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
I made this Basketball Birthday Cake for my little sister’s best friend, Ann. They had a joint graduation party and I made a cake for each of them. She played basketball through middle school and high school, so I thought this would be the perfect cake for her. I cooked 1 cake mix (Funfetti) for … Read more
This University of Louisville Cardinals Basketball Cake was made for my uncle…a die hard U of L fan! The backboard was a 13×9 cake and the ball was the Wilton’s sports ball cake! They were both crumb coated to prevent crumbs! The backboard was final iced with a white homemade butter cream. The cardinal icon … Read more
This cake was made from a sheet cake and soccer ball pan. The soccer ball was placed on top of the middle of the sheet cake then the sheet cake was cut around and away so that the ball seemed higher than the rest of the cake. The ball was starred so that it would … Read more
