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Christmas Tree Shaped Christmas Cake Recipe

A semi-homemade Christmas tree-shaped Christmas cake recipe so easy the kids can make it themselves! It'll become their new favorite holiday tradition!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Holiday, Kid-Friendly, Semi-Homemade
Calories: 470
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 (16 ounce) pound cake loaf-shaped, such as Sara Lee All Butter Pound Cake, frozen
  • whipped cream
  • 1 (8 ounce) pouch green decorating icing
  • M&M'S Milk Chocolate Candy
  • holiday jelly candy in holiday shapes, like bells

Equipment

  • large serving platter (or large tray)
  • large serrated bread knife (or another large knife)

Method
 

  1. Allow the frozen 1 (16 ounce) pound cake to thaw at room temperature for 15 minutes.
    1 (16 ounce) pound cake
  2. Cut the cake diagonally from one corner to the other to create 2 triangles.
  3. Arrange triangle cake pieces on a platter with straight sides together to form one large triangle like a Christmas tree.
  4. Use 1 (8 ounce) pouch green decorating icing and whipped cream to decorate the Christmas tree cake with alternating stripes to look like garland.
    1 (8 ounce) pouch green decorating icing, whipped cream
  5. Let the kids decorate the Christmas tree cake with M&M'S Milk Chocolate Candy and holiday jelly candy to look like ornaments.
    M&M'S Milk Chocolate Candy, holiday jelly candy