Snowman Cake

As I write this, it’s my granddaughter’s 8th birthday, and she wanted a snowman cake.  Back in the day, I remember painstakingly cutting out pieces of cake (oh, the crumbs!) in order to create a cake design that would make my daughters’ birthday fun.  This one was super easy!  Even better, no cutting at all.

I made the cake the day before, covered the rounds with cling wrap, and froze them.   I covered the backside of my cookie sheet with a pretty shade of blue mylar.  Really made the cake pop.  When I was ready to frost, I left the cakes frozen.   So much easier–the rounds were firm and easy to work with.  Even better, the coconut is very forgiving.  Any imperfections were completely hidden.   Then I started to decorate.  That’s when making the cake got fun.  (Note:  I was going to use a carrot for the snowman’s nose when I shot this photo.  I ended up using an orange gumdrop, instead.)

Needless to say, my granddaughter loved it!

Snowman Cake

December 19, 2015

by Pam

Category Kids

Ingredients

• White cake mix
• White frosting
• Coconut
• 2 dark brown M&Ms for eyes (could use a black jelly bean cut in half, too.)
• Licorice (black for 'stick' arm and red string licorice for mouth)
• Orange gumdrop for nose (Could use a real carrot, too.)
• Mini York peppermint patties for buttons
• Red fruit roll-up for scarf
• Small paper doilies for snowflakes, if desired.

Instructions

1. Using one 9-inch round and one 7-inch round, bake the cake the day before if you have time. Wrap in cling wrap and freeze.
2. Cover cookie sheet or piece of cardboard. (I used a sheet of blue mylar.)
3. When ready to decorate, remove cakes from freezer and frost top and sides. Don't forget to put a blob of frosting under each round to keep them from slipping off the cookie sheet!
4. Sprinkle generously with coconut.
5. Decorate as described above.
6. I guarantee your little munchkin (or the grown-up one, too!) will love it! So cute.

Tags

kids birthday,

snowman cake,

winter birthday cake