I made this round two layer basketball cake for my daughter’s 12th birthday party. I used a half a ball mold and carved out a round space for the ball to be lowered into the cake. We decorated the ball with orange color and black licorice. We used a towel to dab the ball for … Read more
My son was turning 14, and he loves basketball and loves the Knicks. Both cakes were half yellow and chocolate. For the jersey I used a 13×9 cake pan. I used store brought icing and sprayed the cake with Wilton blue spray. I did dye some icing orange for my border and the number 14. … Read more
For my basketball loving sons 4th birthday, we created a basketball cake complete with the backboard and net. The original idea was simply the basketball. However, we added another cake to make the backboard. Either cake can be made individually for a party. To make the basketball cake:Bake 2 9inch round cakes. Cut the top … Read more
I made this 3D basketball cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. I used the sports ball pan from Wilton. The best thing about Wilton is they give you different decorating ideas for each pan you buy and tell you which coloring gels to use to get the perfect color. I thought the color on this … Read more
My friend asked if I would try to make a Celtics Cake for her husband John. Hesitantly, I agreed. It was my first time decorating a cake like this. I baked two 14″ round cakes since it needed to feed a lot of people. I used Fondant and discovered it really was easy to do! … Read more
This basketball cake may look hard, but really it wasnt that bad! The base of the basketball cake is a 9×13 cake, covered in fondant and “painted” with food coloring to look like the hardwood gym floor. Then, I baked a half ball cake, covered that in fondant and “painted” the details on. Then, shaped … Read more
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
