After trying to come up with a unique birthday present for my die-hard-bears-fan-father, I decided to attempt my first encounter with a fondant cake. I read a few “How To’s” and headed to my local craft store to purchase my supplies (now I know why professional cakes cost so much). The cake consists of 2-10″ … Read more
I made this basketball cake for my cousin’s birthday last week. He’s such a huge fan of basketball. And I thought why don’t I try to surprise him with my cake. And I did it and the result is there, he was surprised. For the ball, I made it from the Wilton sports pan and … Read more
I made this basketball cake for my sons 4th birthday because he loves basketball. I made this from no pattern, just out of the top of my head. I used already made icing and just added the colouring. I then got a knife and did lines on it so it looked like floorboards. The backboards … Read more
My husband is a big fan of KU Basketball, and since his birthday is in March – March Madness and his love for Jayhawks inspired this basketball birthday cake. I used a chocolate cake recipe from Epicurious. I made 3 layers of the cake and frosted with seedless raspberry jam and whipped bittersweet chocolate ganache … Read more
My sister asked me to make a Kobe Bryant jersey cake. I told her just a jersey isn’t challenging enough, I like to push it over the top. So this is the Homemade Basketball Jersey Cake I built. The wood floor is vanilla sponge with vanilla pudding filling, the fondant was hand painted with a … Read more
This Basketball Jersey And Ball Birthday Cake was for my son on his 11th birthday. It was a total of 4 cakes. Chocolate, triple chocolate, strawberry, and funfetti. I baked two cakes in a 13×9 cookie sheet for the base of the cake. After baking those cakes, I let them cool then put both cakes … Read more
This Basketball theme cake was made for my son’s birthday. The hat was made from the mini ball pan. The brim was fondant with a little tylose powder added to it. I let the brim sit over night so it can harden. The jersey was just fondant. I printed out a jersey template for the … Read more
My son’s first and my daughter’s fourth birthday parties were held together since their birthdays are three days apart. So having to make two cakes I was able to make quite a few of the decorations in advance. A week or so before the party I traced images from the plates and napkins to create … Read more
This basketball cake was made for Inbar’s 5th birthday. He loves basketball and is a fan of the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv, who’s colors are yellow and blue. The cake is a chocolate cake, any chocolate cake will do, as long as it is baked in a half ball cake tray. It’s topped with … Read more
When I asked my grandson what he wanted for his 8th birthday cake, he responded “a basketball cake”. “Basketball, I can do that I replied.” “Wait Nana, let me tell you exactly what I want” and he did. He went on to say that he wanted a gym floor, two posts with hoops, a scoreboard … Read more
I made this cake for the two year-old son of one my co-workers. I was told it was the centerpiece of his birthday party and everyone wanted to know who makes such fantastic basketball cakes! I made the basketball using a sports ball cake pan and buttercream icing tinted the exact color of an actual … Read more
