Give your team some tasty victory celebrations with these crowd-pleasing game day desserts. Easy to make ahead, they can be eaten with fingers without forks or refrigeration required – giving your team something sweet to remember their win with.
Hummingbird Bakery’s best-selling cupcakes feature all things tennis-related – strawberries and an edible tennis racket made of icing are featured atop each delicious treat – available until 16th July for a limited time only!
1. Strawberry and Chantilly Cream Tennis Cake
As a tennis fan, you may already know of the delicious strawberry and cream dessert served at Wimbledon tournaments. But did you know this tasty treat can also be transformed into a stunning layer cake? Try this easy Strawberry and Chantilly Cream Tennis Cake Recipe today to really get into the Wimbledon spirit.
Nothing quite says summer like strawberries and cream, making them the ideal treat to enjoy while watching Wimbledon matches. As this tournament occurs during peak strawberry season in Britain, spectators have long made the tradition of indulging in this delectable treat while rooting on their favourite players at Wimbledon.
Mary Berry’s recipe combines the timeless flavors of strawberries and cream with an irresistibly moist vanilla sponge cake for an impressive Wimbledon-inspired dessert that is sure to impress guests. Filled with rich cream cheese buttercream and finished off with Chantilly cream – it is sure to impress all who come your way.
Start with a box of white or yellow cake mix and combine chopped fresh strawberries, vanilla extract or lemon zest, vanilla bean seeds and some vanilla bean paste for flavoring. Gently fold in stiff yet non-dry egg whites beaten until stiff yet not dry – overbearing will cause your batter to become heavy and dense!
Once your batter is complete, pour it into a prepared baking tin and allow it to cool before refrigerating it.
Once the cake has completely cooled, prepare its frosting. To create extra light and fluffy results, use a stand mixer with the whisk attachment to beat cream cheese until smooth, gradually add in icing sugar, whisk again until everything is nice and creamy, and finally finish the cake off by spreading a thick layer of Chantilly cream over both the top and sides of it.
2. Tennis Ball Cupcakes
This delightful tennis themed dessert is the ideal centerpiece of a sports-themed birthday party or sporting event, making it easy and versatile. Simply top a single cake or multiple cupcakes with fondant tennis balls; for an authentic appearance use colored frosting and sprinkles to recreate an illusion of real tennis balls!
To create Tennis Ball Cupcakes, follow package directions to bake light colored cupcakes and let them cool completely before tinting some white frosting with bright green food color and using a star tip pipe green frosting in spiral patterns onto each cupcake to emulate tennis balls. Finally, finish this delicious treat off by adding small fondant balls in each center for the finishing touch!
If you prefer not to fuss with creating your own cupcakes, tennis ball cupcakes may be the solution for your event. They make for easy serving if serving hundreds of guests – or order them online from a bakery that specializes in custom orders with special themes!
One of the easiest and tastiest ways to create a sports-themed cupcake is with chocolate cupcakes covered in green fondant “net.” This quick and tasty treat will surely leave an impression with your guests!
An innovative way of customizing cupcakes is piping “grass” onto each one. To do this, add some drops of green food coloring to the frosting before rolling some white fondant into long, thin sausages and using water as glue to adhere it to each cupcake before using a piping nozzle to pipe grass-like designs onto them all.
These cupcakes make an excellent treat for any tennis fan while being both delicious and nutritious! With vitamins A, C and calcium & potassium all of which are essential components to healthy bodily functioning. Furthermore, they’re low in both calories and fat content!
3. Strawberry Marshmallow Tart
This simple dessert makes the ideal sweet victory treat for Valentine’s Day or any time of year. It combines classic vanilla pastry cream, elegant Swiss meringue marshmallow creme, and succulent jammy roasted strawberries into one delicious bite-sized delight! Plus, its graham cracker crust adds great texture, while its strawberry swirls will certainly impress.
Recipe Note: Although the process for this tart is fairly straightforward, it does require some planning. For maximum success, prepare the crust, pastry cream and berries on day one, refrigerating overnight or at least several hours after each step in order to let everything cool off and develop its unique textures. Marshmallow meringue should be prepared shortly before serving; pipe or spoon it onto the finished tart for decoration and careful torch toasting to add an additional dimension in flavor and appearance.
For an easy crust, mix together graham crackers, sugar and butter before pressing it into a 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom or pie dish and baking for 10 minutes at 400 F in a preheated oven before cooling completely.
In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Meanwhile, whipping cream should be whipped until soft peaks form; fold half into the cream cheese mixture while setting the rest aside as topping. In another large bowl, combine marshmallow fluff and remaining whipped cream until they’re well combined; use this mixture as topping by spooning or pipeing onto strawberries in an attractive pattern and topping it off with marshmallow creme meringue toasted by torch or under the broiler (for added flavor and presentation).
If you want to add an extra chocolatey flair, dip the strawberries in melted chocolate before placing them on your tart. This helps prevent them from sliding off. When using a culinary torch, be careful not to burn either the meringue or strawberries; keep its flame low and move it around frequently to evenly brown all layers.
4. Chocolate Tennis Balls
No matter who or whatever you are celebrating – whether that be an accomplished tennis player, an instructor of your Little League team you coach, or simply any fan of the sport of kings and queens – these Chocolate Tennis Balls will surely impress any dessert table. Constructed of creamy milk chocolate shaped into tennis ball shape then wrapped with yellow foil featuring red details, these delicious confections make a fantastic addition to candy dishes at sports-themed parties or can make great presents for athletes and enthusiasts.
These bite-sized chocolate balls can be enjoyed alone, paired with strawberries for an eye-catching dessert, or filled with treats like ice cream to create a show-stopping showpiece dessert. Their foil wrapping makes these special gifts for birthdays, Father’s Day and Mother’s Day as well as thank you notes sent to coaches, teachers or boyfriends.
Milk Chocolate contains: Sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, chocolate and soy lecithin; extract and vanilla flavoring are included.