This pig skin looks good enough to eat! The interior is a deep, dark chocolate cake moistened with a coffee syrup and layered with rich and silky chocolate buttercream. That’s enough to get me excited about football!! 
The cake itself is covered in chocolate marshmallow fondant that I made and the lacing is white fondant. I used a ravioli cutter to create a stitched effect.
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Although I know nothing about your football game, being from soccer country Holland, I do admire your wonderful work here and would not mind a piece of this at all. Wow! The combination of chocolate and coffee and the word marshmallow will grab my attention anytime…
Amazing! Better than I ever thought a football-shaped cake could be. Too bad I missed out on those scraps
we’re still eating scraps over here!! you are more than welcome to come enjoy with us.
See, now, I would frame this. Amazing, you even put little stitches! That is my favorite part. If I lived by you I would be so fat… I occasionally think of things I would commission you to make. Like every year for our anniversary I would have you make a mini cake of the one you made for our wedding reception. Yeah, that’s right… I still think about that cake.
Wow! I knew you were talented but I had no idea you were THIS TALENTED. Great job! This is amazing, you should be on one of those Food Network cake challenges.
Just had some scraps of this cake yesterday (raided Ashley’s fridge while babysitting) and even after a few days this cake was still heavenly – moist, rich, with body and the filling still melting in my mouth. Honestly one of the best I’ve had.
OK, how did you do it??? I LOVE the stitching…the marzapan is more realistic than the licorice strings I used when Luke was little! Very impressive.
Thanks for all the wonderful compliments.
Ari – I hope someone from the Food Network reads blogs, especially your comment.
Cindy – you can raid my fridge anytime!! It’s the least I can provide for you allowing me to actually get some work done. Yeah for Grandmas!!!!!
Mary Gene – Next time we’re in town we can make a football cake!! You guys could probably help me get it to look more realistic seeing as how I had to use a photo of a football to remind me of how they look.
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