Football cake - with Real Madrid and Barcelona figurines

My nephew, the ever lovely Theodor, turned 7 and like all other boys he just loves Messi and Ronaldo so a foot ball cake it was:

I borrowed the my brother's recipe for the grass-mat cake: three thin vanilla sponges, one layer of crushed macaroon, vanilla custard and a thick strawberry syrup and one layer of wiped creme and strawberry syrup. Covered in nougat and green marzipan.

The football is the usual chocolate cake (chocolate, nuts and butter and not much else) - baked in a bowled (two of those) and the two halves were "glued" together with an orange syrup. All covered in nougat and marzipan.

....and the figurines (meaning to represent Real Madrid and Barcelona - Messi and Ronaldo to be more exact) were made out entirely of sugar, and happily ended their days in the stomach of the birthday boy....