How To Build A Tree On A Cake

I did a thing, people. I made a 3D Christmas tree block! Never before have I strayed from making a regular shaped block, and I'k then glad I tried it considering it was a jolly good time. Although it seems similar there would be cake carving involved, at that place isn't – all you demand for this design is a handful of circular cake layers in increasingly smaller sizes, some green buttercream, your favorite pipe tip, and of course, plenty of pretty holiday sprinkles for decorating!

This sprinkle mix by SprinklePop is called Fahoo Fores and the name alone sold me. I'chiliad a huge fan of all things Whoville, and when I saw the actual colors and shapes involved I virtually squealed! It features all the Grinchy colors similar neon pinks and greens, aquas and reds, plus some teeny tiny (shiny!) gelatin Christmas trees. Perfect for adorning festive holiday cakes, cookies, cupcakes, and whoopies! Ok, I'll cease with the rhyming because I'm no Dr. Seuss just it was tempting to write this entire mail that way. Nerd alert!

Fahoo Fores sprinkle mix by SprinklePop

Christmas tree cake

It all starts with a 12 10 eighteen inch canvas cake in any flavor y'all'd like. If you've got round cake cutters to use, all the ability to you! I don't, then I printed out some circular templates on paper and cut out the layers out past hand. Every size you lot need is specified beneath. And so, stack those layers, frost them to create a cone-like shape, piping on the leafy details, and sprinkle away! It's really that simple.

You Volition Demand:

A baked 12 ten 18 inch sheet block
Circular cake cutters or printed templates for 7", 6", 5", 4", iii.5", 3", and 2" circles
eight inch paper-thin cake circle
two.5 batches vanilla buttercream (or other light colored buttercream) tinted dark-green
Angled icing spatula
Wilton tip 4B
Piping bags
8oz bottle of Fahoo Fores sprinkles (or other favorite Holiday mix)
½ inch star made out of gumpaste or fondant

Footstep ane: Cut Out The Cake Layers

Utilize circular block cutters to cut out block circles that are 7", half-dozen", 5", 4", 3.5", three", and 2". If you're like me and you don't have all those cake cutters, you can print out circles that are sized to the above dimensions, and so use a dent knife to advisedly cutting those circles out of your sheet cake.

vanilla cake layers

Step 2: Stack The Cake Layers

Put a swipe of buttercream onto your cardboard cake circle and place your largest cake layer on tiptop of it. Frost a thin layer of buttercream filling on acme before adding the next largest cake layer.

how to make a christmas tree shaped cake

Repeat stacking the increasingly smaller block layers until yous've placed the smallest layer on height.

Step iii: Crumb Coat The Cake

Place the light-green buttercream into a pipage bag and snip off a ½ inch opening. Piping over the exterior of the cake to cover all the gaps.

forest green buttercream

Next, use your angled icing spatula to smooth over the buttercream and shape it into a cone. When you lot're finished shaping the cake, place information technology into the refrigerator for 20 minutes to let it business firm up earlier moving on to the next step.

crumb coating christmas tree cake

Step 4: Pipe The Cake

While the Christmas tree cake is spooky, prepare a piping bag by fitting it with Wilton Tip 4B (or other favorite piping tip for the end) and pipe to encompass the entire cake.

decorating christmas tree cake wilton 4b

Step five: Decorate With Sprinkles

This part is the nigh fun, considering just similar decorating a real Christmas tree, you can place these Fahoo Fores sprinkles to look like ornaments!

christmas cake with sprinkles

Identify all of the larger spherical sprinkles around the tree by hand, then sprinkle the jimmies and gelatin Christmas trees all over it. Top it with a fondant or gumpaste star and marvel at your super piece of cake (even so complicated looking) 3D Christmas tree!

christmas cake by sugar and sparrow

I hope y'all're having the happiest Holiday flavour and baking all the things! If you're ready to venture out into oddly shaped cakes, this is the perfect projection for you. Let me know if you make it by tagging me on Instagram – I love to see what yous're working on!

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