Christmas Tree Cake

by Aloha Bob
(Houston, TX)

I could not find a Christmas Tree cake anywhere on the internet. One that looks like a Christmas Tree.

So I tried 3 different ways and the last way works fine.

7 layers(2" deep cake pans) One each 10,9,8,7,6,5,4 cake tins.

Cream Cheese icing with Raspberries and pecans in middle of each layer. Colored layers 5 different colors, to make it interesting.
Red Velvet cake recipe used.
Cake was 22"h x 10"w.

Made 120 branch leaves out of green gumpaste dried them upside down on pvc pipes to make them dry curved.

Made top Star from Gum paste and different sizes of star cutters put in cups and bowls to make them curve and pressed them together with water to set paste.

Afte gum paste leaves dried hard, I made a cut with a cake icer in the side of the cake and pushed in the leaves....at different staggered levels. When leaves were all inserted I painted them with green food coloring and sprinkled them with yellow and white sparkling sugar...I took step by step photos for my niece in Omaha to be able to do the cake.
Aloha, Bob

Cake: Red Velvet
2 1/2 C. Cake flour
1 1/2 C. Granulated Sugar
1 ts. Baking Soda
1 ts. salt
1 ts. cocoa powder
1 C. Buttermilk
3 eggs
1 ts. vinegar (white)
1 1/2 C. vegetable oil
1 oz. Red food coloring
1 ts. Vanilla

Frosting: Cream Cheese
4 C. Confectioners Powder
1 lb. softened butter
2 ts. vanilla
1 lb. cream cheese

Sift first 6 ingredients, set aside
Mix liquid ingredients (separate mixing bowl) at medium speed until all is well incorporated.
Slowly add Sifted ingredients until all is well combined.
Pour in (3) 9 inch cake pans. Bake 25-30 min. at 350 degrees (preheated oven)
Frosting: Add all together and mix until smooth..add more c.cheese or sugar to texture desired.
7 , 2 inch cake pans were used for this cake....hence trippled recipe.
1 size cake pan (each layer) 10", 9" 8" 7" 6" 5" 4"
Star and Leaves were made from Sugar Gum paste and food coloring.