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Easy to Make Christmas Cakes

It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas! I love the aroma of the holiday season – sweet cinnamon, gingerbread, apple cider, Christmas pine and all the baked goodies that tempt the taste buds. It’s these delightful scents that bring family and friends together to share in special moments of celebration.

My passion for decorated sweets has inspired many holiday designs to pass on to you. This month I have created stress-free and fun cakes and cookies for you to enjoy making.  

May your days be filled with sweet baked goodness and special time to celebrate the reason for the season with the ones you love.

Jill Foster

“Christmas Wreath”

You Need:

• 2 (8 or 9 inch round cake (any flavor), baked, cooled and refrigerated
• 1 batch Jill’s Wonder Cream Frosting (see recipe at sweetartfactory.com)
• Airheads candy – two red taffy pieces
• M & M’s – red and green

Supplies Needed: Spatula, medium star tip – #18, disposable decorator bag, and leaf green food paste/gel

Step-by-Step:

1. Level and fill your cooled cakes. Spread White Wonder Cream Frosting on top and sides of cake. Smooth with a straight edge metal spatula.
2. Mix remaining frosting with green food paste to create a dark green. Put medium tip into pastry bag.
3. Make large cursive “j’s” around the top border. Repeat another layer of “j’s” in between the “j’s” to create a wreath. Adorn with red M & M’s.

    

    

4. Soften one red Airhead in the micrrowave for 5 seconds. Stretch the Airhead candy to create a ribbon. Fold both ends into the middle to create a red bow. Using the other Airhead candy, cut the ends of the bow and stick to the back of the bow. (see cake photo). Place bow on top of the wreath.
5. Adorn bottom border of the cake with M & M’s.

My Cute Christmas Tree

You Need:

• 2 (8 or 9 inch round cake (any flavor), baked, cooled and refrigerated
• 1 batch Jill’s Wonder Cream Frosting (see recipe below)
• Miniature candy canes
• Skittles

Supplies Needed: Spatula, medium star tip – #18, disposable decorator bag, leaf green food paste/gel and Christmas tree cookie cutter.

Step-by-Step

1. Level and fill your cooled cakes. Spread White Wonder Cream Frosting on top and sides of cake. Smooth with a straight edge metal spatula.
2. Mix remaining frosting with green food paste to create a dark green. Put medium tip into pastry bag.
3. Using a Christmas tree cookie cutter, mark the top of the cake to create an outline of a tree.

    

    

4. Using the tree as your outline, make cursive “u’s” to create the tree. Start the row of “u’s” at the bottom of the tree and work yourself up to the top.
5. To create the top border, write a cursive “e’” and then an upside down “e” and continue to make the border. Practice on a plate prior to putting it on the cake. The bottom border is cursive “e’s”.
6. Using the miniature candy canes, create hearts on the side of the cake and the bottom of the tree, as well as the “J” in JOY.
7. Adorn the tree and rest of the cake with colored skittles. I used the dark purple for the base of the tree and the yellow for the stars.