Creations, Gingerbread House Cake

the Painted Apron

7 years ago

Gingerbread is the December flavor of the month, and it has inspired several creations!

I made a fun little cake a few days ago, and decorated it like it was a gingerbread house

With a green wreath “roof”, gummy Christmas trees and bushes…

The boys got home from school just in time to add some icing to the gingerbread men cookies

I told Super Boy and Big E that I was trying out the gingerbread house decorating supplies

You know, ~~because I wanted my own gingerbread house to decorate~~ to make sure they would work on their gingerbread houses…

Bake your favorite white or vanilla cake in a bundt pan, it’s all about the decorations!

Mix the batter, divide it in half and color half with red food coloring. Gel coloring works best, but I ran out and could only achieve a deep pink

Alternate spoonfuls of colored batters in pan and it will bake up into a marbled like cake

A green wreath “roof” made with candy melts went on top of the cooled cake

Snowflakes and sprinkles, and candy cane Kisses filled the center

I used prepared tube icing to trim & secure the gingerbread cookies and to make “snow” dots on the cake

I wanted to “landscape” the cake with a yard of coconut flake “snow” but since it rarely snows around here

I opted for peppermint and M & M candy moat

So if you don’t want to make a gingerbread house

Make an easy gingerbread house cake, it’s so much fun to decorate!

Gingerbread House Cake

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Christmas cake, Christmas dessert, easy cake, Gingerbread decorated cake, Holiday Bundt cake

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 35

Decorating Time 20

Servings 12

Combine cake mix with other ingredients in a large mixing bowl or stand mixer. Beat until smooth. Divide batter in half. Mix half of batter with red food coloring until desired shade is reached. With a large spoon, drop batter into well greased bundt pan, alternating colors. Bake until cake is done, following directions on cake mix box.
Let cake cool completely before removing from pan and decorating
Heat candy melts in measuring cup in microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until melted. Drop spoonfuls around top of cake and pull candy into points to look like a wreath. Decorate with sprinkles before it sets.
Add cookies, trimming with white tube icing {Betty Crocker} if desired and use icing to secure cookies to cake.
Squirt icing around the base of cake and add gumdrop trees, and Dot candy bushes.
Make a moat of peppermints and M & Ms, or surround your candy house with coconut “snow”
Fill cake center with candy cane Hershey’s kisses if desired