Prep Time: 40 Minutes • Start to Finish: 2 Hours 55 Minutes • 12 servings
Is there a soccer player having a birthday? Invite the whole team to the party! This cake is easy to make and serves 12.
1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom only of 13 x 9-inch pan with baking spray with flour. Grease 1-quart ovenproof glass bowl with shortening; coat with flour (do not use baking spray).
2 Make cake batter as directed on box. Pour 1⅓ cups batter into 1-quart bowl and remaining batter into 13 x 9-inch pan.
3 Bake 13 x 9-inch pan 21 to 26 minutes (23 to 30 minutes for dark or nonstick) and 1-quart bowl 26 to 31 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan and bowl to cooling racks (place cake from bowl with rounded side up). Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
4 Cut off uneven bottom of cake from bowl so it will stand flat. Freeze cakes 1 hour.
5 On tray, place 13 x 9-inch cake bottom side up. Stir food color into 1½ cups of the white frosting; spread over cake.
6 Spread remaining ½ cup white frosting over rounded side of other cake for soccer ball. Place ball on green field. Use black decorating icing to create soccer ball design. Use green decorating icing to make tufts of grass. Store loosely covered.
1 Serving (Cake and Frosting Only): Calories 420; Total Fat 18g (Saturated Fat 4g, Trans Fat 2.5g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 370mg; Total Carbohydrate 61g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 2g Exchanges: ½ Starch, 3½ Other Carbohydrate, 3½ Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 4
Tip If volleyball is your sport, just decorate the ball to resemble a volleyball.