Decorated Tree Cake

Same as green, just with Pink!

Spiced Tree Cake

Dreidel Decorated Cake

Antipasto Bread

Decorating Ideas

Box mixes: Lightly grease the pan with oil, follow the package directions, and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Elegant spice cake: Bake a boxed spice cake mix in the pan. Once cool, dust with powdered sugar and decorate with sprigs of rosemary and sugared cranberries—simple and festive!

Pine tree decoration: Pipe small dots of green icing using a round tip. Use a rounded spatula or knife to drag each dot downward to create pine needles. Continue piping and dragging in rows from the top of the tree to the bottom, wiping the spatula often. Ice the trunk with chocolate icing. Decorate as desired with sprinkles, candies, or more icing.

Cakes and bars

• Red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, decorated with red and green sprinkle “garland” lines.
• Gingerbread cake with a lemon or vanilla glaze drizzled in zigzags.
• Mint brownies: a brownie base with green mint frosting and a chocolate drizzle.
• Peppermint bark brownies, topped with melted white chocolate and crushed candy canes.
• Red-and-green poke cake: a white cake with red and green Jell-O poked in, topped with Cool Whip.
• Hot cocoa cake: chocolate cake with mini marshmallows as the “snow” and a candy-cane trunk.

Pull-aparts and breakfast

• Cinnamon roll pull-apart tree made with canned rolls and a cream cheese glaze.
• Monkey bread tree, with a little caramel drizzle as garland.
• French toast bake with cranberries, good for Christmas morning.
• Sausage and egg breakfast casserole, sliced by tier.
• Jalapeño-cheddar cornbread to serve with holiday chili.

Different ways to decorate a tree

• Hershey Kiss tree: rows of green and silver Kisses with a star on top.
• Ugly sweater tree in bright frosting, with candy zigzags, dots and pom-pom gumdrops.
• Flocked snowy tree: white frosting and shredded coconut, dusted with silver sprinkles.
• Candy-garland tree: M&M ornaments with Twizzlers pull-and-peel as the garland.
• Gold glam tree: chocolate ganache, gold sprinkles and a gold star, for New Year’s.

Shape-shifts for other times of year

• Rocket ship: the point is the nose, and the trunk becomes orange and yellow exhaust flames.
• Snowy mountain: white peaks with a few mini marshmallow skiers. It works for a ski trip or a winter birthday.
• Camping pine tree for Scouts or a summer campfire party, with a graham cracker “log” trunk.
• Garden gnome: frost the top two-thirds as a red hat, the bottom tier as a white beard, and add a round candy nose.
• Tiered wedding or shower cake: trim off the trunk and frost each tier in pastel ruffles.
• Party hat: stripes and polka dots, with a candy pom-pom at the tip.