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World Cup Soccer Ball Cake

This World Cup Soccer Ball Cake is fun to make and the kids just can’t have enough of it. Chef Ma shares tips on making this ball-shaped cake.

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Recipe

PRE TIME: 1 hr

COOKING TIME: 1 hr

TOTAL TIME: 2 hr

15 SERVING

Ingredients:

Football Cake
10 oz. Unsalted Butter
1 cup Powdered Sugar
7 count Egg
1 cup Cake Flour
Base Cake
100 count Egg
1 cup Sugar
15 tbsp. Cake Flour
3.5 cup Cocoa Powder
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Salt
2.5 oz. Heavy Cream
3.3 oz. Butter, Melted

Directions:

[Base Cake] Step 1

[Base Cake] Step 1

1

Preheat oven at 350°F / 180°C

[Base Cake] Step 2

[Base Cake] Step 2

2

In a large mixing bowl, add in egg and sugar. Turn the mixer on low speed, then add cake flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, heavy cream, melted butter and mix until batter is smooth.

[Base Cake] Step 3

[Base Cake] Step 3

3

In a large flat baking pan, brush the pan with butter and cover the baking sheet on top of it. Pour cake batter onto the baking pan. Bake at 350°F(180°C) for 15 minutes.Take out and cool down at room temperature.

[Football Cake] Step 1

[Football Cake] Step 1

4

Beat the unsalted butter, and sugar at high speed. Add 7 eggs gradually and beat until a soft peak formed.

[Football Cake] Step 2

[Football Cake] Step 2

5

Pour the batter in a parchment paper lined round dome shape baking pan, and make sure batter is evenly spread.

[Football Cake] Step 3

[Football Cake] Step 3

6

Bake at 350°F(180°C) for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Take out and cool down at room temperature.

[Cream Filling] Step 1

[Cream Filling] Step 1

7

In the bowl, beat heavy cream and sugar at medium speed until pale and fluffy.

[Assemble] Step 1

[Assemble] Step 1

8

Begin by stacking a few layers of square cake, just as you would to make a regular layer cake. Spread a thin layer cream between each layer of cake.

[Assemble] Step 2

[Assemble] Step 2

9

Frost the cake with white whipped cream.

[Assemble] Step 3

[Assemble] Step 3

10

Decorate the top with green piping gel to make it look like a grass field.

[Assemble] Step 4

[Assemble] Step 4

11

Add a 3 inch metal ring on top of the cake. Decorate with green piping gel.

[Assemble] Step 5

[Assemble] Step 5

12

Pour the cake out of the dome cake mold. Spread a thin layer of cream on top. Remove the excessive until it looks like a dome.

[Assemble] Step 6

[Assemble] Step 6

13

Use a pentagon shape mold to form a football like pattern on top of the dome cake.

[Assemble] Step 7

[Assemble] Step 7

14

Decorate with white and black piping gel on top

[Assemble] Step 8

[Assemble] Step 8

15

Place the dome cake upside down on top of the metal ring of the base cake.

[Assemble] Step 9

[Assemble] Step 9

16

Assemble the other dome cake on top to make it a football cake. Repeat the same steps to make another half of the ball.

[Assemble] Step 10

[Assemble] Step 10

17

Decorate the base cake with cookie sticks.