Make a Beautiful Festive Cake for the Holiday’s!
I’ve been wanting to make this Christmas Tree Cake for a while now. I’ve seen pictures floating around Pinterest and I finally tried it myself.
This is a Vanilla Layer Cake adorned with Christmas Trees. And the trees are actually buttercream covered Ice cream cones! They’re completely edible.
Start with making the vanilla cake and frosting with vanilla buttercream frosting. I used American buttercream, but Swiss or Italian would work as well.
For the trees, take sugar ice cream cones. Don’t use the wafer. They are not the right shape and would not hold up to the frosting that goes on top.
I rinsed the cones in warm water for a couple of seconds to soften them slightly. This makes it easier to cut. Then, take a sharp knife and cut of 1/3 of the side of the cone. Repeat with 2 more. Then take another 2 cones and cut them off half way from the bottom to make them shorter. Then slice them 1/3 off like the other cones, so you will have different heights.
Place them against the sides of the cake. Alternate them so there will be one tall cone, then one short cone.
Color some of the frosting green and place in a piping bag with a star tip. Pipe the frosting on top of the cones starting from the bottom of the cones to the top.
Sprinkle the cake and trees with a little powdered sugar.
Christmas Tree Cake
Ingredients
Vanilla Cake
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 tbsp vanilla
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
Frosting
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- 1 1/2 pounds powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp heavy cream
- 2 tsp vailla
Trees
- 5 sugar ice cream cones
- green food color
- powdered sugar to sprinkle on top
Instructions
Vanilla Cake
- Mix oil, sugar and eggs. Add vanilla, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and flour. Add buttermilk. Pour into two 8 inch greased and floured pans and bake for 35-45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack
Frosting
- Cream butter in a stand mixer. Add powdered sugar, cream and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Place one cake layer down on a cake plate. Frost that layer. Add second layer. Frost the entire cake. Use leftover frosting for the trees.
Trees
- Run the cones in warm water for a couple of seconds to soften them slightly. Take a sharp knife and cut of 1/3 of the side of the cone. Repeat with 2 more cones. Then take another 2 cones and cut them off half way from the bottom to make them shorter. Then slice them 1/3 off like the other cones, so you will have different heights. Place the cones against the sides of the cake. Alternate them so there will be one tall cone, then one short cone.Tint the leftover frosting green. Place in a piping bag with a star tip. Pipe the frosting on top of the cones by dotting it all over the surfaces starting from the bottom of the cones to the top. Sprinkle the cake and trees with a little powdered sugar.
