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Surprise Inside Christmas Tree Cake Recipe Video

Surprise Inside Christmas Tree Cake | Video

Add a surprise element to your Christmas celebrations with this stunning cake!
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Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Author :Nish Kitchen
Servings 8

Ingredients

Christmas trees:

  • 2 cups self raising flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs at room temperature
  • ½ cup milk
  • ¼ cup oil
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • A few drops of green food coloring

Christmas tree cake:

  • 2 cups self raising flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs at room temperature
  • ½ cup milk
  • ¼ cup oil
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Cream cheese frosting:

  • 140 g unsalted butter softened
  • 1 and ½ cups powdered sugar icing sugar
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 500 g cream cheese softened
  • A few drops of green food coloring
  • Festive sprinkles to decorate

Instructions

Christmas trees:

  • Preheat oven to 180 C or 350 F. Line a 24 x 30cm Swiss roll pan or lamington pan with baking paper. Set aside.
  • Sift flour and sugar into a large bowl. Set aside.
  • Place eggs, milk, oil and vanilla extract in a bowl. Whisk.
  • Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Pour wet mixture into the dry mixture. Add green food coloring.
  • Using a spatula, gently fold in to create smooth batter.
  • Pour this batter into the prepared cake tin. Smooth top. Bake for 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely.
  • Using a tree shaped cookie cutter, cut out the Christmas trees from the cake. Set aside.

Christmas tree cake:

  • Preheat oven to 180 C or 350 F. Line a 8x4-inch loaf pan with baking paper. Set aside.
  • Sift flour and sugar into a large bowl. Set aside.
  • Place eggs, milk, oil and vanilla extract in a medium bowl. Whisk to combine.
  • Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Pour in egg mixture.
  • Using a spatula, fold in gently to create smooth batter. Set aside.
  • Lay a row of evenly stacked Christmas trees in the loaf tin. Scoop the batter over the top to cover the trees.
  • Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes and then pop out onto a rack to cool completely.

Cream cheese frosting:

  • Place butter, half of sugar and vanilla extract in a large bowl.
  • Using an electric mixer, beat until smooth. Add remaining sugar, cream cheese and green food coloring. Beat until just combined.
  • Transfer frosting to a piping bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe frosting on the cake.
  • Decorate with sprinkles.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 749kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 53g | Saturated Fat: 24g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 26g | Cholesterol: 196mg | Sodium: 995mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g