I wanted to create a delicious, beautiful cake that’s easy for anyone to achieve, regardless of skill level. Not everyone can pipe icing right?
For the cake, I went with my brown sugar cake recipe because it’s delicious, flavorful, and it doesn’t need frosting to be enjoyed and the decoration is super simple to replicate.
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Combine the flour mixture with the butter and sugar mixture.
Whisk the buttermilk, eggs and vanilla until fully combined.
Gradually introduce the buttermilk mixture into the batter. The batter will be quite thick.
Pour 2/3 of the mixture into a shaped bundt pan. Pour the remaining batter into a 9-inch cake pan.
Bake in the oven for 45 to 55 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean. Check at around 25 minutes and rotate the pans for even cooking.
Mix together the ingredients for the sugar glaze. I added the food coloring in small drops until I got the desired color.
Glaze the bundt cake whilst it is still warm with the colored glaze. , this is essential as it soaks in and creates a wonderful crunchy textured glaze.
I originally planned to color the cake batter, but I forgot to add the food coloring. My son came to the rescue with the idea of coloring the glaze. Sugar glaze made with granulated sugar works by the liquid in the glaze soaking into the cake, leaving behind a wonderful crunchy textured sugary coating which ended up giving the cake an icy look once it dried.
Once the 9-inch cake is cooled and the glaze sets, mix the icing glaze which will hold the lays together and create the snowy treetops. This needs to be quite thick to keep it from running down the cake (I would have liked mine to stay closer to the top of the trees) so add more confectioners sugar if you need to.
Trim the bottom of the tree cake to be flat by trimming it with a bread knife so it will rest flat on top of the round cake. If necessary, trim the round cake to flatten as well.
You may end up with a good amount of scraps, but believe me, they make a great reward for all your effort!
Spread the icing glaze over the round layer.
Place the tree-shaped cake on top of the round cake and drizzle the remaining icing over the cake to make it look like snow.
Save some icing to use to glue on your sugar decorations.
I used a set of tweezers to make it a little easier to place the stars, then pressed them into the icing until they were securely in position.
Serve and enjoy your beautiful creation.
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