J-E-T-S!!

There's a rumbling in New York and New Jersey, and no, its not a snow storm. (Although now that I mention it, there is a snow storm in the weather forecast.) There's a certain team, which shall remain unnamed (due to The Cover Jinx) which up until a few weeks ago was relatively unheard of in the ears of the uneducated sports fans, such as yours truly. But I did mention there was a rumbling, so whats going on? The question is, does said team belong to New York or New Jersey?

 Ah, the age old philosophical question. 
Luckily, we have three reputable authorities to help us out in our quest for the truth:

New Jersey: Governor Chris Christie has a message for Jets fans.  

They're New Jersey's team. 

"Today when they're practicing, where are they practicing? New Jersey. And when they play their home games, where do they play? New Jersey. And where do most of their players live? In New Jersey," 

Well said Gove'na

New York: Next up we have Senator Charles Schumer. 

"It's the New York Jets and that's how the Jets want it. That's how the country wants it and New York is New York. Sorry Jersey,"

Wow, that was deep. Let me take a moment to let that sink in.

New York: And now we have our green-blooded Jets representative who lives in New Jersey, Big D from Prime Source NY: "The Empire State Building glows green and white in honor of the New York Jets, so I would say its pretty obvious who the Jets belong to."


Hmm...food for thought.

 Well, no matter if you are from New York,New Jersey, or Wyoming and you couldn't care less about the Jets, let alone football, here's some cupcakes for you. And let me tell you, they taste good no matter who the Jets belong to. 

Actual conversation overheard between Z-Monkey and Little D:

Little D (pointing to picture above): "Whats that?"

Z-Monkey: "Oh, thats called a pom-pom."

Little D: "What do you do with it?"

Z-Monkey (in his big brother knowledgeable voice): "Well the Jets wear it on their heads so they don't get hurt when they play football."

Little D (pondering this): "Oooooh."

I think these guys need to have a little chat with their father. 

The very first one...

Way back when the fanciest cake I made was a strawberry shortcake, and the most detailed cake had sprinkles on top, my husband turned twenty five. Twenty five seemed like such a huge number, soooo grown up. I took it upon  myself to make him the "coolest birthday cake ever."  Being that he is a huge sports fan, it didn't take much time until my train of thought turned to sports cakes....turned to baseball...turned to baseball caps. A baseball cap cake would be pretty cool, I thought. I had seen fondant cakes here and there, but they seemed so scary. I am always up for a challenge, so I figured now would be a great time to give it a try. And that was it...that's when I never viewed birthday cakes the same way again. I started to research everything and anything about fondant on the web. Being that we were living at the time in a far off distant land that never saw premade fondant cross its store shelves, I searched the web for a fondant recipe that I could make with basic ingredients. As always, Allrecipes.com stepped up to save the day, and I was armed with an easy enough recipe for homemade fondant. To make a long story short, I carved out three hours of time to work on "The Cake" (it now had a name) the week of his birthday. I had my two Monkeys at either side, ready to lick the bowl at a moments notice. The fondant recipe was basically a mixture of corn syrup,powder sugar and margarine. At the time I thought it turned out amazing. ( I have now graduated to Marshmallow Fondant which is a whole new world...)It was so much fun making the cake, and seeing my vague idea come to life. I was a little disappointed at how bright the blue came out (four bottles of blue food coloring later) but after the Yankee logo was attached, it was my little masterpiece. That weekend we threw a party and the cake was the centerpiece. Ok fine, my husband did get some attention. But the cake was amazing, everyone was impressed, and it was so satisfying seeing the project through from beginning to end. And that folks is how I got addicted to making birthday cakes. More birthday cakes to come...