Holiday Fun and Holiday Yum

Our Christmas Tree Cake of 2008

If you're looking for last minute Christmas dessert ideas, then how about baking a Christmas tree cake? Easy, creative and fun.

Simply go grab yourself a Christmas tree cake pan from any baking store, grocery store, department store, or craft store of your choice and let's do this.

A Christmas tree cake is so easy to make and it's also honestly so much fun. If you have children, then let them get involved in "decorating" your Christmas tree cake with garland, lights, ornaments and all, just like a real tree, only edible. Whatever your little imagination or heart desires - go for it.

Make your little Christmas tree cake gaudy or classy - the choice is yours. :D It's all going to the same place anyway, so does it really matter? Yes, I suppose it does if you're having a large family get-together. Anywho...yes, I meant to say "anywho."

So, anywho, the Christmas tree cake is also a cheap Christmas dessert idea. No need to get fancy and make your frosting from scratch, unless, of course, you want to. But all you really need is your cake pan shaped like a tree, frosting, gels, icing, maybe some sprinkles or colored sugar, the holiday spirit and your imagination.

Christmas Tree Cake Supplies:

Cake pan shaped like a tree
Cake mix of your choice
Chocolate frosting and white frosting, preferably whipped frosting. It's easier to work with. But whatever frosting your little heart desires.
Cake gels
Cake
Icing
Optional: Food coloring to color your frosting green for the tree or whatever color suits your fancy. Keeping it white would be pretty, too.
Optional: For quick icing to decorate your festive little Christmas tree cake, grab a couple different colored cans of the Betty Crocker Cupcake Icing. To make it easier for you to find them, they look like this. It comes with four tips and many holiday colors to choose from. This will allow for some quick, last-minute cake decorating!

Friendly Warning: Don't forget to make sure that you have eggs and vegetable oil for your cake mix. Um, yeah, I've forgotten to do this and had cake disasters...

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!