Easy Football Cake

The Best Football Cake For Game Day

This Football Cake is such an easy recipe to make for game day parties or football themed birthday parties. Make a couple of single layers or a double layer cake!

With Super Bowl just days away, we’re all planning our menus and inviting people over for the commercials game. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that game day food is more than just meat, cheese, and chips; you gotta have dessert too!

I completely understand how crazy things can get when you’re throwing a party and trying to get everything picked up and made. That’s why this cake is perfect because it’s just so easy and takes so little time!

So who’s excited about the game? Personally, I’m in it for the commercials… oh, how those Clydesdales get me every time, amirite?

Football Cake Ingredients

Box of Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
Package of Jell-O Instant Chocolate Fudge Pudding Mix
Large Eggs
Sour Cream
Vegetable Oil
Whole Milk
Vanilla Extract
Kosher Salt
Mini Chocolate Chips
One Batch of the Best Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
White Icing or Frosting

As I said, this is a really easy cake to make and you can do a few different things with the batter. You can make two single-layer cakes or one layer cake or you can make a single layer cake and a dozen or so cupcakes!

You can also use the recipe in this post (my favorite doctored up chocolate cake recipe) or you can use a simple box mix!

How To Make A Football Shaped Cake

1. Begin by preheating the oven and preparing your cake batter according to the recipe direction below or the box instructions if you’re using a cake mix.

2. Divide your batter between two 8 or 9-inch round cake pans or one round cake pan and 12 cupcake liners and bake. Don’t forget to line your cake pan with parchment paper!

3. Once baked, use a large knife to cut a 2-inch thick strip out of the middle of the cake, if you are making a layer cake, make sure the strips are the same size so the remaining pieces will be the same size for easier assembly.

4. Then you’re going to push the halves of the cake together, you can secure them by putting a little frosting on the cut edges before pushing together.

5. Next, you’ll make your frosting (or use store-bought – that’s fine too) and frost your cake with a frosting spatula. If you make a layer cake, frosting the top of your bottom layer then put on your top layer and frost all over. I recommend frosting on the dish you plan to serve on. And allow the cake to cool completely before frosting!

6. Finally, it’s time for the last step and that is to pipe on your football stitching with white frosting. I usually just buy a tub of frosting from the store since you need so little frosting it’s never worth it to make a big batch of Vanilla Buttercream, but you can if you want to.

More Game Day Recipes

• Football Eclairs – Handheld treats that are made with just 2 ingredients!
• Cowboy Caviar – Loaded with beans, corn, and diced fresh veggies!
• Korean Fried Cauliflower – Deep-fried bites covered in a 5-ingredient sauce!
• Peach Barbecue Little Smokies – Made in the slow cooker!
• Viral Onion Ring Chips – Crispy, crunchy bites of thinly sliced onions!