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Stained Glass Christmas Cake
Traditional Cakes & Pies
Prep time:
15 minutes plus decoratingBake time:
30 to 35 minutes“Grandma used lots of colored decorating gel (especially green!) to make this pretty cake.”
Ingredients
Serves 12
- 1 package (18 1/4 ounces) white cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 can (16 ounces) plus 1 cup vanilla frosting
- 1 cup dark chocolate frosting
- 2 tubes red decorating gel
- 2 tubes green decorating gel
- 1 tube yellow decorating gel
- 1 tube blue decorating gel
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans. Combine cake mix, eggs, milk and oil; pour batter into prepared pans. Bake cakes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer pans to wire racks; cool for 10 minutes. Turn cakes onto racks; cool completely.
2
Place a wire rack on a baking sheet. Using a large knife, trim tops of cakes to make level. Transfer one cake to the rack. Spread with 3/4 cup vanilla frosting. Top with remaining layer. Spread 1 1/2 cups vanilla frosting on sides.
3
Place remaining vanilla frosting in a glass measuring cup. Microwave on HIGH for 10 seconds; stir. Continue heating at 10-second intervals until frosting is thick and creamy. Pour frosting over entire cake starting from center; using a spatula, spread to cover cake sides. Let stand until frosting is dry, about 30 minutes.
4
Draw a tree on a piece of parchment paper and cut out to create a template. Place the template on top of the cake. Using a toothpick, trace the template onto the frosting. Spoon chocolate frosting into a resealable plastic bag; snip off one corner. Pipe along traced lines. Pipe more lines to make tree decorations and then stained glass shapes.
5
Pipe different colored gels within lines, then, using a paint brush, distribute gel evenly.
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Grandma's Secret Tip
Grandma's Secret Tip
Grandma once showed us how to make a simpler version of this cake by baking the batter in a 13 x 9-inch pan and then making a design on just the top of the cake.
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