FOOTBALL SHAPED DESSERTS RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line a 9" round cake pan with parchment and grease with cooking spray. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. 
• In another large bowl whisk together buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix just until combined, then add boiling water. 
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack and let cool completely. 
• Meanwhile, make buttercream: In a large bowl using a hand mixer, beat butter until smooth. Add powdered sugar and beat until no lumps remain. Add heavy cream, vanilla, and salt and beat until combined. 
• Reserve 1 cup of buttercream and set aside. To remaining buttercream add cocoa powder and beat until combined. 
• Assemble cake: Using a serrated knife, mark a line down center of cake. Cut 3/4" away from the mark on both sides, removing the center completely. Save for another use or eat now! Sandwich the two halves together by frosting the cut sides with chocolate buttercream and pushing together. 
• Frost outside of cake with chocolate frosting and smooth with an offset spatula. 
• Place white buttercream in a piping bag and pipe lines and laces on cake.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Line 9-inch square pan with foil, allowing some to hang over edges of pan. Grease bottom and sides of foil with shortening or cooking spray.
• Make brownie batter as directed on box. Spread in pan.
• Bake 28 to 31 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 1/2 hours. Freeze in pan 15 minutes.
• Using foil to lift, remove brownies from pan, and peel foil away. With football-shaped cookie cutter, cut brownies into football shapes. Set aside leftover pieces for snacking. Spread frosting on brownies. For easier cutting, refrigerate 15 minutes to set frosting. Pipe on decorating icing to look like football laces.