Football!

It is my friend Emily's brother's birthday this weekend and so she and her mom asked me to bake a cake for him. They mentioned that he is a huge Jets fan so it seemed like doing a Jets helmet was the way to go!

I had SO much trouble making the mask, the one in the picture was effort number 4 (the first three broke). It ended up being gumpaste covered in fondant to make it thicker. I couldnt make it thicker in gumpaste because I was running out of time and it wouldn't have dried. I wasn't entirely pleased with how it turned out (I even bought a real one to try and use that but it was WAY too big)... But it was certainly a learning experience.