No, these little Vancouver Canuck Cake Bite Pucks aren't Superbowl-related, but they're still sporty.
I'll be the first to confess how little I know or really care about sports. I think it stems from my rather uncompetitive nature. When I was young, at my brother's hockey games on cold weekend mornings, I spent my time playing with the other sisters or reading, rather than soaking in the game. And when his team occasionally lost, I'd just shrug and think "Well, the other team gets to win! So that's pretty nice for them".
See? I just don't get it.
But I do get dessert. And feeling some sort of loyalty to hockey is unavoidable here. This is why, sometimes, I merge the two together. In the early days of this blog, I made
Canucks cookies and showcased a Canucks cake I made eons ago. I usually go with this logo because it's cuter and easier than the other ones.
If you don't know what cake bites and cake pops are by now, well, I hope the rock you live under is warm. They're these wonderful little balls of mushed up icing and cake, made into an endlessly clever array of shapes. I attempted them a few years ago in what ended up being a huge disaster. Then I found out I was allergic to candy melts (palm oil-- they put that shit in everything), and pretty much ruled them out altogether. This past Christmas my mom gave me Bakerella's Cake Pop book, and I came around a little bit.
These cake bites are about 1.5 inches wide, and are made with homemade chocolate cake and buttercream icing, and coated in real semi-sweet chocolate. The taste shows the quality of the ingredients, and the little pucks are just like creamy truffles. The logo is only about 1 centimetre long, so the little stick was drawn, painstakingly, with a toothpick.
There's a pun in here about me really scoring with these, but I'll leave well enough alone. Feel free to pun it up in the comments.