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Bowling Lane Cake
| This cake not only cleverly strikes the bowling birthday party theme, it can also serve a crowd. It's got gumballs ready to roll,
fruit leather gutters, and a set of blazing pins at the end of a
shrinking-perspective cake.
- 2 baked 13- by 9-inch cakes, any flavor
- 1 1/2 cups plus 1/2 cup of white frosting
- Yellow food coloring
- 1 cup of brown chocolate frosting
- 2 strips of Fruit by the Foot fruit leather, each about 20 inches long
- Gumballs in different colors (we used 8, the birthday girl's age)
- 1 strip of black shoestring licorice, about 9 inches long
- 7 chocolate chips
- 10 bowling pin candles (available at party stores)
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| Step 1: On a large platter or cake cardboard
measuring at least 26 inches long, line up the cakes end to end to form a
long rectangle (A). Trim the cakes as shown (B). |
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| Step 2:
Trim two big cake scraps to 4 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide and stack
them on the sides of the wide end of the cake to make the bowling ball rack
(C). Use a little frosting to adhere them if necessary. If the small pieces
are crumbly and therefore difficult to frost, apply a light coating of
frosting and chill the pieces until it sets. Stick the pieces in place and
frost again. |
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| Step 3:
To create a varnished wood look for the lane's flooring, mix the 1 1/2
cups of white frosting with 12 drops of yellow food coloring and 1 cup of
chocolate frosting. The overall color should resemble peanut butter. Frost
the entire cake, except for the tops of the racks; frost those with the 1/2
cup of white. |
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| Step 4:Trim 2
strips of fruit leather to fit along the edges for the gutters. Place the
gumballs in the rack, add shoestring licorice for the foul line, and arrange
the chocolate chip lane arrows about a third of the way up the lane. Set up
the bowling pin candles at the narrow end of the cake. Light as many as the
birthday child's age. Serves about 20. |
Don't forget to order bowling party papergoods which include bowling themed invitations, paper plates, napkins and more.
You can't miss with our bowling party packs. And save some money at the same time.
HAVE A FANTASTIC BOWLING PARTY!
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