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Christmas Tree Cake

This festive Christmas Tree Cake combines a light and fluffy chocolate cake with buttercream and jam, and is easy to decorate like a Christmas tree.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Cooling time
10 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 659 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: British

Ingredients

For the cake
  • 250 g butter softened
  • 250 g caster sugar
  • 4 eggs medium
  • 210 g self-raising flour
  • 20 g cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 140 g PLAIN yogurt
  • 50 g chocolate chips dark
For the buttercream and filling
  • 250 g butter
  • 400 g icing sugar
  • 2 tablespoon milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 100 g jam
  • 15 g Food colouring gel Green
  • 5 g Food colouring gel Yellow
  • 5 g Food colouring gel Red

Instructions

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  1. Preheat your oven to 180°C/160°C(fan)/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and line a 30x20cm (12x10") baking tin.
To make the cake
  1. Add 250 g Butter and 250 g Caster sugar to a large mixing bowl. Mix together until light and fluffy.
  2. Whisk in 4 Eggs one at a time.
  3. Sift in 210 g Self-raising flour, 20 g Cocoa powder and 1 teaspoon Baking powder. Gently fold the dry ingredients in.
  4. Add 140 g Plain yogurt, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract and 50 g Chocolate chips. Carefully fold these into the mixture.
  5. Pour the cake batter into the lined baking tin and smooth over. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until an inserted knife comes out clean.
  6. Once cooked, leave the cake to cool for at least 10 minutes.
  7. Slice the cake in half through the middle and spread 100 g Jam over the bottom half.
To make the buttercream
  1. Mix together 250 g Butter, 400 g Icing sugar, 2 tablespoon Milk and 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract, until smooth.
  2. Remove two small amounts and put in separate bowls.
  3. Add 15 g Food colouring gel (green) to the large amount and 5 g Food colouring gel (red) and 5 g Food colouring gel (yellow) to the smaller amounts. Mix well to get the desired colours.
To make the cake
  1. Pipe about ⅓ of the green icing onto the jam. Put the top half of the cake back on and cut out a tree shape.
  2. Starting from the bottom of the tree, pipe the remaining green icing in small downward motions, working upwards and slightly overlapping the row below.
  3. Add small spots of red and yellow icing to make lights and baubles.

Notes

  • Note that the nutritional information will be higher than actual, as not all of the cake is used, depending on how you cut the tree shape.
  • You could swap the icing for a cream cheese frosting if you prefer.
  • Allow the cake to cool fully before slicing it in half and adding the filing. It will fall apart otherwise.
  • You could use a mini star shape cookie cutter to cut out a star from the off cuts of cake to put on top of the tree.
  • We like to dust it with a little icing sugar before serving to make it look a little snowy.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1portion Calories 659kcal (33%) Carbohydrates 78g (26%) Protein 5g (10%) Fat 37g (57%) Saturated Fat 23g (115%) Polyunsaturated Fat 2g Monounsaturated Fat 10g Trans Fat 1g Cholesterol 146mg (49%) Sodium 300mg (13%) Potassium 151mg (4%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 62g (124%) Vitamin A 1136IU (23%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 60mg (6%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 659

% Daily Value*

Serving 1portion
Calories 659kcal 33%
Carbohydrates 78g 26%
Protein 5g 10%
Fat 37g 57%
Saturated Fat 23g 115%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g 12%
Monounsaturated Fat 10g 50%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 146mg 49%
Sodium 300mg 13%
Potassium 151mg 3%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 62g 124%
Vitamin A 1136IU 23%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 60mg 6%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.