Coolest DIY Tree-Shaped Christmas Cakes and How-To Tips

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Coolest Christmas Tree Cupcake Cake
I made this Christmas tree cupcake cake for a Christmas party at my daughter’s girl scout meeting. It was a big … Read more
Christmas Tree Cupcake Cake
This Christmas Tree cupcake cake is sure to delight any holiday crowd! Whether it is at a school party for … Read more
Easy Homemade Christmas Tree Cake
I found this cake pan at Walmart. Its a Wilton pan, however the area where you see the appearance of … Read more
Simple Homemade Buttercream Christmas Tree Cake
I used a small size tree cake pan bought at a Christmas Tree Shop. I had enough batter left over … Read more
Cute Homemade Christmas Tree Cake and Presents
I baked two 9×13 rectangle confetti mix cakes for this Christmas tree cake. I carved the tree, trunk and presents. … Read more
Simple Homemade Carved Christmas Tree Cake
I started this Christmas tree cake by making a rectangle chocolate sponge cake. For the tree I used a sharp … Read more
Coolest Towering Christmas Tree Cake
I made this Towering Christmas Tree Cake for a friend’s Christmas party. The base is two 9″ square pans filled … Read more
Cool Homemade Christmas Tree Topper Cake
This Christmas tree cake was a lot of fun to make. My mom’s birthday is 5 days before Christmas so … Read more
Coolest Christmas Tree Cake
My son has a mid-December birthday and for his 5th birthday decided he wanted a Christmas Tree cake. I found … Read more
Cute Homemade Christmas Tree Cake
I made this Christmas Tree cake for our family Christmas day. I used the Wilton tree pan using Wilton’s basic … Read more
Coolest Christmas Tree Cake
This Christmas tree cake just has to be the easiest cake to do, but so effective. I made it for … Read more
Coolest Christmastime Birthday Cake
Since our daughter was supposed to be born on Christmas day (she arrived Dec 8), my husband and I really … Read more

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Cake by Dorothy J., Plano, TX

Coolest Tree-Shaped Christmas Cakes and How-To Tips

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.

Cake by Maidy G., Miami FL

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

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