – I send evites for most events, no matter how large or small).

First, a few friends came over in between work and our dinner reservation.  There’s no party without snacks, and I always have to put out something even if it’s only one person.  For this event, I worked a bit later than expected so I put together the easiest party snack – hummus and pita chips.

I love this serving tray - it was a gift from my husband.  

He knows how I love to serve snacks.

The Karaoke theme night started with dinner at Korean Barbeque restaurant Madangsui.  

Then we headed over to Radio Star Karaoke for two hours of singing fun!  And for the singing, of course I baked some “musical” cupcakes to keep the theme going.

I think everyone had a really great time!