David wanted a Detroit Lions theme for his 15th Birthday this year. He always requests beef tenderloin and potatoes for the main dish, but we added some other Lions' touches this year. I made non-alcoholic jello shots in the Lions color scheme and put together a Dan Campbell press conference cutout.
The cake is two full size 9x13 inch cakes baked together in a large sheet pan. Everything is covered in homemade green fondant. I added blue and white fondant to make the rest of the field. I couldn't make the goal posts with one pole on the bottom, so we had to settle for two poles going all the way down. These are just pvc pipes covered with yellow construction paper.
For the cutout, I took a picture of Dan Campbell from a press conference video I found online. I used my phone to capture just his image. Then I opened the image in Paint and went to the print preview setting. From there, I selected Fit To and changed it to 4 by 4. I cut out the images from the pages printed and taped them on to a foam board. Then I cut the foam board to fit the picture. I went to our local Dollar General and they happened to be unpacking a shipment, so I found this perfect black box in the shape of a podium. I taped the foam board to the box to get the final product.
