Pine Tree Cake (Christmas Tree Cake)

By draingal

Ingredients

• 1 recipe Chocolate Chip Cake
• 1 recipe White Vanilla Frosting
• 1 1/2 c. white nonpareils
• 1 c. large flake coconut
• 1/2 c. each green, vibrant green, blue, and turquoise candy melts
• 12 (6") bamboo skewers
• Candy: white sprinkles, crushed white rock candy

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 80mins
Cooking time 150mins
Adapted from countryliving.com

Preparation

Step 1

Make Chocolate Chip Cake according to recipe. Trim domed tops of two of the layers. Place one trimmed layer on a cake stand
and top with 2/3 cup frosting. Repeat; then place domed layer on top. Frost sides with 1 1/3
cups White Vanilla Frosting; leave top unfrosted. Chill 30 minutes.
Spread nonpareils on a
small rimmed baking sheet.
Carefully lift cake from the
top and bottom and roll the
sides in nonpareils to coat.
Return to the cake stand or
serving platter and frost the
top with remaining frosting.
Sprinkle coconut on top.
Melt candy melts in
separate glass bowls in the
microwave. Mix together
some of the colors to make
different shades of green
and greenish blue. Spoon
colors into separate small
zip-top bags and snip a
1/8-inch hole in one corner
of each bag.
Place bamboo skewers,
3 inches apart, on parchment-
lined baking sheets. Working
in a back and forth motion,
drizzle melts over the skewers
to create trees (be sure to
leave 3 inches of the skewer
uncovered). Repeat with all
colors until you have 12 trees,
all different sizes and colors.
Immediately decorate
trees with candy. Chill until
set, 25 to 30 minutes.
Gently lift trees from
parchment and insert skewers
into cake to create forest.