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Sports Party Cake

Sports Party Cake

Ingredients:5
Servings:15

By Betty Crocker Kitchens(Opens in a new tab)Updated 05/24/2022

Sports Party Cake

Ingredients:5
Servings:15

Making dessert for a sporting celebration is child's play thanks to cake mix and ready-to-spread frosting!

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Sports Party Cake

Prep time:35 min
Total time:4 hr 25 min
Ingredients:5
Servings:15

Sports Party Cake

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Ingredient

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix (or your favorite flavor)
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Tray or cardboard (15x12 inches), covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil
1 1/2 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
Food colors

Instructions

Step 1
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with baking spray with flour.

Step 2
Make and bake cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes or until firm.

Step 3
Meanwhile, tint 2 1/4 cups of the frosting with food color as desired for your favorite team’s jersey color. Tint 1/2 cup frosting as desired for team name and numbers. Remove cake from freezer. Using serrated knife, cut rounded top off cake to level surface; place cake cut side down on cutting board.

Step 4
Place short side of cake toward you. Poke toothpick in cake at a point 4 inches from top and 1 inch from outside edge, on both sides. Poke toothpick in cake at bottom, 1 inch from outside edge, on both sides. Cut 1x8-inch piece (marked with toothpicks) from outer edge of each side. Cut each piece in half crosswise, forming 4 (1x4-inch) pieces. Cut neck hole from top of cake.

Step 5
On tray, place largest piece of cake. Using small amount of jersey-colored frosting, attach 2 small rectangular pieces on each side of top of cake to lengthen sleeves. Frost with a thin layer of frosting to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting.

Step 6
Frost entire cake with jersey-colored frosting. Pipe other color frosting onto cake to create team name, numbers and shirt trim. Store loosely covered.

Recipe Tips

Create an attractive display by covering a piece of sturdy cardboard with wrapping paper, then plastic food wrap. Stretch and secure with tape. Or cover cardboard with foil or cooking parchment paper.
*For all chocolate and devil's food cake mixes, use only 1 cup of the water.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition facts are not available for this recipe