Game Day Football Cake

Name: Game Day Football Cake
Prep time: 6 h
Total time: 9 h
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 boxes Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil's Food Cake Mix; Water, oil and eggs according to package instructions; 2/3 cup water; 1/4 cup cocoa powder; 1 box (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Pound Cake Mix; 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened; 2 eggs; 2 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Milk Chocolate Frosting; 36 oz modeling chocolate (made from milk chocolate); 1-2 tablespoons cocoa powder; 1 oz white modeling chocolate

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by: Hungry Happenings

Updated May 19, 2022

Game Day Football Cake

Prep Time 6 hr 0 min
Total 9 hr 0 min
Servings 12
Ingredients 11

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Ingredients

Devil's Food Cake Football Halves:

2 boxes Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil's Food Cake Mix
Water, oil and eggs according to package instructions

Chocolate Pound Cake:

2/3 cup water
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 box (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Pound Cake Mix
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
2 eggs

Decorations:

2 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Milk Chocolate Frosting
36 oz modeling chocolate (made from milk chocolate)
1-2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 oz white modeling chocolate

Instructions

Step
1

Devil's Food Cake Football halves: Make one devil's food cake according to package instructions. Pour into a football shaped baking pan that has been coated with baking spray. Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 50-55 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Repeat with second cake. Allow both cakes to cool completely then freeze for at least two hours.
Step
2

Chocolate Pound Cake: Bring water to a boil. Stir in cocoa powder. Let it cool. ?Combine the Betty Crocker Pound Cake Mix with the softened butter, eggs, and chocolate water. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds then on medium for 2 minutes.
Step
3

Line a 9x13-baking pan with non-stick aluminum foil (or aluminum foil sprayed with non-stick spray.) Spray a 5-inch metal oval cookie cutter with non-stick spray and set it in the center of the pan. Pour chocolate pound cake batter into the pan, leaving the center oval empty. Bake for 28-32 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes, then carefully remove the oval cookie cutter. Allow cake to cool completely, then peel off tin foil and level the cake, by removing the domed top.
Step
4

Set one football cake on top of the pound cake. Cut around the football cake, removing the excess pound cake.
Step
5

Now split the football shaped pound cake in two, making two thin layers. Attach one using frosting to each of the football shaped devil's food cakes.
Step
6

Put the two cakes together forming a misshapen football. Carve the cake to look like a real football.
Step
7

Separate the cake into two parts again. Scoop out some (no more than 1/2 inch deep) of the devil's food cake, if desired to create a larger well to fill with candy.
Step
8

Set each cake on a cooling rack set over a pan lined with parchment or wax paper. Heat Betty Crocker milk chocolate frosting in microwave for about 30 seconds until pourable. Pour frosting over cakes, smoothing it out with a spatula. Allow frosting to set.
Step
9

Roll out a little over half of the modeling chocolate. Rub a football texture sheet over top of entire surface.
Step
10

Cover one cake in the fondant, cutting off the excess, leaving about 1/4 inch hanging all around the cake. Roll the bottom edge up under the bottom side of the cake. Repeat with second football cake.
Step
11

Turn one cake upside down. Fill the well with chocolate footballs. Frost around the well, leaving 1/2 of space, so the frosting doesn't touch the candy.
Step
12

Set the other cake on top, forming a 3 dimensional football. Cut a small football shaped piece of cardboard to go under the cake for support. Set cake on top.Brush entire football with some cocoa powder, to add dimension to the ball.
Step
13

Roll out white modeling chocolate, cut into thin strips, and create the laces on the ball. I started by adding two long laces to the cake, which I attached using a small amount of water. I then created large dimples along the edge of the laces to put the shorter laces into.
Step
14

I used another fondant tool to add the final details. I created the seam line down the center of the top of the cake and added a border around the laces.
Step
15

Lift football cake and place on a piece of artificial turf or on a serving platter. Serve cake by carefully cutting into it, remembering the candy is hiding inside.