grasshopper football cakes
Cleverly cut mints and a thick layer of buttercream embellish chocolate cake. A must have at all your Game Day, Super Bowl, and Tailgating Parties.
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yield
serving(s)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For grasshopper football cakes
- FOR THE CAKE
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1 1/4 cunsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for pans
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3 call-purpose flour
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3 csugar
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3 tspbaking soda
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1 1/4 tspbaking powder
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1 1/4 tspsalt
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4 lgeggs, lightly beaten
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1 1/4 cwarm water
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1 flwhole milk
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1/2 csour cream
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2/3 cunsalted butter, melted, plus more for pans
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1 1/4 tsppure vanilla extract
- FOR THE FROSTING
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4 lglarge egg whites
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1 csugar
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12 oz(3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened and cut into tablespoons
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5 Tbsptablespoons creme de menthe
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2 tsppure vanilla extract
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24andes creme de menthe candies
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42white sprinkles
How To Make grasshopper football cakes
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1Make the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 2 8-by-12-inch cake pans.
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2Line bottom with parchment, then butter parchment, and dust with cocoa powder. Tap out excess.
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3Whisk cocoa powder, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
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4Stir in eggs, warm water, milk, sour cream, butter, and vanilla, mixing until smooth.
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5Pour half the batter into each of the prepared pans. Bake until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
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6Let cakes cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Invert cake onto rack, and let cool.
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7Cakes will keep, unfrosted and covered, overnight.
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8Make the frosting: Mix whites and sugar in a mixer bowl set over a pan of simmering water.
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9Heat, whisking constantly, until sugar dissolves and mixture is warm, 2 to 3 minutes.
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10Remove from heat. Whisk on high speed until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes.
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11Add butter, several tablespoons at a time, whisking after each addition.
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12Add creme de menthe and vanilla, and beat for 2 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
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13Using a paring knife, cut corners off mint candies to shape each into a football.
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14Press 3 sprinkles onto each, using frosting as glue.
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15Frost cooled cake. Arrange footballs on cakes in 4 rows of 3.
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16Cakes will keep, covered, for up to 4 days. Slice just before serving.
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