Sooooo it's been a very long time since I have done a basketball cake does anybody have advice for me on how to get the "basketball color" I can't remember for the life of me what I use to do. Can I maybe just mix and brown and a red? hmmm....thanks!

Yes ..you can mix brown and red or if you can get ahold of wiltons Terra Cotta color that is also the perfect color.

cool thanks I thought maybe they had that color but I couldn't remember. If I find time I will try to find it if not I will try to brown and red.

ok so Ive been mixing brown and orange and red and Im not getting the "basketball" color! Does anybody have any ideas???? my arm feels like it's going to fall off mixing this thing!

Here's a good link for mixing colors, scroll all the way down - I'm thinking start with rust and go from there.

http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/coloring/colormixingchart.htm



Here's a page from wilton.com on decorating the sports ball cake, which shows terra cotta for the basketball:

http://www.wilton.com/cake/shapedpans/pdf/2105-6506SportsBall.pdf

I would think it would be a mix of orange, red and a little brown???

well I think I got it. Close enough anyway! I will post a pic later when I'm done Im keeping my fingers crossed!