the cake doesn't make it, I took a photo! I always take a photo of all my cakes since you just never know what might happen to them during delivery! I want proof of my efforts! We are about to leave for our yearly trip to PA to visit my Grandpa Ed, Grandma Dot, Aunt Nancy, Uncle Gary, cousins Derek and Alicia and once again Aunt Sharon will be out to visit during our trip too. That's a nice bonus:) It's Grandpa Ed's 80th birthday next week and I've been wanting to make him this giant golfball cake for over a year now. I sure hope it makes the trip in once piece! Dave, the kids and I will be leaving at 3 AM Friday for our 9 hour drive to Aunt Nancy's. We hope to visit from about noon-6 PM or so and then drive 9 hours straight home. This sounds nuts with 3 little kids, I know! But what is MORE nuts is trying to get everyone to sleep in a hotel. We've found, from past experiences, that it's just best to drive as much as we can during the dark so the kids sleep. We are so lucky to live close enough to drive instead of having to fly. Maybe in a couple of years we'll try the hotel thing again so we can get to visit longer. I would love to take the kids to Hershey just like I got to do when I visited back when I was little. I'll post an update when we return.
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Wow! Super job! I need to take a cake decorating class!!!
Have a great trip!
Great cake! Did you use a golf ball pan? How did you ice it?
Thanks girls! I molded the golf ball part by baking a princess doll cake (pan shaped like a skirt), then cut off a bunch from the waist to make it more ball shaped. I frosted it in buttercream rather than fondant since fondant doesn't taste good. I used the end of one of those wooden corn on the cob pokers dipped in cornstarch to make the dimples in the ball. I still can't believe the cake made it on a 9 hour drive. I think I must have yelled, "Dave! My cake!" a million times during the drive when I was worried he was going too fast around corners or over bumps! LOL!
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