Soccer Ball Cake
Ingredients List
- Cake:
- 2 1/4 cups - all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon - baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon - salt
- 3/4 cup - butter or margarine, softened
- 1 2/3 cup - Domino® Granulated Sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons - vanilla
- 3 - eggs
- 1 cup - milk
- White Buttercream Frosting:
- 1 - (1 lb.) pkg. Domino® Confectioners Sugar (approx. 3 3/4 cups)
- 1/2 cup - butter or margarine, softened
- 3 to 4 tablespoons - milk
- 1 teaspoon - vanilla
- Black Buttercream Frosting:
- 1 - (1 lb.) pkg. Domino® Confectioners Sugar (approx. 3 3/4 cups)
- 1/2 cup - butter or margarine, softened
- 3 to 4 tablespoons - milk
- 1 teaspoon - vanilla
- black food paste
Instructions
To Prepare Cake:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line the inside of a 2 1/2 quart ovenproof bowl with foil. Grease and flour foil; set aside.
In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
In separate bowl, cream butter and sugar; add vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Alternately add flour mixture and milk.
Pour batter into prepared bowl and bake 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Loosen edge; invert cake onto wire rack and cool completely.
To Decorate Cake:
Using a serrated knife, trim flat side of cake. Frost entire cake with a thin layer of white buttercream frosting to seal-in crumbs.
Using a wooden pick, draw a pentagon (with five 1 1/2-inch sides) in center of cake. Surround pentagon with five hexagons (each six 1 1/2-inch sides). Repeat pattern, alternating pentagons and hexagons to cover entire ball. Using a pastry bag with a writing tip, outline the shapes in black buttercream frosting. Using a pastry bag with a star tip, fill in the shapes with black and white frosting, following the photo as a guide.
Makes 12-15 servings.
To Prepare White Buttercream Frosting:
Combine in large bowl, with mixer at low speed, Domino® Confectioners Sugar, butter, milk and vanilla. Beat at medium speed 1-2 minutes until creamy. If desired, add more milk until frosting is spreading consistency.
To Prepare Black Buttercream Frosting:
Combine in large bowl, with mixer at low speed, Domino® Confectioners Sugar, butter, milk, vanilla and a couple drops of black food paste. Beat at medium speed 1-2 minutes until creamy. If desired, add more milk until frosting is spreading consistency.