Christmas Tree Cake

Happy Wednesday guys! Recipe of the day is Christmas Tree Cake – delicious sponge layers with cream cheese frosting, covered with chocolate ganache. 🤤

Christmas Tree Cake

It was a real treat and we all enjoyed this pretty cake so so much! It’s quite easy to make and assemble. All you have to do is to cut out a Christmas tree from the sponge, add some frosting in between and cover in chocolate ganache.

For me, the star was the sponge. I have never had/made such a good sponge. We happily ate the little pieces left from the cutting. Decorate with some berries and you’ve got yourself a lovely Christmas Tree Cake that would be very appreciated not only byt the kids but by the grown-ups too. 😄

Christmas Tree Cake

What you need to make the Christmas Tree Cake

  • eggs
  • flour
  • sugar
  • cream cheese
  • baking powder
  • yogurt
  • salt
  • double cream
  • green food colouring
  • icing sugar
  • vanilla extract
  • butter
  • chocolate
  • raspberries for decoration
Christmas Tree Cake

Here’s how to make this gorgeous cake

Ingredients:

For the sponge:

  • 250g butter
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 150g yogurt
  • 1tsp baking powder
  • 2tsp vanilla extract

For the chocolate ganache:

  • 150g chocolate
  • 150ml double cream

For the green cream cheese frosting:

  • 200g cream cheese
  • 100g icing sugar
  • green food colouring
  • raspberries for decoration

Preparation:

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C
  • In a bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until creamy then slowly add the eggs, one by one
  • Fold in the sifted flour, vanilla, baking powder and yogurt
  • Grease a 30×20 traybake, tip the mixture in and bake in the oven for about 25 minutes
  • Leave on a rack to cool completely
  • For the chocolate ganache, melt the cream and chocolate together
  • For the cream cheese frosting, whisk all the ingredients together
  • Split the sponge in two layers and cu them into a Christmas tree shape
  • Spread half of the cream cheese frosting on the bottom layer and add the top one
  • Cover with the chocolate ganache and decorate with the raspberries and the rest of the green cream cheese frosting
  • Refrigerate for a couple of hours before serving

Enjoy1

Christmas Tree Cake

I hope you guys love this recipe as much as we did. Stay tuned for more quick, easy and tasty Festive recipes. There’s 12 days till Christmas left! 🤪

Christmas Tree Cake