My darling 11-year old cousin went bowling for her birthday, hence the matching cake(s)!

I covered the board with fondant, and just painted it with brown food color and vodka for the wood effect. A fun technique...something to play around with maybe!

The mini cakes are 2 cupcakes stacked together and frosted with buttercream--a bit less uniform than if they were covered with fondant, but tastier. The bowling ball, alas, was covered with black fondant.