Winter ONEderland Cake
A festive snowman-themed vanilla cake with coconut frosting—perfect for a first birthday or winter celebration!
Equipment
- - 2 x 6-inch cake pans
- - Stand or hand mixer
- - Piping bags and tips
- - Mixing bowls
- - Offset spatula
Ingredients
- **Cake Batter:**
- - 2¾ cups all-purpose flour
- - ¾ cup caster sugar
- - 3 tsp baking powder
- - ¾ tsp baking soda
- - Pinch of salt
- - ½ cup vegetable oil
- - 1½ tsp vanilla extract
- - 2 cups buttermilk
- **Frosting:**
- - 2 cans coconut cream refrigerated overnight
- - 2 tsp vanilla extract
- - 1 tbsp powdered sugar
- - Brown pink, and orange natural food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line two 6” cake pans.
- Mix dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Whisk oil, vanilla, and buttermilk in another bowl.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients until just mixed.
- Divide batter, bake 30–45 mins, cool completely.
- Level cake layers.
- Whip coconut cream with vanilla and sugar until fluffy.
- Divide frosting: leave some white, tint remaining.
- Fill and frost cake with white cream.
- Decorate snowman face with colored frosting.
- Chill cake 2 hours before serving.
Notes
- Vegan version: replace buttermilk with soy milk + vinegar.
- Use gluten-free flour for allergies.
- For a chocolate version, sub part of flour with cocoa powder.
- Use gluten-free flour for allergies.
- For a chocolate version, sub part of flour with cocoa powder.