Cincinnati Reds Cake

A tried & true Reds fan. "Paint the town Red." 
This was a cake I made for a 80th Birthday celebration on Saturday February 22.

This is the start; homemade fondant was dyed red and used to shape into round circles. Buttons were created using a large decorator tip to cut the circles, a round cutter to make an indent and a fondant tool with a sharp tip to create the holes for the buttons.

shes should honor your loved one’s eight decades on this planet — no easy feat
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 This is for their loved one's eight decade on this planet, no easy feat.

Best wishes go out to this octogenarian

In the box and ready for delivery.  I placed a baseball at the top of the cake on the cake board.

Here is a poem that I found that seems appropriate.  

 On your 80th birthday
Consider this fact absolute
Time is Infinite
So remain resolute

If your body seems to be deteriorating
And showing signs immortality's gone
Adopt the wartime spirit

Keep Calm and Carry On

Jon Bratton © 2012

Great American Ball Park

Located on the winding banks of the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati, Great American Ball Park serves as the home of the Cincinnati Reds, baseball's first professional franchise. The ballpark officially opened for the 2003 season, making 2013 its 11th big-league season.

Here are a few pictures from the birthday party and a comment from his daughter.

Thanks again for the wonderful job you did on my dad's Cincinnati Reds cake!
He loved it, as did the entire family. 

80th birthday wishes should honor your loved one’s eight decades on this planet — no easy feat.
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80th birthday wishes should honor your loved one’s eight decades on this planet — no easy feat.
Read more at http://www.birthdaymessages.net/80th-birthday-wishes.html#BuvGsQ5bAHZosyAs.99