Softball Cake

Softball Cake

 

Due to the fact that I have a love for all sorts of baking, especially cake decorating; I volunteered to make the cake for our softball banquet. I was very happy with how it came out, and received positive feedback from many people.

 

I started by baking one vanilla cake and one chocolate cake in a 11x24x2 pan for 40 minutes in a 325 degree oven. I got the recipes for the cakes from Buddy Valastro; you know, the famous guy from cake boss. I first tried his recipe a couple months ago while baking a cake for mothers day and fell in love with it. I will never use another cake recipe except for this one! It is moist, light, and almost melts in your mouth. You can get the vanilla recipe here http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/recipes/buddy-valastros-vanilla-cake/ and the chocolate recipe here http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/recipes/buddy-valastros-chocolate-cake/.

 

I then put both cakes in the freezer for about 2 hours until chilled. I leveled them both off with a serrated knife and dirty iced them together with buttercream frosting tinted green. I then piped grass on every inch of the cake with the #233 tip from Wilton. I created an exact copy of our softball uniform out of fondant and also used the fondant to create softballs with each of the girls names on them.

 

Enjoy!