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If you’ve been following along on B-Inspired Mama for any length of time, you might have figured out by now that I’m a semi-homemade kind of mama.If there’s a shortcut to make it easier for me to be creative with my kids, I’m going to use it. And I’m going to share it with you!

And what better mama shortcut than a semi-homemade meal or dessert using frozen ingredients right out of the freezer to save time, right? Can you figure out what I used out of my freezer to make this cute Christmas cake recipe so easy my kids could make it?! Let’s check it out and see…

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Semi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe

Jump to the Full Printable Recipe! This is SO semi-homemade I almost don’t even want to call it a “recipe”. I mean, there’s no baking involved. The secret… A Sara Lee Butter Pound Cake right out of the freezer!

We already know it’s delicious. No need to worry about messing it up or getting distracted by the kids and burning a cake.

Just pull it out of the freezer and let it thaw about 10 minutes (not entirely thawed because it’s easier to cut and maneuver into our Christmas tree shaped if still a little bit frozen), and you’re ready to make a Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake the kids will be in awe over!

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Once you’ve got the Christmas Tree shaped cake in place on a pretty Christmas platterSemi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe • B-Inspired Mama (4) (or even just a wax paperSemi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe • B-Inspired Mama (5) lined baking sheetSemi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe • B-Inspired Mama (6)), you can let older kids have at icing it with green icingSemi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe • B-Inspired Mama (7) and whipped creamSemi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe • B-Inspired Mama (8) (or white icingSemi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe • B-Inspired Mama (9) instead of whipped cream if you’d prefer). Or if your kids are still little, you can do the icing for them.

I alternated the white and green icingSemi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe • B-Inspired Mama (10) and tried to make it look a bit fancy, like garland going across the Christmas Tree. Super cute, right?!

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Finally, let the kids decorate the Christmas Tree Cake with holiday candy “ornaments”.We used Christmas Gum DropsSemi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe • B-Inspired Mama (12) and Mini Christmas M&M’sSemi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe • B-Inspired Mama (13), but you could really use any kind of Christmas candySemi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe • B-Inspired Mama (14). Maybe even let the kids pick it out!

They’ll love making this Christmas Cake Recipe! Trust me; your kids will be asking to make a Christmas Tree Cake every year. And you won’t mind because it’s SO EASY!It’ll become your family’s new favorite Christmas tradition!

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Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe

A semi-homemade Christmas tree-shaped Christmas cake recipe so easy the kids can make it themselves! It'll become their new favorite holiday tradition!

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Prep: 15 minutes mins

Total Time: 15 minutes mins

Servings: 8 servings

Cost: $15

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Instructions

  • Allow the frozen 1 (16 ounce) pound cake to thaw at room temperature for 15 minutes.

  • Cut the cake diagonally from one corner to the other to create 2 triangles.

  • Arrange triangle cake pieces on a platter with straight sides together to form one large triangle like a Christmas tree.

  • Use 1 (8 ounce) pouch green decorating icing and whipped cream to decorate the Christmas tree cake with alternating stripes to look like garland.

  • Let the kids decorate the Christmas tree cake with M&M'S Milk Chocolate Candy and holiday jelly candy to look like ornaments.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Holiday · Kid-Friendly · Semi-Homemade

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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in March of 2011 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.

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Semi-Homemade Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe • B-Inspired Mama (2024)

FAQs

How to make a Christmas tree on a cake? ›

CUT 1 large triangle from cake from the top center of shorter side to the 2 bottom corners of opposite shorter side. Place the 2 cut-off pieces on large tray, rounded side up, to form a second triangle the same shape as the whole one. Spread with chocolate fudge frosting. Place whole triangle on top.

What is a Little Debbie Christmas tree cake? ›

A tree-shaped yellow cake with creme filling. Decorated with white frosting, green sprinkles, and a red frosting stripe. single serve and family pack. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Tree Cake! The wrapping paper is rustling, Christmas lights are twinkling, and Little Debbie® Christmas Tree Cakes® are ready to serve!

What's the difference between a fruit cake and a Christmas cake? ›

Christmas cakes are also commonly made with pudding while a fruit cake uses butter, however there are Christmas cake recipes that do contain butter. The traditional Scottish Christmas cake, also known as the Whisky Dundee, is very popular. It is a light crumbly cake with currants, raisins, cherries and Scotch whisky.

Do you feed a Christmas cake from the top or bottom? ›

Method
  1. It is best to feed your cake, every fortnight from when it has been baked. ...
  2. Using a skewer, prick several holes into the top of your cake. ...
  3. Spoon over 1-2 tbsp of the alcohol/fruit juice of your choice ensuring that the whole cake is evenly covered.

How to make a cake in a tree shape? ›

Make tree shape by arranging 2 outer pieces with straight 13-inch sides together on foil-covered tray; frost top. Place remaining center piece on top. Spread a thin layer of frosting over top and sides to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting.

What is a Christmas tree cake? ›

Christmas Tree Cakes®, Chocolate-flavored

A tree-shaped chocolate flavored cake with chocolatey creme filling. Decorated with chocolate-flavored frosting, red and green sprinkles, and a white frosting stripe.

What are the ingredients in Little Debbie Christmas tree cake? ›

Sugar, Corn Syrup, Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Water, Palm and Palm Kernel Oil, Palm and Soybean Oils with TBHQ and Citric Acid to Protect Flavor, Dextrose Soybean Oil Contains 2% or Less of Each of the Following: ...

What does it mean to call a woman a Christmas cake? ›

25 rolls around — a fact that gave birth to an unfortunate bit of old Japanese slang: "Christmas cake" was used to refer to an unmarried woman who was over 25 and thus, considered past her prime.

Why are Little Debbie Christmas tree cakes so good? ›

Each bite of a Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake is a delightful journey back in time. The rich flavors and textures of these tree-shaped cakes with creme filling, white frosting, green sprinkles, and a signature red frosting stripe harken back to the tastes of petit fours—a seasonal favorite for many.

Which cake is eaten during Christmas? ›

Christmas cake is an English tradition that began as plum porridge. A traditional English Christmas cake is made with moist Zante currants, sultanas (golden raisins) and raisins which have been soaked in brandy, rum, whisky or sherry.

What is slang for fruit cake? ›

Slang. a crazy or eccentric person; nut.

Why is fruitcake eaten at Christmas? ›

Why is fruitcake eaten at Christmas? It's hard to determine exactly when fruitcake became associated with the holidays; however, it is believed that it started it happened during the 18th and 19th centuries when the cost of the ingredients was too expensive for most households to afford.

Why do Christmas cakes sink in the middle? ›

My cake has sunk in the middle.

There are three main reasons for this: a/ the oven door has been opened before the cake has set, b/ the cake didn't go in the oven as soon as the mixture was ready or c/ there's too much raising agent.

What is a good substitute for alcohol in Christmas Cake? ›

And you can use other alternatives such as sweet sherry, Grand Marnier or Amaretto. It is possible to use orange juice instead of alcohol to soak the fruits but we would not use it to feed the cake with after baking as fruit juice spoils more easily than alcohol.

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