Baseball Anniversary Cake

This was my first fondant cake. I gave it to my sister in law for her 7th wedding anniversary. Their first date was at a Houston Astros baseball game at Minute Maid park, which explains the orange on the top. I incorporated baseball bats, ballpark food, home plate with the number 7, and bases. The hot dogs were made out of fondant. I took tooth picks and lightly coated them with black icing coloring and pressed them onto the hotdogs in a slit formation to make the grill marks. I also threw in some shamrocks and pints of beer meant to look like Guinness for their Irish heritage. The head on the Guinness was made by using tip number 5 and punching lots of little cubes, then smashing them together on top and wetting them with gumpaste glue; it kind of looks like ice cubes - guess it could be a coke but I still thought it was cute. On the bottom, I placed a subtle shell imprinted border since they like to go to the beach in Galveston a lot. It was a lot of fun to make and I was very pleased with how it turned out.

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