Let the kids get into the festive spirit with these eggless Christmas tree mini cakes by making and decorating them. A perfect Christmas fun activity to enjoy the holidays!!!
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About the recipe
The Christmas tree mini cakes are egg-free, super moist, fluffy, and yummy slices of vanilla cake cut into triangles to give the shape of trees and decorated with frosting and sprinkles.
The cake recipe is super easy to prepare so kids can easily prepare it. Engaging your little ones in decorating these mini tree slices will make their day and create lovely memories to cherish later. It is a great way to celebrate festive vibes for the Holidays!!
This mini Christmas tree recipe is
- Egg-free cake recipe.
- Full of fun, even if the outcome is not a perfect one.
- A great way to engage kids with yourself in the kitchen.
- Perfect finger food for Christmas kids' party.
- Lovely addition to a Christmas party.
Ingredients for eggless Christmas tree cakes mini
The following items are required to make egg-free Christmas mini tree cakes:
Dry Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour - you can easily prepare a soft and moist cake with all-purpose flour.
- Baking Soda- a pinch is enough.
- Baking Powder - raising agent.
Wet Ingredients:
- Oil - Any cooking oil works best for the recipe. You can take either butter. The choice is yours.
- Sugar - Any sugar goes well. I use brown sugar.
- Yogurt - full-fat works well as the cake rises very well.
- Flavoring agent: I use vanilla imitation for flavor. You can also use vanilla extract if you want a pure flavor.
- Food color - green color to give a cake tree color.
Frosting
- Butter- unsalted melted at room temperature.
- Sugar - powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar.
- Food color- a few drops of pink color.
Decorations
- Sprinkles- sufficient quantity.
- Straws - 6
How to make mini Christmas tree cakes?
This recipe is so easy and simple. The vanilla cake comes out to be so soft without eggs. It is an eggless or egg-free cake recipe that you can try any time without fail!! The result is always the same; soft, super moist, and spongy cake!!
Let's get started with little detailed steps for making eggless Christmas tree mini-cakes:
Step-1 Prepare vanilla green cake
- Pour sugar, oil, and yogurt into a bowl. Whisk to combine well. Add vanilla essence/ extract and whisk again. Next, stir in the green food color, whisk, and keep it aside.
- Into another bowl, sieve all the dry ingredients, i.e. all-purpose flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients while stirring to avoid lump formation.
- Grease a baking tin and pour batter into it. Bake for 35 minutes at 180 degrees centigrade or till the skewer comes out clean on inserting into the cake. Cool it completely before slicing.
Step-2 Frosting
- Combine butter, powdered sugar, and red food color in a bowl and whisk till creamy and frothy.
- Transfer the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a round nozzle to cover mini trees with frosting (as shown in the pictures below).
Note:- I take powdered sugar slightly grainy to give the frosting a rough texture.
- If you like your frosting to have a creamy texture, consider whisking with a hand mixer, or electric mixer.
Step- 3 Decoration
Here comes the most fascinating and fun part of the cake that every kid loves!!!.
- Once the cake is cooled completely, cut the cake in half on the longer side as this is a rectangle cake.
- Then cut each half side into six triangle shapes to get twelve cake trees.
- Use the piping bag to make strings on the Christmas tree cakes. It is the part that even my cutie loves the most, and you can see her creation!!
(Frankly, It does not matter to me how it turned out as long as she is happy and willing to decorate these egg-free Christmas tree mini cakes.) - Take out straws and cut them into halves.
- Using these straws, make a small hole in the bottom of the Christmas tree and insert that into the hole.
- Finally, here comes a time for sprinkles or hundreds and thousands!
Enjoy this super fun activity with your little pies, even if these do not have the perfect finish!!
Store these eggless Christmas tree mini cakes in the fridge until you serve them.
Storage
- These Christmas mini dessert is served best on the day you prepare.
- Keep these cakes in the fridge and can store up to 1-2 days.
- You can even prepare the cake a day before and then decorate the next day if you are short on time.
Some alternatives
- Consider heavy whipped cream instead of butter for the smooth, creamy frosting.
- You can also use icing prepared with sugar and water to decorate the trees instead of making frosting. It will also save you time!!
- Sprinkle desiccated coconut on the top of the tree cakes.
Tips
- Do not overmix the cake batter as the resulting cake will not be spongy and soft.
- Let the cake cool completely before cutting to prevent its crumbling.
- To save time, prepare the cake a day before and decorate when you plan to party.
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Equipment
- Oven
- Whisk
- Piping Bag
Ingredients
1. For Cake
Wet ingredients
- 100 gram sugar
- 100 ml cooking oil
- 180 gram yogurt
- 2 teaspoon vanilla essence/extract
- ½ teaspoon green food colour
Dry Ingredients
- 180 gram all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
2. Frosting
- 75 g butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon red food colour
3. Decorations
- q.s sprinkles for decoration
- 6 Straws
Instructions
Vanilla green cake preparation
- Combine all wet ingredients like oil, yogurt, and sugar in a mixing bowl, and whisk well.
- Sift baking powder, baking soda, and all-purpose flour (all dry ingredients) into another bowl.
- Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients slowly while stirring.
- To this batter, add vanilla and green food colour and whisk well to combine.
- Transfer this batter to a baking tin and bake for 35-40 minutes at 180°C or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
- Cool the cake completely before unmoulding.
Frosting Preparation
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, powdered sugar, and red food colour with the help of a whisk.
- Once creamy, transfer the pink frosting to a piping bag fitted with a round nozzle.
Decoration
- Cut the cake in half on the longer side as it is rectangular.
- Cut six triangle slices on each half side of the cake. It will give you twelve Christmas cake tree slices.
- Using a piping bag, decorate the cake trees in a zig-zag fashion.
- Finally, sprinkle hundreds and thousands on the cake trees.
- Egg-free Christmas tree mini cakes are ready to serve!!
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Cindy Mom, the Lunch Lady says
These Christmas trees are awesome! I did something similar in my cafeteria using brownies. The students loved it!
Abhi says
Oh, that's really nice to hear that!! Even my little one enjoyed this activity more than anything!!
Gabriela Herrera says
What a perfect treat to make with children.
Abhi says
Thanks, Gabriela!
Dawn Conklin says
Love how easy these are to make! Delicious and a fun treat to make for Christmas.
Abhi says
Thanks, Dawn!! I am glad you like it!!