Preheat oven to 350ºF.

Lightly oil two 9-inch round cake pans and line bottom with parchment paper.

Lightly oil a soccer ball cake mold.

Follow directions on your cake mix box and whip up the batter from one box.

Divide batter evenly between the two cake pans and bake until done or when a toothpick inserted into the center of the pan comes out clean, approximately 30-35 minutes.

Remove cakes from pan and let them cool on a cooling rack.

While first cakes are baking in the oven, mix ingredients to make batter from second cake mix box.

Pour second cake box batter into prepared soccer pan.

Reduce oven temperature to 325ºF and bake soccer cake until done or when a toothpick inserted into the center of the pan comes out clean, approximately 45-60 minutes.

Let soccer cake cool completely on cooling rack.

Divide fondant into 4 equal pieces. Reserve one quarter to remain white. Dye a second quarter blue.

Combine the remaining two quarters and dye black.

Using a large cutting board, roll out white fondant to about ¼-inch thick. Use oval cookie cutters to cut two large ovals.

Roll out blue fondant to about ¼-inch thick. Use oval cookie cutters to cut two smaller ovals.

Roll out black fondant to about ¼-inch thick. Use oval cookie cutters to cut two smaller ovals. Cut out a large mouth.

To assemble the eyes, use your fingers to lightly dampen the white ovals and place the blue smaller ovals over them. Dampen the blue ovals and place the black ovals over them. Gently press down.

Add frosting to a large bowl and add red food coloring. Mix smooth until frosting is thoroughly red.

Place one 9-inch cake rounds on serving plate and frost the top.

Place second 9-inch cake round over the first and frost the top.

Place the round cake over the two 9-inch rounds and lightly frost entire cake.

Place fondant eyes and mouth onto the semi-frosted cake.

Using a piping bag and grass tip (Wilton #233), pipe the rest of the frosting all over the cake. Gently squeeze and pull up frosting tip to produce hair like texture.

Press Red Vine Licorice Twists into the top of the cake and you're done!