My Pleasant Nightmare: Bowling for Cake

I'm usually in town for my dad's birthday. Except last year because this time last year I was giant, miserable, pregnant, and not allowed to drive. I'm here this year and I asked him what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday. He told me he wanted and Old Fart cake.

Ummmm....I thought maybe I should hit Pinterest for that! LOL So, I did and I found this cake

I showed it to my dad and he decided he no longer wanted and Old Fart cake. He said it would look to gross to eat. So I asked him what else he would like. See the year before I made him a John Deer Cake

This is my own creation.

So since we did the above cake a couple of years ago we couldn't do that theme again. So he thought about it and came up with his next favorite thing. Bowling. He is a great bowler and loves doing it. So I told him "Okay, a bowling cake it is!!"

I thought to myself "A bowling cake???? This is going to be easy peasy!" A word of warning....Don't ever think that to yourself. You are setting yourself up for failure by thinking it will be easy!! The part I thought would be the easiest was the bowling call I was going to put on top. I originally thought that I would simply make the ball on the top out of Rice Krispie treats and cover it in fondant for a completely edible cake. Then I thought "Why waste the money and time? No one will eat the Rice Krispie ball anywa. I'm sure I can find a round piece of styrofoam for cheap at the craft store!" Let me tell ya, the damn round styrofoam at the craft store was $5!!! Yes, FIVE.FREAKIN.DOLLARS. What the hell?! So then I thought "Oh, you big dummy, you can find a cheap little black bouncy ball!! You are a genius!!" Ummmm.....Wrong again!! It was impossible to find a black bouncy ball around here. So then I thought that I would go to to the party store here in town and just see how much their styrofoam balls were. They didn't have any....

So I ran back to the dollar store and got a green bouncy ball and a thin black cloth book cover to stretch around it. I was certain the bouncy was the PERFECT size!!!

Nope.

Too big.

Finally I found one of the kids plastic soft balls and my mom got the black cloth around it and I used a coffee travel mug lid to hold it in place on top of the cake. Ghetto Fab is how I roll! I made all of the little bowling pins out of fondant and did the score card the same. Wet the fondant a tiny bit and sprinkles some sugar crystals on for a little excitement. The I piped on some other decor and TADA!!!!!!!!!

After my frantic morning of hitting up every single freakin' store in this town and a few others, I finally found the right ball to top off the cake and it was in the garage the WHOLE.EFFING.TIME.

Did it turn out great??? No. I was rushed. It turned out a lot better than I thought it would though. So, I have to show it off a little. hehe