At least, I was given enough notice: since the “football cake”, I had been told what was expected of me….

For the base, I used my recipe of “Custard cake”, without the rhubarb

https://farandoleofcakes.com/2014/09/15/custard-cake-with-roasted-rhubarb/

Two of, sandwich together with some plain vanilla icing, also used for the top. For the sandy texture of the playing field, I just coloured some sugar

and let it dried… any left over can then be used for a carrot cake! 😉

As for the ball, I used the same method as for my football

https://farandoleofcakes.com/2015/03/31/football-cake/

in order to have something “chocolatey” too…

Not perfect but the Birthday Boy was happy!