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Tree-Shaped Decorated Cake
Celebrate the season with a charming Christmas cake decorated with evergreen frosting and festive sprinkles for a holiday dessert everyone will love.
Ingredients
- Oil for greasing
- 1 pkg (15.25 oz./432 g) cake mix, any flavor
- Ingredients to make boxed cake mix
- 3 cups (750 mL) white prepared frosting, divided
- Green and brown food coloring
- Optional Toppings: Sprinkles
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and lightly grease the Tree-Shaped Cake Pan.
- Prepare the cake mix according to package directions.
- Pour the cake batter into the pan. Bake according to the package directions for a 9" x 13" (23-cm x 33-cm) cake, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Add green food coloring to about 2 cups (500 mL) of the frosting to make an evergreen color. Add brown food coloring to another 1 cup (250 mL) until it reaches your desired shade.
- Spread a thin layer of green frosting over the entire cake, avoiding the trunk. (This is your crumb coat, so don’t worry if a few crumbs get into the frosting.)
- Spread a thin layer of brown frosting over the trunk.
- Rotate the cake so the trunk is at the top. Using a piping bag fitted with a large round tip, pipe a row of circles along the bottom edge of the tree. Use the back of a spoon or a butter knife to pull each circle downward. Pipe another row of circles just above that row and pull the circles downward. Repeat until the entire tree is covered.
- Using a piping bag fitted with a star tip, pipe the remaining brown frosting onto the trunk to create a bark-like texture.
- Decorate with sprinkles, if you’d like.
Yield:
- 12 servings
Nutrients per serving:
U.S. nutrients per serving: Calories 520, Total Fat 23 g, Saturated Fat 4.5 g, Cholesterol 30 mg, Sodium 400 mg, Carbohydrate 78 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugars 60 g (includes 15 g added sugar), Protein 2 g
