This was a yellow cake baked in Wilton s Christmas Tree pan. After icing the tree and trunk, I added jellybeans and butter cream garland and star.s Christmas Tree pan. After icing the tree and trunk, I added jellybeans and butter cream garland and star.
We made this Christmas Santa Clause Cake for our child for Christmas. The idea came from a doll house that I had as a child with a tiny version of this cake (you can see it in the picture). Our child liked it also all these years later and asked us to make a real … Read more
During the holidays I love to bake! My house is covered with snowmen! So I figured this year I would try a snowman cake. The cake is made with 2 cake boxes. One yellow and one chocolate. Once I baked the cakes I put them in the fridge to make the carving easier. I had … Read more
The key is not to make perfectly round circles for a snowman cake. And a frozen cake works best. Three adults and three children all crowded around a kitchen island works well. We found that we needed a table saw and a measuring tape to cut the piece of plywood down to size as we … Read more
This was my first attempt at a Yule log and I combined several different recipes and Christmas cake ideas. I used a chocolate roll cake with whipped cream filling and cut one end at an angle to make the branch. I frosted with a butter cream chocolate frosting. I made meringue mushrooms and then harvested … Read more
I made this north pole cake for my husband’s work. He works for a fence rental company. The cake is a 9×13 butter cake iced in white buttercream and sprinkled with white cake sparkles. A few days in advance I piped the fence out of black royal icing using a fence pattern I found on … Read more
Upon some prodding, my father shared that for his December birthday his mother always made him a Christmas tree cake. For my version I made a chocolate cake with white chocolate and almond frosting colored green. I also dyed 2 cups of coconut flake green for the pine branch effect. The rest of the tree … Read more
Every year, our extended family gets together for a large Christmas celebration. This year, I decided to make a large, pretty cake for everyone including chocolate decorations. The kids are sure to love the chocolate! This Santa Fell in Chimney Cake is a 11×15 inch Neapolitan cake. The bottom layer is chocolate, middle layer is … Read more
I made this Frosty and Rudolph Christmas cake for my family’s Christmas. Frosty is made out of rice krispie treats, frosted and covered in fondant, and Rudolph was made out of chocolate crackles, covered in melted chocolate then fondant. Rudolph’s antlers were made from toffee but because we had a hot Aussie summers day they … Read more
These great Christmas Snowmen cupcakes are really easy to make but look impressive. I made these for my son’s Christmas party at school and they went down a treat! First make your cupcakes, any type will do. When the cupcakes have cooled down, ice them with white icing (icing sugar mixed with water). Use fondant … Read more
My kids, nieces, and nephews look forward to an eccentric cake at our Christmas Party, each one different from the previous year. I’ve made castles, trees, etc., and then my daughter suggested that I make a Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Cake. Using a 13×9″ chocolate cake and an 8″ chocolate cake, I was able to … Read more
My annual Christmas treat, is the French Yule log cake called Buche De Noel”. I make a different version of this every Christmas. Chocolate hazelnut ganache filling – frosted with milk chocolate ganache. Surrounded by meringue mushrooms – some against a chocolate ‘piece of bark’. Tinted cream cheese frosting holly and leaves (done with a … Read more