i am doing a bowling ball for this weekend and am wondering how hard it is to cover the ball shape with fondant. is there a particular way to do it? ANY help would be MUCH appreciated!
i am also putting it on a pillow cake and wondering if i should flatten the bottom a bit more?
thanks in advance!!!
I just covered the sports ball Saturday for the first time, and it really was surprisingly easy. Handle it like a regular cake, gently lifting out at the bottom and smoothing. I chilled my cake well prior to covering - that seemed to help. Also use a dense, firm recipe. I used the WASC and did have some flattening on the bottom. I had placed it on a 3" round cake board, so that was all that was not covered in fondant.
I have a bowling ball cake in my pictures that I covered with fondant. I had some pleating when I got to the bottom that I had some difficulty getting out, but that's what a nice large border covered for me. I just took a large round tube of fondant and made a base at the bottom. You do need to cut a little off the bottom so it will sit flat.
yours looks really neat 
thanks you guys for your help. i was really super nervous about it but hopefully it will turn out. it's for a little girl who couldn't decide between a bowling cake or a princess cake so we are attempting a "princess bowling" cake, lol i'm not sure how i could put a border around the ball without it taking away from the look since it will be sitting on a pillow cake. i am also wondering how much i can cut off the bottom of the ball without making it look flat?
yours looks really neat thanks you guys for your help. i was really super nervous about it but hopefully it will turn out. it's for a little girl who couldn't decide between a bowling cake or a princess cake so we are attempting a "princess bowling" cake, lol i'm not sure how i could put a border around the ball without it taking away from the look since it will be sitting on a pillow cake. i am also wondering how much i can cut off the bottom of the ball without making it look flat?
you only need to trim off the rounded bottom a little to make it sit flat. I gave myself about a 3 inch circle for it to sit on.
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