Football Stadium Cake- Video Tutorial

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In this free cake video I'm going to show you how to make a Football Stadium Cake! This cake is perfect for game day parties, football themed birthdays, and more!

How to Make a Football Stadium Cake

We are going to be creating our football stadium from two sheet cakes.

I have to say—as someone who tries to avoid measuring whenever possible….making the lines on the football field was NOT a fun time!

Soccer fields are more my speed :0) — If you aren’t comfortable with piping lines, you can also extrude thin strands of white fondant instead and place on the cake.

Notes for our football stadium cake

In the cake video, I am using two ⅓ sheet layers of white almond sour cream cake for our football field and stadium. The Durable Cake for Carving (yellow/white cakes) would be great for this also. You’ll need sprinkles or other small candy for the crowd.

I used a 24″x24″ cake base made from a ½″ thick square of wood ( had it cut at Lowe’s for about $5). This was nice and sturdy which is a must for such a large, heavy cake (as a bend in the base would have caused the crusted icing on the cake to crack).  

I also used gum paste for my little score board, and fondant as a base for the edible images that I used on the field (so the green color wouldn’t bleed through the images).

My goal posts are made from white pipe cleaners wrapped in stitch witchery, but an even easier option is to just buy the football goal/players set at a party supply store. That just about sums everything up! ENJOY, and Go Heels! :0)

Learn how to make a football stadium cake in this MyCakeSchool.com video!

Sports ball cakes

We don't have many sports themed cake tutorials but we do have a Soccer Ball Cake. The soccer ball cake tutorial will show you how to create a perfectly round cake, which we then decorated like a soccer ball. However, you can easily change up the design of the cake for other types of sports balls. 

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44 Comments

  1. Hi Melissa. I love your Cake School! Wilton cake decorating classes didn't inspire me but your videos sure do!!! You are so extremely talented and make everything look so easy. I couldn't help but wonder where you live and now that I see you are a Tarheel fan I just have to ask. Are you near NC or just a Tarheel fan? And if you are near here do you still do cakes to sell?

  2. Hello Janet! Thank you so much for your kind words, we are so happy to have you! -- Yes, UNC is my alma mater! ;0) I'm still in NC!

  3. Thanks for this video!! I made the stadium cake last week. I posted a picture of it on your forum. I enjoyed making it.....
    Thanks again! You are wonderful!!

  4. Good afternoon Melissa,

    Thank for this very cute cake. You did a wonderful job. Could you please tell me where you got the candy for the people in the stand.

    Thank you,
    Cindy

  5. Melissa,
    Could you please tell me where you purchased the candy for in the stands.

    Thank you, Cindy

  6. Good morning,

    Could you please tell me about the pan you used. I'm not sure what you mean by 1/3?

    Thanks you, Cindy

  7. Oh, Ms. Melissa...You lost me at UNC... LOL!!! Just kidding... :)

    Kimberly Smith
    Youngsville, North Carolina

  8. Hi Melissa: I am pretty new to Mycakeschool and yes I love it. Because I am fairly new, I see that many of the post seem older yet here I am getting on the band wagon and it seem late to ask a question. Anyway I am so excited about this cake and I am going to do it next week. I want to make it smaller like a 9 x 13 . How much do you think I should charge for this size of a cake? I know yours is a pretty large cake and I saw upwards that you would charge 200.00 to 250. I love baking with a passion but I am just not sure what to change at times.

    If you can advise I would so greatly appreciate it.

    Andrea