Basketball Cake For A Lot Of People

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snelson24 Posted 29 Jan 2013 , 4:02am
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AI just accomplished my first cake for my daughters 2ND bday. 4 days later I have had 2 people request cakes :-) I need a cake for a hs boy and was going to do a basketball theme cake. The party is going to have 70 guests so I going to make a cake than cupcakes. I was wondering if anyone had used the Wilton ball pan? It says it's only 6 in. In diameter but I was thinking that's far from a life size ball. Any tips would be appreciated

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melanie-1221 Posted 29 Jan 2013 , 4:21am
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For a larger ball cake I make 2 of the wilton Soccer Ball pan cakes. It's quite a bit larger than the sport ball pan.

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Dani1081 Posted 29 Jan 2013 , 4:31am
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I've made this cake a couple of times - I used the Wilton sports ball pan for the basketball, but the basket itself is actually a "double barrel" cake - two 9" round tiers stacked and then covered in fondant.  It made quite a few servings of cake. 

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Dani1081 Posted 29 Jan 2013 , 4:32am
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sorry - it would help to link to the picture:

 

http://cakecentral.com/g/i/2059366/a/2060366/

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snelson24 Posted 29 Jan 2013 , 4:41am
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AWas the basketball much smaller in size than a real ball? Im having a hard time imagining how big the cake will be. Im aiming to do a ball and than have it sit on squares to have it look like the backboard of a hoop if that makes sense. than also make a Jersey cake in his school colors ,lol hope I have room in my fridge

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texascakebaker Posted 29 Jan 2013 , 4:59am
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Was the basketball much smaller in size than a real ball? Im having a hard time imagining how big the cake will be. Im aiming to do a ball and than have it sit on squares to have it look like the backboard of a hoop if that makes sense. than also make a Jersey cake in his school colors ,lol hope I have room in my fridge

 

The ball pan is going to give you a ball that's smaller than an actual basketball, if that helps! Like you mentioned, the ball pan is a 6 in diameter whereas a regular men's basketball has a diameter of about 9.5inches.  As to the amount of cake, the ball pan takes a whole five cups of batter, so it just depends on what your idea of serving size is and whether you go by the Wilton serving size chart.

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n8rd Posted 29 Jan 2013 , 8:12am
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AIm about to finish my basketball cake. I'm using the 2 round 9in pans and 1 6in and stacking them. after that I freeze and carved. u did a practice run last week since im a rookie and it turned out good. hoped that helped.

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yortma Posted 29 Jan 2013 , 2:20pm
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I made this a number of years ago, and had the same situation.  I needed a basketball cake for a large group.  I used the Wilton sport ball pan for the BB and stacked rounds underneath carved to represent the net. Another idea to add to the great ones above!

 

 

 

 

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