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    Home » Recipes » Winter

    Hanging Ornaments Cake

    December 3, 2019 By Melissa Diamond 5 Comments

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    Today's Hanging Ornaments Cake design is so much fun to make, and perfect for Christmas parties!

    The festive colors and dimension of the ornaments makes it a stand-out centerpiece for the dessert table.

     We hope that you enjoy this simple, festive cake!

    Festive Hanging Ornament Cake- Such a fun cake design for Christmas parties!

     

    Silicone Half Ball Molds

    I love this chocolate ornament design for it's uniqueness and simplicity, but also because it gives me an excuse to use my silicone half ball molds!

    I've used this set of molds for other cake designs as well and we always love the results! Check out these free cake tutorials for more fun with chocolate molds: Chocolate Spheres Cake and Ghost with Balloons Cake

    Alternate Ornament Design

    As a side note, you could also create and dry flat circle cut outs from fondant (with a little tylose) to create cute and colorful ornaments if you don't have a silicone mold like the one that we used. It will be a different look, but still very cute! (We did a similar idea with stars in this Baby and Moon Shower Cake Tutorial!)

     

    More Christmas Cake Designs

    We have more Christmas and winter cake designs to share! Don't miss our roundup of Christmas and Winter Cake Designs and Recipes!

    Roundup of Christmas Cake Designs and Recipes

     

     

    Materials for Ornament Cake:

    For this tutorial, we made a double barrel cake using four 6 inch cake layers, a cake board cut down to the size of the cake on the bottom, a cake board cut slightly smaller than the cake for the middle, and four bubble tea straws for support as we demonstrated at the beginning of the video. 

    You'll need to use your cake base of choice, whether a few stacked (wrapped) cake boards, a small cake drum, or pedestal.

     

    Buttercream- We used our Classic Vanilla Buttercream recipe (our Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream Recipe would be good for this also)

    Candy Coating- We used candy melts since we made red and green ornaments. These can be a little tricky to melt-- if it is too thick,  you can stir in a small amount of shortening. Try not to overheat in the microwave--just melt in small increments. (I probably used about ¼ cup of each color). ***Instead of pre-colored candy melts, you can tint your candy coating yourself but it will need to be oil based candy coloring gel so that the chocolate won't become too thick or seize.

    Silicone Mold- (affiliate)

    Small flat brush or spatula to spread chocolate

    Assorted Sprinkles

    Piping gel or edible glue of choice. (You can also mix a little warm water with tylose powder to make a glue)

    Piping Tip: Small round tip 3 or similar size for piping strands of buttercream as well as bead border, leaf tip 352

    Coloring gel: Electric green (strands and bows), Holly Leaves are a mixture of Wilton Leaf Green and Avocado Green

    Hanging Ornaments Cake Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com. This cake is perfect for the holidays!

     

     

    Notes:

    If you aren't comfortable with piping the buttercream strands, you can also extrude fondant and apply to a chilled buttercream cake (so that you can move things around as needed). 

    Chill the ornaments just before handling so that they will be less fragile.

     

    Enjoy the Video!

    We hope that you will give this hanging ornament cake design a try! If you do, make sure to leave a comment and photo below!

     

     

     

     

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    1. MsGF December 4, 2019 at 9:09 am

      Beautiful cake! Simple, Quick and Fabulous as always! :-) Love it!

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    2. Melissa Diamond December 4, 2019 at 10:01 am

      Thanks Teri! xoxo

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    3. Lisa G. December 4, 2019 at 2:38 pm

      Beautiful Cakes! Thanks for always keep us inspired. :-) Wishing everyone a lovely holiday season. Lisa G.

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    4. GuppyLove December 6, 2019 at 9:54 am

      So pretty! Another favorite!! Merry Christmas to you & your family???

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    5. BeBe December 6, 2019 at 10:35 pm

      Thank you, GuppyLove, and Merry Christmas to you too!!

      Reply

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