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Disco ball cake tutorial

Published: December 14, 2011 | Updated: November 12, 2019 | By Ashlee

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I hosted a 70’s Abba “you can dance” wii party last Friday! I’m going to share the party and my game review on Friday (it was a BLAST!). And of course I had to make a cake, so today I’m going to share it with you! How I made my Disco ball cake!

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First put the two have circles together using ganache, place on a small cardboard cake circle and cover the cake with ganache!

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Cover the cake with white fondant (I like Satin Ice) and smooth it out. I placed the cake on a cake turn table and slowly spin it while pressing slightly into the cake with a pizza cutter. This will create your horizontal lines. Be careful not to cut through the fondant and also don’t wait to long to do this so the fondant is sill soft and pliable.

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Then taking a small tool of some kind (anything with a point will work) press slightly into the fondant and pull down creating your vertical lines. I did 1 row of lines at a time on the top and as I moved down the sides started doing 2-3 rows.

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Finally I took out my edible airbrush paint and gun and went to town with the silver! I LOVE IT! It turned out great (and tasted even better!)

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  1. Janel @ Hating Martha

    December 14, 2011 at 7:53 am

    Yes please! Can I just have a cake any ol’ time? Yes, yes I can. And I choose a Disco Ball Cake!
    This is super fun!

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    • Ashlee

      January 8, 2012 at 10:38 pm

      Thanks so much! It was a pretty quick cake too, which is always nice. It’s good to have a cute cake you can throw together!

  2. Kendra @ My Insanity

    December 14, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    This is a little too Twilight Zone. Guess what I was making this weekend:
    http://meandmyinsanity.com/2011/12/3d-roller-skate-and-disco-ball-cake.html

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    • Ashlee

      January 8, 2012 at 10:39 pm

      GAH! Just NOW catching up on comments from the last month! I totally saw that we posted our disco ball cakes on the same day! Totally crazy. I LOVE your cut out version, it must have taken SO long! But worth it, it looked great! I didn’t even THINK to do it that way. And the rollerskate turned out amazing too!

  3. Kara

    December 21, 2011 at 9:25 am

    This is such a great idea. I love it! I am over visiting from Someday Crafts link party and am now your newest google follower 🙂 If you get a moment, I would love for you to check out my blog and follow back.
    ~Kara (www.petalstopicots.com)

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    • Ashlee

      January 8, 2012 at 11:11 pm

      thanks so much! I’m following you on facebook (they are getting rid of google friend connect I heard so that way I’ll be able to find you again!

  4. Allison @ House of Hepworths

    January 4, 2012 at 7:19 pm

    You are awesome so I featured you at my Hookin Up with HoH Party!

    Feel free to stop by for a button if you’d like. 🙂

    xoxo

    Allison @ House of Hepworths

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    • Ashlee

      January 8, 2012 at 11:41 pm

      Thank you so much Allison!! I’m so glad you liked my cake!!! I drool every time you pull out your dremel!

  5. Wes @ Birthday Party Ideas For Girls

    January 6, 2012 at 8:20 am

    Nicely done! I have added a link to this page on my blog. You can visit it here

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    • Ashlee

      January 8, 2012 at 11:54 pm

      Thanks so much!

  6. Kara

    January 9, 2012 at 4:43 am

    Oh, no! Thanks for letting me know. I just followed you on Facebook too! I love your cakes!

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    • Ashlee

      January 10, 2012 at 10:15 pm

      I’ve been told that from multiple sources, but it hasn’t happened yet! I wonder if they’ll change their mind in the end. It’s kind of sad!

  7. Angela

    July 20, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    This is cute. With some modification, could it be turned into a DeathStar cake?

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    • Ashlee

      July 24, 2012 at 4:14 pm

      totally! Carve out a small circle, cover with fondant, make lines, paint in silver and add touches of black?

  8. Carol

    October 22, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    Hello great looking cake my daughter wants a disco ball for her birthday cake how o I ke the ball round

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    • Ashlee Prisbrey

      October 28, 2012 at 2:17 pm

      I use a wilton ball pan http://amzn.to/21CBeo5 for my round cakes. you can carve it yourself, but these pans are really very fast! how totally fun, what a great theme! Have fun!

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