Easy Soccer Birthday Cake

Your little soccer star will LOVE this Soccer Birthday Cake — and you’ll love how easy it is to make!

Easy Soccer Birthday Cake

The last time I visited a bakery I was shocked by the price tag on birthday cakes. Even seemingly simple sheet cakes with character decorations on top were selling for around $100. Whoa!

The design for this simple soccer field cake comes courtesy of Jennifer at Sugar Spice and Glitter. She helped me put together an entire Kids Soccer Birthday Party for under $50. (That’s half the price of some of those “fancy” birthday cakes I saw…for an entire party!) Be sure to check out Jennifer’s collection of  10 cakes kids can make for more inspiration.

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The best part about this easy soccer birthday cake is that you don’t need any special supplies to make it aside from a large cake pan! Feel free to use a ziplock bag as your piping bag if needed and a butter knife instead of the offset spatula. (Though we do love our offset spatula because it makes frosting party desserts a breeze!)

How to Make a Soccer Field Cake

A free printable copy of this recipe is available at the bottom of the post.

Keep reading for photo step-by-step instructions and cooking tips or  click here to jump to printable recipe. 

We’ve included directions for homemade cake and buttercream icing, but feel free to save time by using a box cake and pre-made icing.

A plastic piping bag makes drawing the lines on the soccer field a breeze. We snip the end of the piping bag so it is about as wide as a pencil.

However, you can also use a regular ziplock bag for this step in a pinch – simply snip the corner to pipe your icing.

We bought a bunch of these soccer toothpicks a while back – they’re perfect for decorating our soccer field cake! We also used them for our easy Kids Soccer Bento Lunch.

You could also use these cute soccer birthday candles available on Amazon!

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Easy Soccer Birthday Cake

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

Your little soccer star will LOVE this Soccer Birthday Cake — and you'll love how easy it is to make! Skip the pricey bakery cakes for this tasty homemade cake that looks just like a soccer field!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 16

Calories: 425 kcal

Author: Stacey aka the Soccer Mom

Ingredients

Cake Ingredients

• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water

Buttercream Frosting Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 3-4 cups icing sugar or powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2-4 Tablespoons heavy cream or milk
• 4 drops green food coloring

Instructions

Cake Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease and flour one 13" long cake pan. Set aside.
3. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
4. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes.
5. Stir in boiling water.
6. Pour batter into prepared pan.
7. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
8. Cool completely before frosting.

Frosting Directions:

1. Beat the butter and sugar together until smooth, then add in the vanilla and 2 Tablespoons of cream.
2. Adjust the consistency with more sugar for a stiffer frosting, or more cream for a softer frosting.
3. Remove 1/2 cup of the white frosting to a piping bag and then add the food coloring to the remaining frosting.
4. Frost the cake with the green frosting using an offset spatula.
5. Snip the tip off of the piping bag and (looking at an example of a soccer field) pipe lines to represent the chalk markings on a soccer field.

Recipe Notes

Note: Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.

Nutrition Facts

Easy Soccer Birthday Cake

Amount Per Serving

Calories 425 Calories from Fat 180

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 20g 31%

Saturated Fat 13g 65%

Cholesterol 52mg 17%

Sodium 366mg 15%

Potassium 147mg 4%

Total Carbohydrates 61g 20%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 48g

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin A 8.2%

Calcium 4.9%

Iron 7.5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Check out more of our favorite soccer themed party ideas and recipes:

How to Throw a Kids Soccer Birthday Party for Under $50

Healthy Soccer Themed Lunch for Kids

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Last updated on April 18th, 2018 at 10:33 pm