Eggless Christmas Tree Mini Cakes
Let the kids get into the festive spirit with these eggless Christmas tree mini cakes. A perfect Christmas fun activity to enjoy the holidays!!!
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 degrees centigrade or until a 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 since it is a rectangle cake.
- 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!!
Video
Notes
- Do not over mix 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.
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings: 12 | |
| Amount per serving | |
| Calories | 250 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat 13.1g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat 4.5g | 23% |
| Cholesterol 14mg | 5% |
| Sodium 75mg | 3% |
| Total Carbohydrate 31g | 11% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.4g | 1% |
| Total Sugars 19.3g | |
| Protein 2.5g | |
| Vitamin D 4mcg | 18% |
| Calcium 40mg | 3% |
| Iron 1mg | 4% |
| Potassium 75mg | 2% |
| Note: The nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and specific brands of ingredients used. | |
Nutrition
Calories: 250kcal
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