Soccer cupcakes!

Soccer cupcakes, originally uploaded by celadoncupcake.

Now that we're in the midst of the World Cup (go Brazil!), these soccer cupcakes seem very appropriate.

To make a "cupcake cake" like this, just put the cupcake liners close together on a cookie sheet and fill them a little fuller than you normally would so that the cupcake tops fuse together into one "cake" that you can then decorate as you choose. (I would use Reynold's Wrap brand of cupcake liners since they're aluminum, not paper, and can stand up on their own without being in cupcake tins when baking.)