Football Shirt Tutorial

This is a tutorial I created for you all, on how to create a Football shirt shaped cake.

This is the shirt I created for a little boy obsessed with the Football club Arsenal.

1/ Firstly I started with a square sponge.  The size of the sponge will depend on how many cake portions you want to get from it.  I made a 10 inch square sponge.

I then created a 10 inch paper square, the same size as the cake to create a template.

2/ Next I measured a section for the width of the shirt I wanted. As you can see 18cm.

 3/ After that I carefully measured out two arms sections, from the remaining section as you can see in the pictures below.

 4/ Once the sections have been measured equally and cut out, it should look like this.

5/ Next is to cut out the second arm section from the sponge, using the template.

6/  The remaining sponge will need to be cut to size, using the second arm section you measured and cut earlier. 

7/  Then I placed it in position on the other side of the cake, and reversed the main template to cut it to the same size as the other arm section.

8/ All that's left is to fill, ice and decorate your sponge! Good luck, and if you create a cake using my tutorial I'd love to see a picture of the finished cake :o)

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Hi! My name is Rachel, and I am honoured to be Mum to two great kids and a staffie :o) 

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All cakes are baked fresh, no more than a few days before delivery.  We use fresh, locally or homemade produced (if possible), high quality ingredients.

Mummy Makes Cakes is an insured registered business, with Huntingdonshire District Council's Environmental Health Department.  I hold a level 2 qualification in catering, and well as having cake decoration running in my genes! :o)  My great aunt was a very reputable cake decorator back in her day, with people coming from a far to visit her shop and order a cake.  I also hope to have one just like hers one day! Maybe with a little tea shop in the front.  I can still remember  as a little girl, being in the back of the shop adoring all the decorations and ribbons. So if anyone is holding a winning lottery ticket and is looking for a good cause to donate money to, you know where I am ;o) He he!

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I am also on Twitter, where you can often see me helping and offering advise on everything from, how to twitter to cake flavours to nitter natter! Lol! www.twitter.com/MummyMakesCakes

To give new clients assistance, these are my Cake Prices:

• Round and square decorated theme cakes from £25
• Novelty shaped cakes from £45
• Number shaped cakes from £35
• Double number shaped cakes from £50
• Giant Cupcakes from £30
• Muffin sized Cupcakes from £1.25 each. Cupcakes with handmade decorations are £1.50 each, and Cupcakes with models are £2.00 each.

Special diets

I am happy to try anything you have in mind, and cater for those with special dietary requirements.  Please note: My business is based from my own home, and I do use nuts in my kitchen, so I can not guarantee that any cake will be nut-free.  I am a member of Coelaic UK, and use different utensils for those requiring cakes that are gluten/wheat free.