Ingredients Black Icing Color Orange Icing Color Terra Cotta Icing Color Lemon Yellow Icing Color Red-Red Icing Color Violet Icing Color Brown Icing Color Buttercream Frosting Buttercream Frosting Royal Icing Royal Icing Rainbow Nonpareil Sprinkles, 3 oz. Meringue Powder Tools Performance Pans Aluminum Large Sheet Cake Pan, 12 x 18-Inch Performance Pans Aluminum Large Sheet Cake Pan, 12 x 18-Inch Soccer Ball Cake Pan Round Cake Decorating Tip 1 Round Cake Decorating Tip 1 Extra Large Round Tip 1A Round Cake Decorating Tip 4 Round Cake Decorating Tip 4 Standard Round Tip 6 Open Star Cake Decorating Tip 32 Basket Decorating Tip 48 Carded Cake Board Fanci-Foil Wrap Decorating Comb 8 in. Spatula Colored paper Toothpicks Black marker Paper towels Waxed paper Instructions Click to mark complete - In advance, using royal icing, pipe 19 tip 6 ball heads on waxed paper. Pipe tip 1 dot facial features and pull-out hair. Let dry. - Ice half ball cake smooth with spatula. Lightly press paper towels on cake to achieve texture of basketball. Set aside. - Ice sides and 8 1/2 in. from top of 1-layer sheet cake smooth in white with spatula. Comb sides of cake with decorating comb. Ice the rest of cake top smooth in violet; sprinkle immediately with Rainbow Nonpareils. - Position basketball cake on foil-wrapped board. Pipe tip 4 black outlines on ball. Pipe tip 1A rim and tip 6 string basketball net. Outline backboard with tip 48. Cut out triangle pennants from colored paper, write messages and attach to toothpicks with icing. Insert pennants in cake. Pipe tip 32 shell bottom border. Position fans.
