The Making of a Football Cake
In this tutorial, I will be showing you how I went about making the football theme cake above. This is a two tier cake which as a half football as the top tier. I have another tutorial here on how I made the half football top tier. Please refer to that tutorial for the top tier. Links to recipes used for this cake can be found here.
THE PROCESS:
(1) Make the shell for the top tier using the method explained in the tutorial.
(2) Make the Chelsea logo badge with ruffles around it. I have a tutorial here on how I make my logos. Also make the name tag for the side of the cake.
(3) Next, make the football field topper. This step can be done in advance or while making the cake. I did mine in advance. Color fondant with two shades of green. Roll out the darker green fondant and cut it into a 9 x 13 inch rectangle (The size of the cake). Cut the lighter green fondant into half inch strips. Stick the fondant strips to the rectangle leaving a space of half inch between each strip. Cut out thin white fondant strips and use them to make the markings on the field.
(4) Stick the frosted cake to a covered cake board.
(5) Cover the sides of the cake with green fondant.
(6) Place the football field topper on the cake along with the name tag and badge.
(7) Place dowels in the cake where the top tier would sit. This would support the weight of the top tier.
(8) Place the top tier on the dowels and cover it with the football shell.
(9) Finish the cake by placing fondant grass around the football. To make the grass, cut green strips of fondant and make fringes on one side. Brush the base of the football with a bit of water and wrap the fringed fondant around it. That’s all there is to it. Happy caking!
Terry Adido is passionate about showing people how easy it is to recreate restaurant quality meals in the comfort of their kitchens. With a style of cooking he refers to as Afro-European Fusion, his meals are influenced greatly by French and Italian Cuisine with a West African twist. If you love good food, you are in for the ride of your life.
Lovely, you make it look easy and this is real hard work. Well done Terry.
lol. It actually is easy 🙂
Superb tutorial. Thanks a lot.
You are welcome Aisha.
When clients call me impromptu on cakes now, I say to myself, have a quick pip on terry’s site. I just got a call for a football field cake for pick up tomorrow and you know what, you just made it easy. I have made one before but I want something different. I will be making my own little changes though! Thanks a lot Terry. All hail the boss!!!
You are welcome. I hope your cake turned out well.
Yes It did. The hug I got from the celebrant as he saw his cake says it all, thanks again.
Thank you sir,you are really a darling. I studies catering and hotel management in school but I don’t know the trick of cake making until I stumbled on your site, it informative and educative too.
I’m glad you find my posts useful Gift.