How to Make a Soccer Cupcake Cake

Cupcake cakes, or pull-apart cakes, are easy to make and easy to eat. Instead of cutting from one cake, you pull off a cupcake. If you happen to have a soccer fan or player, a soccer cupcake cake is perfect. Soccer cupcake cakes can be decorated to look like a soccer ball or field. Either way, your soccer lover will be thrilled with this different kind of cake.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Cake board or large cardboard Foil Cake mix Canned frosting Cupcake holders or liners Green food coloring Black food coloring Plastic soccer decorations

1. Various cake boards without foil

   Prepare a base for your cake so it can be moved when it is finished. This can be done by covering a cake board with foil. If you don't have a cake board, you can improvise by using a large piece of cardboard.

2. Cupcake holders

   Arrange cupcake holders on the cake board in the shape of your cake. As you assemble the actual cupcakes, replace the placeholders.

3. Fill cupcake holders evenly

   Mix the cupcake batter. Using boxed cake mix is fine. Fill the cupcake holders, making sure the batter is at the same level in each holder.

4. Transfer the cooled cupcakes to the cake board, replacing the placeholders. Keep the cupcakes pushed together, touching one another as much as possible without crushing them.

5. One way to frost a soccer cupcake cake

   Frost your cupcake cake. Spread the frosting thickly across all of the cupcakes, not one cupcake at a time. This will fill in the spaces between cupcakes. Using white and black frosting, you can create a flat top that looks like a soccer ball. Or you can use a frosting squeeze tube to create a grass effect out of green frosting. If desired, top off with plastic soccer cake decorations.

Tips & Warnings

• Using aluminum cupcake holders can make it easier to keep the cupcakes uniform as they bake. If you don't have a pastry tube, improvise with a zip sandwich bag. Fill with frosting, clip off the corner and squeeze to use. Use a small dab of frosting on the bottom to keep the cupcakes on the cake board.

• Make extra cupcakes. If you make only enough for the cake and something happens to a cupcake, you won't be able to finish the cake.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• CupcakeRecipes.com: 10 Tips for Baking a Perfect Cupcake
• Dessert Decor: Soccer Cake & Cupcake Decorations