Mike's Birthday

My friend Tonya's husband turned 40 recently and we had a surprise party/card night over the weekend. Mike did his undergrad work at U of I and his master's at UT. And he loves basketball. So this is what I came up with.




The cake was marble with rum buttercream frosting and a WHOLE LOT of fondant. The orange fondant was scored with a straw a million times to get a bumpy texture. My black and blue "icing writers" totally sucked and basically bled all over the cake. Will never use those again!

Here's the birthday boy...acting his age, of course. We all learned how to play Euchre and look forward to more card nights in the future!