I made this Bowling Cake for a friend’s son. He was having his 7th birthday party at a bowling alley and wanted a cake to represent this. It was really fun to make. I haven’t made many cakes but am enjoying so much I keep offering to make them for friends. I bought the pins … Read more
This Bowling Alley Birthday Cake was fun to make! I didn’t have to bake this time, as I had a friend who gave me a 1/4 sheet unfrosted cake that she had leftover from her son’s birthday party. I cut the cake vertically and stacked them on top of each other with a layer of … Read more
For my sons eighth birthday party we decided to have it at our local bowling alley. To keep with the bowling theme I decided to make a “bowling pin” cake. Thanks to this site for ideas on all the sports theme cakes. I baked the cake in a 9 x 13 inch pan as normal. … Read more
For the pin I used a sheet cake and just cut the shape free-hand. Icing it was tricky because it kept getting crummy, but refrigerating halfway through fixed,it hardened the base frosting and fixed the problem. For the bowling ball, I just used a Pyrex bowl to bake the cake. Very easy ball and pin … Read more
My 13 year old daughter and 8 year old son each had a party at the Bowling alley. It was on the same day so I made them each their own cake that they designed so that they wouldn’t feel gipped. This one my son was VERY specific that he just wanted the lane only. … Read more
My son was having a fifth birthday party at the bowling alley and I searched online for sports theme cakes and found this cake. You take a round cake pan and make the ball. I used two sheet cakes for the pin and “pasted them together, cutting out the center to hold the ball. Use … Read more
We had my son’s 5th birthday party at a local bowling alley. They took care of everything except for the cake, which was fine by me because I love to decorate birthday cakes! I also did the goody bags which included t-shirts for each of the guests with “Tyler’s Tenpins” written on the back. The … Read more
This bowling cake was easy to do. First bake and frost the cake. Then pipe in a starburst pattern using purple icing and fill in with star tip. The pins are made from white fondant. Just roll out store-bought fondant and cut shape from pattern using sharp paring knife. (I got this pattern from free … Read more
My mother loves bowling. She has bowled for years. For her 80th Birthday I made her a Bowling Birthday Cake with a bowling alley with candle pins and ball. I baked a rectangle cake and frosted it with white homemade butter cream frosting. I then put on a boarder and and then I made the … Read more
Our daughter requested a bowling party this year for her birthday. As Ive done each year for her (and she’s now come to expect) I made a custom cake to match the party theme so this year was sports theme cakes. The ball was made using Wilton’s ball pan. She insisted it be pink. I … Read more
I made this bowling birthday cake for my son’s 7th birthday party. This was our first cake that we made. I used (2) 2 layer 9×13 cakes and a sports ball pan. My husband carved the bowling pins from a 9×13 cake. We covered all the cakes in fondant. I made all the extra pieces … Read more
