Reviewed: May 1, 2009

I made this for my son, Michael's 4th birthday, and he LOVED it! Everyone was complimenting it all day. Thanks so much for the recipe.

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Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2008

What a great idea - I'm no great cake decorator but this worked well even for me! Cooked the ball in a metal pudding basin, and a field in a large rectangular pan. Pressing shapes of pentagons/hexagons into white icing with a toothpick made it easy to pipe the black lines and they did not run. Looked fantastic & very popular with all at my son's 8th birthday party.

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Reviewed: Apr. 25, 2008

I used the bowl and cake directions to make this cake. Instead of the licorice I searched the net for something different. I used the white frosting II/wedding cake icing recipes from this site to put a thin layer of icing on first. Used a paper pattern to cut out the hexagon and pentagon shape. Traced onto the cake with a toothpick. Used a regular tip to draw the outline on the ball blue (colored small amount of icing). Used a star tip to fill in all the white parts of the cake with the remaining icing. Lastly, I placed coconut in a ziploc bag and put in some green food coloring to coat. (the grass around the ball). My 15 year old son who LOVES soccer LOVED this cake for his birthday

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GodivaGirl

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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2008

I made this for a friend's birthday party in a local restaurant and all the staff were amazed. Really easy to make. I used cherry laces, but it still looked good.

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mrs smiff

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Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2008

thanks for the idea im going to make it with my mom for my 13th b-day

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Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2007

I made this for my son's soccer team. What a hit!

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liz

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Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2006

I love this idea. I made a baseball cake instead, but equally fabulous. Once the cake came out for the team party all the cameras started snapping. The possibilities are endless with a half round; you can make any type ball or even shove a doll in the center and make it a dress. Imagination is a good thing.

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Soifua

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Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2006

What an exellent and innovative idea for a cake! I think I will try it.

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Blayde

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Living In: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Reviewed: Jun. 3, 2005

I tried it out just recently for my son!!! thanks sooo much!! Where did you come up with this idea? Have you ever made it for someone (when?) -what was the response?

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