Basketball Grooms Cake

by Lauren Cortesi
(Honey Brook, PA)

Baked cake in Wilton ball pan, filled and frosted with buttercream and covered in fondant.

Bake floor in square cake pan, frosted in buttercream and covered in fondant.

For the basketball, I took a #6 round tip and made circles all over the cake for the texture. I then used a bone tool to make the black lines. I airbrushed the ball, then hand painted the black lines using food coloring.

For the floor, I used a bone tool to make the floor boards, and wood grain, then hand painted the wood floor.

I made a support for the ball with a plastic cake plate placed on a plastic dowel.