Little Christmas Trees Cakes Recipe

These little christmas trees were the first of the holiday baking I have done this year. The last time they were made in our household was when I was about 10 years old, so they were a real treat to make again. The recipe is pretty simple, the hardest part is cutting out the shapes at the end.  So definitely give it a try if you are into celebrating christmas!

Little Christmas Trees

Adapted from: Usborne's Christmas Cooking Book

Makes: 10 trees, 16 presents

Time: 30 minutes prep, 45 minutes cooking

Ingredients:

• 275 grams of self raising flour
• 225 grams of softened butter
• 3 1/2 tablespoons of milk
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 225 grams of caster sugar
• 3 drops of vanilla essence
• 3 drops of almond essence
• 4 eggs
• icing - I used the recipe listed for these cakes, but this didn't make nearly enough, so I would recommend using either pre-made icing, or make your favourite icing from scratch
• food colouring (green & any other colours)
• lollies for decorating

Method:

Step 1. Mix the flour, butter, milk, sugar, baking powder, vanilla essence & almond essence together.

Step 2. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl with a fork then add them to the flour mixture and mix well.

Step 3. Pour the mixture into a large rectangular tin lined with baking paper and cook at 180 celsius for about 45 minutes.

Step 4. Once your cake has cooled, split the icing into separate bowls (the number depends on how many colours you want). Mix in a few drops of food colouring into each bowl.

Step 5. Split the cake into two sections, similarly to the photos below. One section will be for the presents, and the other for the trees.

Step 6. Ice the separate sections and then cut according to the image below (they did it the other way around - cut, then iced, but I found it easier to swap these steps).

Step 7. Decorate with an assortment of lollies and serve.

These cakes are best eaten within about 2-3 days of making.

Enjoy!