Dress up a Sheet Cake: Soccer Field Cake

This is a continuation of our series on how to dress up a sheet cake. This one isn't difficult, but can be a bit time consuming. We're making soccer themed cake this time.

I mixed up a batch of my vegan American buttercream. I colored some of it green and some black.

 Then I covered the sides of the cake dummy with white buttercream.

 And the top of the cake with green buttercream. It doesn't have to be a perfect frosting job because we're going to cover it with piping.

 We put our three colors of buttercream in piping bags. The green with a grass tip, the black and the white with small star tips.

 Then, I marked the green buttercream with a knife to mark the pattern of a soccer pitch.

 I followed the lines with white stars.

 Then I used a soccer cutter kit I had to mark the sides.

 I began with the pentagon. However, I must warn you if you have one of these sets, they are not meant to cover a flat surface, rather a spherical surface. So, I only used the pentagon cutter to make impressions and only used the hexagon cutter as a guide for approximately where the next pentagon belonged.

 Once all the pentagons were pressed into the sides,

 I connected the lines between the corners to create the hexagons. They're not going to be perfect because the surface is flat.

 Then I piped grass to cover the rest of the top of the cake. The lengths were a bit irregular, but I thought that made it looked a bit more natural.

 Then I piped black stars to cover the pentagons and follow the lines between the hexagons.

 Then I filled in the rest of the space with white stars.

 I think this cake turned out super cute and perfect for any soccer lover.

 It's not difficult to pipe at all. Grass is just a press and release as are the stars.

 However, it is a lot of piping. I actually got a cramp in my hand at one point.

 But the final result is absolutely worth the time and effort.

 This cake is perfect for a birthday for a soccer lover or a sports themed party.

To watch us make this cake on YouTube, click here: https://youtu.be/58pg1nii-hI
Um zuzuschauen, wie wir diese Torte auf YouTube machen, hier klicken: https://youtu.be/bqiFVf7QanY