Play Ball Cake

Name: Play Ball Cake
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons almond extract; 59 milliliters baking cocoa; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 473 milliliters cake flour; 710 milliliters confectioners sugar; 2 eggs; 10 servings Shoestring red licorice; 4 Tbsps milk, divided; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters shortening; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

Play Ball Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 10 servings with 506 calories, 5g of protein, and 21g of fat each. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have almond extract, cake flour, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Instructions

In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.

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Shortening

Cream

Sugar

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Bowl

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in vanilla.

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Vanilla

Egg

Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add alternately with milk to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Salt

Pour 1-1/2 cups batter into a greased and floured 3-cup ovenproof bowl.

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Bowl

Pour remaining batter into a greased and floured 9-in. round baking pan.

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Baking Pan

Bake both cakes at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

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Toothpicks

Oven

For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the shortening, butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in 3 tablespoons milk, extracts and salt until smooth. Set aside 1 cup.

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Powdered Sugar

Shortening

Frosting

Butter

Milk

Salt

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Bowl

To remaining frosting, beat in cocoa and remaining milk.

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Frosting

Cocoa Powder

Milk

Cut a 3-in. x 1-in. oval for the thumb opening from an edge of the 9-in. cake.

Place cake on a 11-in. covered board. Frost with chocolate frosting.

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Chocolate Frosting

With four pieces of licorice, form two crosses over thumb opening for laces in mitt. Frost the rounded cake with white frosting. Use licorice pieces to form laces of ball.

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Frosting

Licorice