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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!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 16
Calories: 425 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
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.
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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.
Nutrition Information
Calories
425kcal
(21%)
Carbohydrates
61g
(20%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
20g
(31%)
Saturated Fat
13g
(65%)
Cholesterol
52mg
(17%)
Sodium
366mg
(15%)
Potassium
147mg
(4%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
48g
(96%)
Vitamin A
410IU
(8%)
Calcium
49mg
(5%)
Iron
1.4mg
(8%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 425
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 425kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 61g | 20% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Cholesterol | 52mg | 17% |
| Sodium | 366mg | 15% |
| Potassium | 147mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 48g | 96% |
| Vitamin A | 410IU | 8% |
| Calcium | 49mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1.4mg | 8% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.