Plaaaaaaaay ball!
It’s World Series time in North America, and if you don’t know what that means, its Major League Baseball’s final show down of the top two teams of the season. I’ve never been much of a baseball fan, but around this time of year, something makes me what to watch the World Series. It must be the hype and excitement!
I never played baseball growing up as a kid- I was a soccer player- but I did have one exciting incident back in grade four or five where I learned to “watch the ball” the hard way. The last thing I remember is hearing “Jenn, watch the ball!” being yelled at me by my dad (he was my Gym teacher), and then WHACK. Ball right in the back of the head. Ouch.
This cake is made easy because there is no carving involved. I was shopping at the Bulk Barn (as I do pretty much everyday) and I saw this 3D ball mold. At the time, I didn’t have a specific cake in mind, but I bought it anyway. When I finally realized the baseball season was coming to an end, to celebrate the World Series, I decided to use the pan to make a 3D baseball! There are so many other sports balls that it can be used for as well. I’m looking forward to making basketball, golf balls, soccer balls and more baseballs with this pan. I also used one of the domes to make the spider body in the 3D spider web cake I made a couple of videos ago (shocker!!!).
When decorating a cake with the star tip method, it does take a lot of time . . . and pain if you have tendinitis like I do (too much cake decorating!). I love the final look of this type of cake though . . . it’s worth the pain!
For this cake, I wanted to add a second element beyond the ball for a more complete cake. That is where the idea for the field came in. The ball can stand alone if you don’t want to have the additional element (or work), but I think that it “completes” the cake.
Good luck to the final teams in the World Series this year! And to those of you who are ending your baseball seasons as well.
