Instructions

1. Cover the insides of both of the skate pans as well as the square cake pan with a thin layer of butter. Set them aside.

2. Prepare the cake mixes in three different bowls according to the instructions on the packages. Pour the contents of each individual bowl in to each individual mold. Bake them according to the directions on the cake mixes.

3. Place the skate template or draw the bottom of a skate -- with the mold as a reference for how large it should be -- with two prongs in the middle of the top leading 1/2-inch upward, on to the board. Cut it out using the crafting knife.

4. Cover the entire skate template, created from the cardboard, in aluminum foil, smoothing it with your fingers. This will create the skate blade.

5. Cool the baked cakes completely. Place the square cake on the platter. Cut a line in it, either diagonally or parallel to one of the edges, where you desire the skate to be. Ensure it is the same length of the skate blade.

6. Insert the blade into the crevice at least 1/2-inch deep. The deeper it is, the more stability it can provide to the upright cake; however, less of it will show in the end.

7. Place the two halves of the cake creating the boot of the skate together, inserting two to three skewers evenly throughout them to hold the two sides together. Trim off any excess with scissors. Insert them on to the prongs of the aluminum-covered blade, pressing them down so the top prongs no longer show.

8. Ice the top of the cake with the icing, using your desired color -- either white for figure skates or black for hockey skates.

9. Draw on the lines of the laces in pens the opposite color of the body of the skate -- white laces for black skates and vice versa.