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Yellow football cake with nutella frosting

Football cake with Nutella frosting

4 from 1 vote
This is such a fun cake to make using a Wilton egg shape cake pan. Yellow cake with Nutella frosting is to die for!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Cake
  • 1 box Pillsbury yellow cake mix Or any other flavor of choice
  • 1 box Jello vanilla pudding mix or other flavor of choice
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 Cup Sour cream
  • 1/2 Cup oil
  • 1/2 Cup water
Nutella Frosting
  • 3 Cups Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 Cup Softened Butter
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • pinch kosher salt
  • 1/4 Cup Milk or cream
  • 1/2 Cup Nutella
Football laces
  • 1 tube Wilton's white icing

Equipment

  • Football cake pan
  • Mixer
  • oven

Method
 

To make the cake
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray football cake pans with non stick spray
  2. In a kitchen aid mixing bowl add in cake mix, pudding, eggs, oil, sour cream and water.
    Mix on low until combined and then mix on medium speed until mixed well.
  3. Pour cake batter into each side of the football cake pans and place in oven.
    Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick poked in the middle comes out clean.
Nutella Frosting instructions
  1. In kitchen aid mixer bowl add softened butter and Nutella beat for 1-2 minutes.
  2. Add in powdered sugar, salt and vanilla
  3. Turn mixer on very low and begin to mix. Add in the milk or cream.
    NOTE: The powdered sugar can fluff out of bowl so go SLOW. I turn the mixer on and off a few times to incorporate the powdered sugar slowly and that helps.
  4. Once powdered sugar is mixed in beat the frosting until light and fluffy.
    Play with the ingredients to get the consistency you like. Add more powdered sugar if it is too runny. Add more Nutella if you want more flavor. Add more cream to make it runnier. Just add 1/8 to 1/4 cup at a time to make adjustments.
Putting the cake together
  1. After cake is done let cake cool for about 15 min.
  2. Flip cakes upside down onto a cooling rack.
  3. Trim cakes so that they have a flat side. It make it easier to stay together when you place them on top of each other.
  4. For the base of the cake slice a small piece off so the cake won't rock and roll. Place cake on serving platter or cake stand.
  5. Frost bottom half and top of bottom half of cake. Place top piece on the bottom layer. Continue to frost entire cake.
Laces on football
  1. Use a squeeze packet of Wilton's white icing to create the laces. You can use a toothpick to make an outline in the frosting and fill it in.