Winter Wonderland Cake
This Winter Wonderland Cake features vanilla cake layers, smooth buttercream, and fun holiday decorations like marshmallow snowmen and sugar cone trees. A stunning Christmas dessert!
Equipment
- - 8-inch cake pans
- - Electric mixer
- - Offset spatula
- - Piping bag (optional)
- - Mixing bowls
Ingredients
- #### Cake
- - 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- - 2 ½ tsp baking powder
- - ½ tsp salt
- - 1 cup unsalted butter
- - 1 ¾ cups sugar
- - 4 eggs
- - 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- - 1 cup whole milk
- #### Buttercream
- - 1 ½ cups butter
- - 5–6 cups powdered sugar
- - 1 tbsp vanilla
- - 2–3 tbsp cream or milk
- - Pinch of salt
- - Gel food coloring optional
- #### Decorations
- - Sugar cones
- - White candy melts or icing
- - Shredded coconut or sanding sugar
- - Marshmallows
- - Black gel or edible marker
- - Pretzels orange sprinkles
- - Silver pearls or dragees
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line three 8-inch cake pans.
- Mix flour, baking powder, salt. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Alternate dry ingredients and milk.
- Divide batter into pans. Bake 25–28 mins. Cool completely.
- Beat butter, add powdered sugar, vanilla, cream. Color if desired.
- Stack and frost cake. Chill for clean finish.
- Decorate with marshmallow snowmen, sugar cone trees, and coconut snow.
Notes
- Freeze cake layers up to 1 month ahead.
- Let decorated cake sit at room temp 1 hour before serving.
- Use cake dowels for added support if stacking more than 3 layers.
- Let decorated cake sit at room temp 1 hour before serving.
- Use cake dowels for added support if stacking more than 3 layers.