Happy Birthday Greg!

Toni asked me to make a cake for Greg for his birthday... and Greg loves his basketball.  He's always talking about playing it all the time so it's the perfect way to celebrate his day!!  I used a triple chocolate recipe with extra chocolate chips and a whipped cream frosting.  Light and delicious!!  The icing was definitely a find and I'll be using it way more often!!  I used half of my ball pan to create a topper for the round cake.  I iced the bottom using the whipped cream frosting and covered the half basketball with orange fondant.  After long debates with Patrick about what the lines should look like on a basketball, I took control and winged it!!  And turns out... my design was correct!!  He was trying to overlap all sorts of crazy lines but it ended up looking great :)  So Happy Birthday Greg!  This was one of the few cakes that made it into work and out without being cut so I hope your family enjoyed!!