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Snowman Cake
This snowman cake tutorial turns a chocolate layer cake into a winter wonderland! It's an easy Christmas cake topped with adorable snowman cake pops made from mini donuts and chocolate chips.
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 30m⏳ Prep: 1h🔥 Cook: 30 min👤 Shelly📖 cookiesandcups
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- pan
- spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
To Make the Cake
2
Grease two 8- or 9-inch cake pans with cooking spray, and set aside.
3
Prepare the cake batter according to the directions on the box.
4
Divide the batter evenly between the prepared cake pans. Bake the cakes according to the package directions. Let the cakes cool completely.
5
To Assemble
6
Prepare a batch of chocolate buttercream frosting.
7
Place your first cake layer on a plate or cake board. Using a large open-round piping tip or an offset spatula, pipe or spread buttercream over the first layer. Place the second cake layer on top.
8
Use the remaining frosting to frost the top and sides of the cake.
9
To Decorate
10
Carefully thread the donut holes onto the cake pop sticks, 3 donuts per stick. Make sure that you don’t poke the stick through the top donut.
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11
Gently press the mini chocolate chips onto the donuts as eyes and buttons. You can use a small dollop of chocolate buttercream on the back of the chocolate chips to help them adhere.
Mini chocolate chips
12
Place a small orange candy on each snowman’s face as the nose.
13
Next, cut the fruit leather into 4-inch strips. Gently wrap each strip around the “neck” of the snowman.
Fruit leather (like Fruit by the Foot)
14
Press the ends of the cake pop sticks into the cake so that the snowmen stand upright, with the bottom donut flush with the frosting on the cake.
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15
Dust the top of the cake with powdered sugar.
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