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Five Football-Themed Birthday Cakes

While the first instinct of football-themed cakes may be to simply draw a playing field on the top and call it finished, there is a lot of room for creative license when it comes to cake decoration. Here are five pigskin-inspired confections sure to please even the most rabid fan.

Football Cake with Team Logo

This cake can be ordered at nearly any bakery that advertises cakes made to order. Depending on how intricate the team design is, it can also be reproduced at home. Should the logo prove too complicated, there are a plethora of NFL-approved cake toppers for sale online. Another option is to tint the football’s icing with the team colors.

 

Recreate the Stadium

Forget just having the playing field, make the whole stadium! In the example above, only half is shown, complete with the blimp and goalpost. While it may look complicated at first glance, it’s actually a layer cake with a few toppers. Kits can be purchased for several different types of stadiums, including the old-style multi-purpose ‘bowls’ that were popular in the seventies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helmet and Jersey Cake

For the die-hard sports fan, incorporating both the team helmet and the jersey of a favorite player in one cake is sure to impress. This one will probably be difficult to pull off at home, but most bakeries could pull it off. If the honoree ever played football himself, why not order the jersey to bear his name and number?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Extreme Close-Up Cake

This cake looks like a slab of Astroturf but is thankfully quite delicious. At first, the guest of honor may wonder what it’s supposed to represent. Feel free to make up a silly explanation. Tell them it’s their favorite team’s field when viewed through a telephoto lens! This is a great cake idea for the guy who sits way too close to the television while watching the game. Or, tell him to enjoy the grass-eating that LSU Coach Les Miles has popularized. Who says birthday cakes have to be serious?

The Team ‘Mascot’ Object

In Pittsburgh, it’s the yellow Terrible Towel. Other locations use tiger stripes, rhino horns, or even triangles of cheese worn as hats. No matter what the ‘mascot’ object is for their favorite team, think about making a cake out of it. Don’t be afraid to take a concept to a bakery and see what ideas they can come up with.

Football-themed cakes don’t have to be boring. Any one of these five ideas can be molded and shaped to reflect the gridiron obsession of the birthday honoree. Whether it’s made at home or ordered from the best bakery in town, these birthday cakes are guaranteed to impress.