Learn How to Make a Football Cake without a specialty pan with these easy steps. Impress your game day fans with this festive football cake.
If you are looking for a cake to make for the Super Bowl or a birthday party, make this cake recipe. With these easy steps, there is no need to buy a specialty pan.
These easy steps will have you making a Football cake recipe in no time. Impress your family and friends with this football cake that is delicious and easy to make. If you are a football fan, this is a must try!
I love trying Football Cake Ideas for game day. The kids also love when I make Football Brownies and Football Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods.
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Why we love this recipe
These easy step by step instructions are so helpful to make a festive football cake. You don’t need any special cake pans or gadgets. Anyone can make this cake.
Ingredients
- Chocolate Cake Mix (15 ounces)
- Large Eggs
- Chocolate Frosting (15 ounces)
- Vanilla Frosting
- Green Food Coloring
Find the complete list of ingredients at the bottom of the page.
Variation Ideas
- Frosting – We used store bought frosting. But you can easily make your chocolate frosting with cocoa powder.
- Cake – We used a chocolate cake mix, but feel free to use the cake mix you prefer.
- Decorate – We decorated with cake as a football, but feel free to add in other decorations or sprinkles.
Step by step instructions
- Step 1 – Heat Oven – Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then spray an 8 inch or 9-inch round cakes pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Step 2. Whisk together the cake mix and water. Add in vegetable oil and 3 large eggs into the mixture.
Step 3. Pour half of the cake batter into the round cake pan. You can save the remaining batter or make cupcakes or a 2nd cake out of it. Bake the cake and allow to cool completely.
Step 4. Carefully remove the cake from the pan. Then level the top of the cake with a serrated knife.
Step 5. Make a football shape by removing 1 inch strip of cake out of the center. To do this, find the center of the cake. Slice the cake approximately ½ inch above. Cut below the center of the cake to make 2 semi-circles of the cake.
Step 6. Place the semicircles of the cake on a serving platter. Then gently push them together to form a football shape.
Step 7. Frost the cake with the chocolate frosting.
Step 8. Place the white frosting in a pastry bag. Use it to pipe the laces on the cake.
Step 9. Dye the remaining frosting green with the food coloring. Then pipe the green frosting around the outside of the cake. Use a grass tip so that it looks like a grass football field around the football.
Recipe Tips for Success
- Leftover batter – You will only use half the batter as you are not making a layer cake. Feel free to use the remaining to make cupcakes.
- Check Cake – Use toothpick to check and make sure cake is done. Insert in center of cake and if it comes out clean, cake is done cooking.
- Cake Topping – You want to level the cake by removing the round top. This allows the cake to not have a round top.
- Making Football Shape – You will be surprised how it is easy to make a football out of a round cake. This saves time and money and always impressive.
- Piping Bag – We recommend using a piping bag to decorate the cake.
- 2-inch wide strips – Make a stripe on each end of the cake to start to make the look of the football.
- Frosting – Frosting the sides of the cake as well as the top of the cake.
How to Store Leftovers
Store the leftover cake, covered, at room temperature for up to 4-5 days.
More Easy Game Day Recipes
- Football Sugar Cookies
- Chocolate Football Cookies Recipe
- Football Oreo Balls
- Football Rice Krispie Treats Recipe
Go ahead and give this recipe a try for your super bowl party or big game. Once you make it, please leave a star rating and comment.
How to Make Football Cake without Specialty Pan
Ingredients
- 1 box Chocolate Cake Mix 15 ounces
- 1 1/4 cups Water
- 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1 container Chocolate Frosting 15 ounces
- 1 container Vanilla Frosting
- Green Food Coloring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spray an 8 inch or 9 inch round pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, water, vegetable oil and 3 large eggs.
- Pour half of the batter into the round pan. You can save the remaining batter or make cupcakes or a 2nd cake out of it!
- Bake for 22-28 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool completely at room temperature on a wire rack.
- Carefully remove the cake from the pan and level the top of the cake with a serrated knife.
- Remove a 1 inch strip out of the center of the cake. To do this, find the center of the cake. Slice the cake approximately ½ inch above and below the center of the cake to make 2 semi-circles of the cake.
- Place the semicircles of the cake on a serving platter and gently push them together to form a football shape.
- Frosting the cake with the chocolate frosting.
- Place some of the vanilla frosting in a pastry bag fitting with a round tip.
- Pipe the laces and other decorations on top of the cake.
- Dye the remaining vanilla frosting green with the food coloring.
- Then pipe the green frosting around the outside of the cake with a grass tip to look like grass around the football.
- Then the cake is ready to serve and enjoy!
