How to Make a Whoville-Inspired Christmas Tree Cake
Watch Milkmoon Kitchen build towering cake creations filled with fluffy buttercream and innovative sugar-based architecture.
Watch Milkmoon Kitchen build towering cake creations filled with fluffy buttercream and innovative sugar-based architecture.
If you're obsessed with Christmas movies, this cake needs to be added to your holiday repertoire ASAP.
This cake has just the right amount of cartoon whimsy.
Bake your cakes, then cut beautifully teeny layers.
Using a round mold, start creating the cake's secret tree center.
Check it out: this is how you're going to build your tree inside the cake.
Don't forget; it's not a real evergreen without a trunk. This one is created with a rich bark-colored buttercream.
Now for those tree building skills, show 'em off!
Normally, stringing lights around the Christmas tree can be stressful (see that dark spot?!) but adding frosting lights and ornaments is pure joy.
The higher the tree, the closer to Santa.
This phrase just took on new meaning.
Even the Grinch would appreciate this perfect crumb coat.
Pipe colorful frosting all around the cake, then flatten it out with a large ruler or cake scrapper — pure satisfaction.
Add little trees on top for the full Christmas effect. The Whos would be very proud of this all-out festive effort.
Congrats, you've officially transported yourself to the wacky world of the Grinch.
Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.