It’s March Madness! Get your kids into the spirit of the NCAA tournament with this easy basketball cake decorating activity. Depending on their age, kids can help or even decorate this basketball cake all on their own. The Big Dance may be full of surprises and upsets, but this cake is always a winner!
March Madness Basketball Cake
- A frosted round layer cake
- 2 family size bags of Reese’s Pieces
Step 1
Bake your cake according to your favorite recipe or box mix. Allow to cool and frost with your favorite frosting. We used a chocolate cake box mix (because who doesn’t love peanut butter and chocolate?) and canned buttercream frosting with some orange food coloring added.
Step 2
Have your child sort out the brown Reese’s Pieces and the orange Reese’s Pieces. The other colors are for eating! My youngest was definitely a fan of this part of the process.
Step 3
While the frosting is still moist, make a plus sign on your cake using just the brown Reese’s Pieces. Then add the slightly lines curved lines of the basketball, starting about 4 Reese’s Pieces out from your center point and working your way out.
Step 4
Fill in the space between your brown lines with orange Reese’s Pieces.
Tada! You have a basketball cake, perfect for sharing during the big dance.
