Easy Soccer Birthday Cake

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

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Servings

Calories 425kcal

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:

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

Frosting Directions:

Beat the butter and sugar together until smooth, then add in the vanilla and 2 Tablespoons of cream.
Adjust the consistency with more sugar for a stiffer frosting, or more cream for a softer frosting.
Remove 1/2 cup of the white frosting to a piping bag and then add the food coloring to the remaining frosting.
Frost the cake with the green frosting using an offset spatula.
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.

Notes

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

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