Ok, I know I’m way behind the times. It’s been several weeks since the miracle happened and the whole world (well, maybe not quite) watched as the Kansas City Royals swept their way through the post-season into the World Series. But, as a native Kansas Citian who grew up during an era when it seemed like the Royals never won anything, the euphoria still hasn’t worn off. Even if they didn’t end up winning the final game, they played an inspiring and exciting series and I think I speak for all of KC when I say we couldn’t be more proud!
I baked this cake for a watch party my family and I hosted for Game 3 (at which we cheered on the boys in blue all the way from Pennsylvania!) Though I didn’t manage to get this post up in time for this year’s festivities, I hope it might provide some decorating inspiration for the awesome season the Royals are bound to have next year!
If you don’t follow baseball or aren’t familiar with the Royals, this cake is based on this team logo:
Instructions:
1. Bake your favorite cake, from any recipe or box mix. I used a spice cake mix for mine to fit the Fall season! Bake your cake in one 9×13 inch pan and one 8×8 square pan. Fill them to the same level so the two pieces will be the same height.
Also make up your favorite batch of frosting, as long as it’s white or cream-colored.
2. Once your cakes are baked and cooling, cover a cake board with Royal-blue tissue paper, covered by a layer of plastic wrap. This will be your base for putting your cake together.
Royal-blue cake board
3. Place your two parts of the cake onto the cake board, length-wise, so the square cake sits above the longer cake. Using a small biscuit-cutter, cut three circles out of the top of the square cake to create the crown.
Leftover cake pieces from making the crown
4. Add circles to the top of the crown. I used the round pieces I had cut out with the biscuit-cutter, but this was not the best technique. I would suggest possibly baking a few cupcakes with part of your cake batter, and then adding them to the top of the crown as the circles. Much less crumbly, and easier to frost!
All the parts put together!
5. Frost the whole thing! I was using a sugar-paper transfer image on the “body” of the cake, so I frosted the whole thing with white frosting. However, if you’re not using the image and want to stay truer to the original logo, you could turn part of your frosting blue and frost the 9×13 cake with blue, then write “KC” on it in white.
6. Decorate! I transferred on the sugar-paper image to the body of the cake, then used edible gold glitter on the crown part. I dyed my remaining frosting blue and piped some stars around the edges of the cake to add in some of the royal blue.
The finished product!
7. Enjoy! Preferably with friends and family, at a party, while watching the Royals make an astounding comeback in the 6th inning.
Party!
Go Royals!
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