Hershey's (R) Gridiron Cake Recipe
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Hershey's ® Gridiron Cake

By: HersheysKitchens.com 
"Chocolate sheet cake decorated to look like a football field with chocolate Kisses and peanut butter cups as the players."

 

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Original Recipe Yield 1 - 10x15 inch pan
 

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup HERSHEY®'S Cocoa Powder
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
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  • 1 tablespoon HERSHEY®'S Cocoa Powder
  • 1 (16 ounce) can vanilla frosting
  • 3 drops green food coloring
  • 1 drop red food coloring
  • 3 drops yellow food coloring
  • 1 (10 ounce) package HERSHEY®'S Premier White Chips
  • 1 (8 ounce) package REESE'S PIECES® Candies
  • 11 HERSHEY®'S KISSES® Milk Chocolates
  • 11 REESE'S® Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures
  • 3 HERSHEY®'S HUGS® Chocolates
  • 6 HERSHEY®'S ROLO® Chocolate and Caramel Candy
  • 2 TWIZZLERS® Strawberry Licorice Twists

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 15-1/2 x10-1/2x1-inch disposable foil baking pan or jelly-roll pan.
  2. Combine water, butter and cocoa in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture boils. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat; set aside.
  3. Stir together sugar, flour, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs and sour cream; beat until blended. Add cocoa mixture; beat just until blended (batter will be thin). Pour into prepared pan.
  4. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack.
  5. For chocolate frosting, stir cocoa into 1/3 cup frosting; stir until smooth. Tint 1/3 cup frosting orange with 1 drop red food color and 2 drops yellow food color; stir until blended. Tint remaining frosting green with 2 or 3 drops green food color; stir until blended.
  6. Mark "end zones", 2 inches wide at each end of cake, using wooden pick; frost one end zone with chocolate frosting and the other end zone with orange frosting. Frost the area between end zones with green frosting; mark 5 yard lines with wooden pick. Place white chips all across cake on yard lines.
  7. Use white chips to spell out "HERSHEY'S" on chocolate end zone; use brown Reese's Pieces on the goal line. Use yellow Reese's Pieces to spell out "REESE'S" on orange end zone. Use orange Reece's Pieces on the goal line.
  8. Remove wrappers from Kisses, peanut butter cups and Hugs. Arrange teams on cake playing field, using Kisses as one team and peanut butter cups as second team. Place Hugs as referee officials on the field.
  9. Unwrap Rolos; for goal posts, stack 3 Rolos in the middle of each goal line on each side of field. Shape strawberry twists into "U" shapes for goal posts. "Glue" with frosting to top of each stack of Rolos.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 560 | Total Fat: 27.3g | Cholesterol: 69mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 24, 2004 by CHK1   view full review
Confession -- my dh cheated and used (gasp!) a BOX MIX for the cake part. Still quite tasty. ...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 29, 2002 by Esmee Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
I just made this cake for my son's 5th birthday. It turned out sooooooo incredibly cute, not...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 22, 2004 by MTAD   view full review
I have the secret on how to bend the goal post (thanks to my husband!). Pull the licorice in...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 23, 2003 by DREGINEK   view full review
Okay, I'm the biggest cheater! I've been so busy preparing other dishes for the annual...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 26, 2008 by Linder   view full review
Made for the Superbowl and was a big hit! Cake tasted great and everyone loved the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 29, 2003 by MOONANGEL   view full review
This is so much fun to make--and even more fun to show off! I brought it to a SuperBowl party...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 29, 2003 by kraftykitti   view full review
The cake itself was truly awesome. It's super moist and would be great even without frosting,...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 29, 2003 by SarahF   view full review
If you have the time, this cake is really great. You will not believe how well received it...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 24, 2004 by SHEILAR73   view full review
I think I probably cheated the worst on this cake. I usually bake from scratch, but figured...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 18, 2005 by beth   view full review
This cake was a hit for a 12 yr old birthday party! I used a regular cake mix & I do agree it...

 

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