A recipe for a Christmas Tree Cake is one of the unique Christmas cakes ideas, tailor-made for the holiday season.

Christmas Tree Cake

• 1 pkg - Cake Mix (any flavor)
• 5 cup - Confectioners' Sugar
• ¾ cup - Crisco Shortening
• ½ cup - Water
• 1/3 cup - Non-dairy Creamer
• 2 tsp - Vanilla Extract
• ½ tsp - Salt
• 1 tbsp - Green Food Coloring
• Peppermint Candies
• Pretzel Rods
• Large Gumdrops

• Preheat the oven to 350 oF.
• Grease and flour a 13x9 pan.
• Prepare, bake and cool cake following package directions.

• Combine confectioners' sugar, shortening, water, non-dairy creamer, vanilla and salt in large bowl.
• Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 3 minutes.
• Beat at high speed for 5 minutes.
• Add more confectioners' sugar to thicken or more water to thin as needed.
• Reserve 1 cup frosting.
• Tint remaining frosting with green food coloring.
• Cut cooled cake diagonally and invert one piece so that the cake takes on a tree shape with a wide base.
• Spread green frosting over cake.
• Decorate tree with reserved white frosting and peppermint candies.
• Make trunk from pretzel rods.
• Roll out large gumdrop and cut with star cookie cutter.
• Top tree with gumdrop star.
• Decorate with colored mint candies, as ornament decorations.
• Use reserved white icing to make a tree garland.