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Basketball Cake
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Keyword
basketball cake, birthday cake, round cake
Prep Time
30
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
30
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
Servings
15
Ingredients
2 round white or chocolate cake layers
(baked)
4
cups
Favorite white frosting
42
ounces
bag of M&M’s candies
(to make sure there’s enough orange and brown)
Instructions
Bake your favorite cake in 2 8" or 9" round cake pans. Turn the cakes out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Place one cake layer on a cake plate. Top with frosting.
Place the second layer of cake on top.
Frost the top and sides of the cake with frosting, making it as smooth as possible.
Use the brown M&M’s to make a vertical line down the center of the cake. Then make a horizontal but slightly curved line across the cake.
Now make one vertical curved line with the brown M&M’s on each side of the straight vertical line to create the basketball lines.
Fill in the remaining areas on the top of the cake with orange M&M’s.
Store the cake at room temperature.
Once the cake has been cut you'll need to store it in an airtight container.