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Santa Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Impress all your holiday guests with this easy-to-make Santa cake. They'll never know the base is a boxed cake mix—it's that impressive!
👥 20 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h👤 Country Living📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Make the cake: Prepare cake mix and bake in a 9- by 13-inch pan according to the package directions. Once cool, transfer to a serving platter.
2
Make the frosting and decorate: Beat butter and cream cheese on low speed with an electric mixer until smooth, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes. Increase mixer speed to medium and gradually beat in confectioners sugar until light and fluffy, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes.
cream cheese, at room temperature1 (8-ounce) package
3
Transfer 1 cup frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large flat tip. Tint remaining frosting red and use to frost sides and top of cake. Refrigerate cake until no longer tacky, 5 to ⏱️ 10 minutes.
4
Pipe a 3-inch-wide strip, lengthwise, down the center of the cake with white frosting. Place 2 wafer cookies on top half and 1 on bottom for buttons.
5
Lightly dust a work surface with cornstarch and roll out white fondant. Cut into a 3-inch square. Using a small square cookie cutter or paring knife, cut out center to make a belt buckle. Transfer to a sheet of parchment paper and spray with gold spray; let dry, 8 to ⏱️ 10 minutes.
Cornstarch, for work surfaceWhite fondant
6
Roll black fondant into a 9- by 3-inch rectangle and place on cake between buttons. Top with belt buckle.
Black fondant
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