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    Home » Recipes » Cake Decorating Tutorials

    Pastel Christmas Cake Tutorial

    December 18, 2019 By Melissa Diamond 18 Comments

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    This sweet Pastel Christmas Cake Tutorial is a new favorite of ours, with its shades of pink and green.

    We'll show you how to create a striped buttercream cake, a pink drip, and whimsical and fun chocolate candy coating trees in this free video tutorial!

    This pastel Christmas Cake was so much fun to make! We love the striped buttercream, pink drip, and colorful chocolate trees!

     

     

     

    Materials:

    This cake design would be beautiful on cakes of any size. 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 beneath the middle cake board (cut to the height of the first two filled cake layers). If you'd like to see a double barrel cake being constructed, our recent Hanging Ornaments Cake Video is a good example. 

    • Our Classic Vanilla Buttercream or Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream recipes or your butter-based frosting of choice . (Fluffy is a bit whiter because it contains some shortening, while the all-butter Classic Vanilla recipe firms up more quickly in the freezer, which is helpful when making the striped buttercream.)

     

    • Coloring- We used Americolor Green and Pink candy colorings to tint our chocolate as well as the green buttercream.

     

    • Sprinkles of Choice- Our Pink, Green, and White sprinkles are Wilton. We also used silver dragees. We also used white/clear sanding sugar on top of the "snow".

     

    • Cake Comb- I prefer metal because I can heat it in hot water more easily before smoothing over the buttercream for a smooth finish, but it doesn't have to be. I'm using a comb by Evil Cake Genius.

     

    • Disposable Piping Bags

     

    • Piping Tips- I used a tip 12 for piping on the stripes but you could also just snip the tip away from your piping bag to the desired size.

     

    • Miscellaneous: Wax or Parchment Paper, cookie sheet, turntable (helpful, optional)

     

    • Lollipop Sticks

    Pastel Christmas Cake- My Cake School Member Tutorial- Such a fun cake design for the holidays!

    Notes:

    Whenever working with candy coating decorations like our chocolate Christmas trees, chill them again just before handling/placing onto cake to firm them up. Also, always make a few extra in case of breakage!

    For the Ganache Drip

    For our Ganache, we used a 3:1 ratio of white chocolate to heavy cream. For convenience and because we were just doing a simple drip, we used white chocolate chips & used a microwave. We did 6 oz of white chocolate to 2 oz heavy cream-- we still had some leftover and so adjust to your liking. 

    Heating the Chocolate

    We heated the chips and cream first for 30 seconds. Let it sit for two minutes to melt further (we stirred gently), then reheat for 10 more seconds. This was all that we needed but if you need more time, heat in small increments.

    Tinting the Chocolate

    When we tinted the white chocolate ganache with the pink candy coloring, it didn't match the trees because the ganache had a deeper yellow tint. This resulted in a peachy hue. To correct, I stirred in some white coloring gel (ours was Wilton).

    *Test a small amount first before using regular coloring gels with your ganache to make sure it doesn't cause seizing or thickening. We had no problems and were happy with the color!

    *I don't recommend adding regular coloring gel for tinting straight candy coating or chocolate...but our ganache was more forgiving.

     

    More Christmas and Winter Cakes!

    We've made so many Christmas and winter cake tutorials over the years. I'll link to a few below, but make sure to check out our  Roundup of Christmas Cake Designs as well as our Roundup of Christmas Cake Recipes for even more ideas! 

    Christmas Tree Cake in Chocolate- Free Cake Video

    Loopy Christmas Bow Cake- Free Video Tutorial

    Sweet Santa Cake- Free Video Tutorial

    Hanging Ornaments Cake- Free Video

    Roundup of Christmas Cake Designs and Recipes

     

     

    Enjoy the Video!

    Thanks so much for stopping by! We hope that you enjoy this sweet pastel Christmas Cake tutorial! If you give this cake design (or your own variation) a try, we would love for you to leave a comment and photo below!

     

     
     

     

     

     

    Related posts:

    1. Winter Wonderland of White Chocolate Trees- Blog Tutorial
    2. Ornament Wreath Cake~ Blog Tutorial
    3. Christmas Tree of Buttons~Cake Blog Tutorial
    4. Reindeer Cupcakes- Free Video Tutorial
    5. Semi-Naked Red Velvet Cake- Video Tutorial
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    1. BeBe December 25, 2020 at 11:59 pm

      Hi Fiona, Your cake is beautiful, you did a great job! Thanks so much for posting your picture.

      Reply
    2. Penny Thomas December 9, 2021 at 2:44 pm

      What is the type of metal comb called that you used to make this cake? Thanks for your help!

      Reply
      • Melissa Diamond December 9, 2021 at 3:25 pm

        Hi Penny! Mine is from Evil Cake Genius- but I'm sure you can find them on Amazon also- here is a link:

        https://evilcakegenius.com/catalog/product/view/id/2014/s/two-tone-stripe-contour-comb-1-2-inch-tts12/category/2/

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        • Penny Thomas December 9, 2021 at 4:47 pm

          Thank you! I just ordered one!

          Reply
    3. Penny Thomas December 20, 2021 at 11:38 am

      I'm new to this site and am having trouble finding the base recipe for this Pastel Christmas cake. Can someone point me in the right direction or do I have to watch the video to find out what the recipe is? Thank you!

      Reply
    4. BeBe December 20, 2021 at 5:28 pm

      Hi Penny, In the video, Melissa is showing the process for decorating this cake with stripes, drip and trees. You could use your favorite cake recipe for your cake. For a suggestion from our recipes, many of our members like the Vanilla Buttermilk Cake, if you do not have buttermilk, there is a substitution in the Notes below the recipe. Link below. The second link is for our Classic Vanilla Buttercream recipe. We have many recipes in our recipe section.

      https://www.mycakeschool.com/recipes-tutorials/vanilla-buttermilk-cake-recipe/

      https://www.mycakeschool.com/recipes-tutorials/classic-vanilla-buttercream/

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