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I made seven circle layers in different sizes using my Wilton cake pans (10″ down to a cupcake size – all depending on the size of your Christmas cakes). Then cut small triangles out of the edges of each layer to make it look like branches.
I assembled the whole cake and then stuck a dowl rod down the middle to secure the layers together. I piped frosting onto the whole thing using Wilton tip number 43. After the whole thing was frosted in green I sifted powdered sugar over the top of it to give the affect of snow on the branches and placed red hots at even distances to look like berries or ornaments.
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To make Christmas cakes is very simple. I baked a rectangular cake, 8×13 and I used vanilla butter cream icing for the shape of the tree. I used parchment paper and I drew the tree with piping gel with a tip #2 and this leaves the mark on the cake. The rest was simple making little stars with tip #16 and decorating to my way….
Cake by Trina E., Nairobi, Kenya
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I found christmas cakes in Good Housekeeping Magazine and decided to give it a try. You can make the tree on a separate board so that it may be removed and used again. Parcels made out of fondant/
Cake by Becky Z., North Miami, FL
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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.
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