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White Christmas cake topped with ice cream cone Christmas trees.

White Christmas Cake

Heather Smoke
An easy cake decorating tutorial for a white Christmas cake covered in sparkling sugar and topped with ice cream cone Christmas trees.

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5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings8

Equipment

  • 12-inch Piping Bag + Coupler
  • Piping Tip #352 (leaf tip)
  • Small Icing Spatula

Ingredients
 

Instructions
 

  • Bake, cool and frost your cake, using any recipe or flavor you like. I used 1/2 the recipe for my vanilla cake to make a 6-inch 3-layer cake. The full recipe will make an 8-inch 3-layer cake.
    For the buttercream, I recommend American Buttercream, using half shortening and half butter for a nice white color.
  • In a bowl, combine the granulated sugar and coarse sparkling sugar. Before the buttercream on the cake crusts over, scatter sugar over the top and sides of the cake. You can use your hand or a pastry brush to scoop up the sugar and gently press it against the sides of the cake, gathering up what falls off to use again.
  • If you want the ice cream cone trees to be different heights, you'll need to use your fingers to gently break pieces off two of the cones to shorten them, so you have one tall, one medium and one short tree. Don't try to cut them shorter with a knife, as this will just break and crush the cones.
  • To decorate the ice cream cones, use a small offset icing spatula to frost the cones, making the buttercream as smooth or textured as you like. Sprinkle the trees with some of the sugar mixture, or roll them in white nonpareils. You can also press larger sugar pearls into the buttercream so the trees look like they're decorated with ornaments.
    For the piped leaves, fit a piping bag with tip #352, fill with buttercream, and pipe leaves all over the cone, starting at the bottom, and working your way up to the top.
  • Place your decorated ice cream cones on a plate and freeze them for 20 minutes, or until you're ready to place them on your cake.
Keyword Christmas Cake, Christmas Trees, White Cake, White Christmas
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