Soccer Ball Cake
Ingredients:
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floured
cooking spray
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¾ cup white sugar
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several drops black
food coloring, or as needed
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1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
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1 (16 ounce) container vanilla frosting
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12 black licorice whips
Directions:
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Preheat the
oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 2 1/2- to 3-quart oven-proof
bowl with floured cooking spray. Place sugar into a bowl and stir in black food
coloring until desired color is achieved. Set aside.
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Prepare cake
batter according to the package directions. Pour batter into the prepared bowl
and bake in the preheated oven until a skewer inserted in the center comes out
clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cake cool for 15 minutes in the bowl,
then invert and let cake cool completely, about 30 more minutes.
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Once cake is
completely cool, trim flat side of cake and place onto a cake board. Trim edges
into a ball shape. Spread frosting all over cake. Using a toothpick, draw a
pentagon in the center top of the cake. Surround the pentagon with five
hexagons. Repeat over entire cake.
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Cover lines
with black licorice cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Fill the pentagon shapes with
black-colored white sugar.
