Football stadium cake tutorial for beginners! In this post, you will learn how to make a football stadium cake with a cake mix, store-bought frosting, and a 9×13 sheet pan.
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Football Stadium Cake Tutorial: Table of Contents
Football Stadium Cake Tutorial: Ingredients
- Cake mix (+ ingredients)
- Vanilla frosting
- Green food coloring gel
- Rainbow sprinkles
- White cookie icing
- Dark chocolate candy melts
- Football cake ball (optional)
Football Stadium Cake Tutorial: Equipment
- Mixing bowls (2)
- Spatula
- Measuring cups
- 9×13 cake pan
- Cooling rack
- Candy piping bag
- Frosting spatula: optional, you could also use a butter knife in a pinch.
- Serving tray: this is the tray that I used since I didn’t have a better option at home. You can also use a large cutting board.
- Parchment paper
How To Make A Football Cake Stadium Tutorial
The high-level steps to make this stadium cake are:
Step 1: Bake The Cake
First, bake the cake in a 9×13 cake pan according to the instructions on the box.
Let the cake cool completely on a wire rack before transferring it to a serving tray.
Step 2: Frost The Cake
While the cake is cooling, color the vanilla frosting with green food gel.
Then, frost the cake with green icing.
Step 3: Add The Stadium Details
Next, create six horizontal lines approximately two inches apart using white cookie icing.
Add rainbow sprinkles along the two long sides of the cakes.
Then, using the white cookie icing, write ‘TOUCHDOWN’ in both end zones.
Step 4: Make The Chocolate Goal Posts
Add the chocolate to the large bowl and melt according to the package instructions, or follow these guidelines:
- Microwave on high for 45 seconds, then stir thoroughly.
- Microwave on high for 30 seconds, then stir thoroughly.
- Continue microwaving in 15 to 30-second intervals, stirring thoroughly, until all the chocolate has just about melted. (The remaining few pieces should melt on their own, and it’s a good way to ensure you don’t overheat the chocolate).
Next, transfer the chocolate into a candy piping bag. Snip the end of the bag with scissors.
Then, trace goal posts onto a piece of parchment paper.
Once the chocolate has hardened remove the chocolate goal posts and place them at the center of each short ends of the cake.
Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
How To Make A Single Football Cake Ball
If you want to include the single football cake ball without making a second cake, trip the dome off the top of the 9×13 cake before frosting it.
If you do this, apply a crumb coat to the cake before frosting it, to avoid cake crumbs from getting mixed in with the green frosting.
Therefore, you’ll need a second container of frosting (for the crumb coat and cake ball).
Tips For Decorating With Cookie Icing And Chocolate
Writing “TOUCHDOWN”
It’s generally a good idea to practice writing words on a piece of parchment paper before the cake itself.
You could also lightly trace “TOUCHDOWN” on the green frosting using a toothpick.
Making The Chocolate Goal Posts
I recommend melting at least 2 cups of chocolate candy wafers, so you have plenty to practice.
For perfect goal posts, draw a goal post shape on the parchment paper itself using a pencil. Then fold the parchment paper in half, and trace the shape with melted chocolate.
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Football Stadium Cake Tutorial
Equipment
- Mixing bowls (2)
- Spatula
- Measuring cups
- 9x13 cake pan
- Cooling rack
- Candy piping bag
- Frosting spatula
- Serving tray
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- 1 box Cake mix (+ ingredients)
- 1 container Vanilla frosting
- ~7 drops Green food coloring gel
- ~3/4 cup Rainbow sprinkles
- 1/6 pouch White cookie icing
- ~2 cups Dark Chocolate Candy Melts
- 1 Football cake ball optional
Instructions
Bake The Cake
- First, bake the cake in a 9x13 cake pan according to the instructions on the box.
- Let the cake cool completely on a wire rack before transferring it to a serving tray.
Frost The Cake
- While the cake is cooling, color the vanilla frosting with green food gel.
- Next, frost the cake with green icing.
Add The Stadium Details
- Next, create six horizontal lines approximately two inches apart using white cookie icing.
- Add rainbow sprinkles along the two long sides of the cakes.
- Then, using the white cookie icing, write 'TOUCHDOWN' in both end zones.
Make The Chocolate Goal Posts
- Next, add the chocolate to the large bowl and melt according to the package instructions, or follow these guidelines:Microwave on high for 45 seconds, then stir thoroughly.Microwave on high for 30 seconds, then stir thoroughly.Continue microwaving in 15 to 30-second intervals, stirring thoroughly, until all the chocolate has just about melted. (The remaining few pieces should melt on their own, and it’s a good way to ensure you don’t overheat the chocolate).
- Next, transfer the chocolate into a candy piping bag. Snip the end of the bag with scissors.
- Then, trace goal posts onto a piece of parchment paper.
- Once the chocolate has hardened remove the chocolate goal posts and place them at the center of each short ends of the cake.
- Optionally, add a football cake ball on the field.
- Enjoy!
