This one is simple enough that you might be able to create it at home, but if you don’t trust your cake decorating skills enough to do so, your local bakery can most likely provide this service. Create an entire football field from a sheet cake big enough to feed all of your guests, then you can either have their favorite team’s colors represented on the cake, or you could put the team logo in the middle either by way of edible image or a team cake decoration. Football helmet plastic rings in different spots on the field to represent players is a cute idea as well.
Basketball Net Cake
You can make this cake as simple or as fancy as you like. Frost a standard round cake in a solid dark color, then outline the top edge with a thick line of red frosting, and from there, make a net pattern all the way around the sides. On top, you can simply put Happy Birthday, Congratulations, etc, and a frosting basketball or a basketball decoration. Another great option is to use an edible image or frosting to create either their jersey or the jersey of their favorite player with their name on it for their special day.
Jersey Cake
No matter what sport your loved one loves or plays, a cake that looks like a jersey from their team or their favorite team with their name and age or their favorite number on it will be a hit for any occasion. Go into as much detail as you like, or you can just stick with the team colors. Either way, a jersey cake will go a long way for a sport lover or player’s special day.
3D Ball Cake
Whether it’s baseball, basketball, football, soccer, or any other sport that requires a ball, a 3D cake can be made of it. Top with number candles that represent the recipient’s age, years with the company, anniversary, or whatever numbers best represent the occasion. Bonus if you can find the candles in the team’s colors.
Baseball Diamond Cake
For the baseball lover in your life, giving them a baseball diamond cake for their special occasion is a guaranteed home run! You can go as simple as you like with this or you can let loose with creativity, from team colors to the turf around the field, even each individual base.
Wrestling/Boxing Ring Cake
If your loved one is more into wrestling or boxing, then a cake with this theme would be a perfect idea! With a few basic items, creating a cake that looks like a wrestling or boxing ring is relatively easy to do. You can have the logo of their favorite brand of wrestling or boxing either made into an edible image or frosted onto the cake to make it even more special. Take it a step further with toy action figures of their favorite wrestlers (or boxers) if they like to watch the sport on television, or if they’re a wrestler or boxer themselves, have their nickname written on it.
Baseball Cap Cake
Remember that we were saying that basically nowadays with cakes, the possibilities for what can be done are almost endless? For the baseball fan, a cake that looks like a baseball cap of their favorite team, or their own team, is another way to hit a home run for sure. Whether the baseball cap is made of fondant and placed on a cake, or if it’s made from cake and shaped, you can’t go wrong with a cool design like this.
Golfer’s Green Cake
If you have a golfer in your life, a great cake idea is a sheet cake made to look like the green. You can either buy mini golf clubs and a caddie bag to place on the cake, make them or have them made from clay, or they can even possibly be made out of fondant so that they can be eaten, and of course don’t forget the flag and the hole! A witty golf-related comment that fits the occasion won’t go amiss either!
The Possibilities Are Almost Endless When It Comes to Sports Themed Cakes
We hope that you’ve enjoyed some of the ideas that we’ve presented here for cakes for sports lovers, and we encourage you to look for even more fun cake ideas for other sports that we might not have discussed here, such as tennis and cricket.