Championship Basketball Cake

by Sara
(Mankato, Minnesota)

The base of the cake is to represent the basketball court. Fondant was colored to a skin tone. I cut strips to represent the wood. Then, a yellow liquid food-coloring was painted on it and a gel brown food coloring was painted over. I used a wood grain tool to replicate the wood grain. Then the cut strips were placed on the cake covered with Buttercream.

The basketball is made with a round ball-like cake pan. It is positioned on a round styrofoam. It is covered with orange fondant cut in sections and attached with chocolate frosting. The black is piped on and dimples were created with a tooth pick. This is positioned on the base of the cake with a plastic doll to hold the placement.

The last was to apply the medal made from fondant and accented with gold food glitter. Letters were cut out of yellow fondant and dried with raised angles to give it a bouncing look.