bowling fun!

by carrie sarnowski
(new york)

Making the "bowling lane" I used a 9x13 pan, I also baked 12 cupcakes, and 12 mini (with no liners) cupcakes. I did pre buy the doughnut holes.
Ice the bowling lane first with a crumb coat, and then a second smooth coat and chill. Ice all cupcakes in the ususal fashion. (all with white frosting)
To assemble, first add a dollop extra of frosting on each larger cupcake. Then turn a mini cupcake upside down onto the larger one. Repeat for 10 bowling pins. Put a dollop of frosting on a doughnut hole and put that on top of the (bottom) mini cupcake. Chill for at least 15 min.,and then crumbcoat entire bowling pin, chill again for 15 min.
Melt a good amount of frosting in a bowl in the microwave until fairly runny, on 15 sec. intervals. Get bowling pins out of fridge, and dip each one quickly into the melted frosting. (like dipping an ice cream cone) and chill again for another 15 min.
After pins are chilled, attach red dtring licorice for the lines on the bowling pins and then attach to cake with more frosting. Decorate the lane with tinted frosting with lines of the bowling alley.
Make 1 chocolate frosted "bowling ball" out of 1 cupcake, for the holes in the bowling ball use 3 mini hershey kisses point first.
You can also make a mock score board for the back of the cake.