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Football season is the perfect times to make a football cake for your football fans. It is easy to create and decorate this cake by starting with a round cake. All that is needed is a round cake, chocolate frosting, and a little white frosting. This football cake is perfect for a birthday or a championship victory celebration. It would also make a great dessert for a Super Bowl or tailgating party.

The recipe below calls for a regular cake which makes two layers. You only need one layer to make the cake but if you are serving a groups you could always decorate both layers for two cakes or layer the cake for one two-layer cake. You can make the cake the easy way with a cake mix or use your favorite homemade cake recipe. The recipe suggests using canned frosting but you can make homemade frosting also. Just be sure it is fairly firm so it will hold its shape. You do not want to use a light and fluffy frosting for decorating this football cake.