Noel Cake

Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

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Total Time:
2 hr 30 min
Prep
45 min
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Cook
45 min
Yield:
25 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

Cake:

  • 1 (18.25-ounce) box spice cake mix (recommended: Betty Crocker)
  • 2 (19.5-ounce) boxes chocolate cake mix (recommended: Betty Crocker)
  • or
  • Store-bought un-iced cakes: 2 (10-inch) chocolate cakes, 2 (8-inch) spices cakes, 2 (6-inch) chocolate cakes, and 1 jumbo chocolate cupcake (top cut off)

Icing:

  • 4 (16-ounce) containers creamy white frosting (recommended: Betty Crocker)
  • 1 (1-fluid ounce) bottle green food color (recommended: McCormick)

Decorations:

  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
  • 4 drops green food coloring
  • 1 sugar cone
  • 1 (6.4-ounce) can white decorating icing (recommended: Betty Crocker-Easy Flow)
  • 1 package red licorice whips, 6 cut into 6-inch lengths, 6 cut into 8-inch lengths, and 6 cut into 10-inch lengths
  • 1 (6.4-ounce) can yellow decorating icing (recommended: Betty Crocker-Easy Flow)
  • 1 (6.4-ounce) can red decorating icing (recommended: Betty Crocker-Easy Flow)
  • 16 birthday candles

Cake:

Directions

Mix and bake 2 (8-inch) cake layers according to spice cake package directions. Cool completely.

Mix the 2 boxes of chocolate cake together according to package instructions. Bake 2 (6-inch) and 2 (10-inch) cake layers and 1 (7-ounce) ramekin. Cool completely.

Cone Tree:

In a medium bowl combine white chocolate and 4 drops of green food coloring. Place bowl in microwave and heat at 50 percent power in 20-second intervals until white chocolate is melted and smooth. Dip the sugar cone into the chocolate and spin it around so that it is evenly coated. Remove from bowl and let excess chocolate drip off. Place on a plate lined with waxed paper and let dry.

Assembly:

In a large bowl stir together frosting and about 10 to 12 drops of green food coloring. The icing should be a pale green color. If too light in color, add a few more drops of food coloring. Transfer the icing to plastic releasable bags or a pastry bag. Cut 1/2-inch off the corner of the plastic bags and set aside.

Cut off the top of each layer so that it is flat and even. To assemble cake, place 4-inch by 12-inch strips of parchment paper around the edge of the cake plate or stand. Place 1 (10-inch) cake layer on cake stand on top of the parchment paper. Spread a layer of frosting and top with remaining 10-inch layer. Frost cake with icing.

Place 1 (8-inch) layer on cardboard cake round. Spread an even layer of frosting and top with remaining 8-inch layer. Frost cake with icing and place on top and in the center of the frosted 10-inch cake.

Place 1 (6-inch) layer on a cardboard cake round. Spread with a layer of frosting and top with remain 6-inch layer. Frost cake with icing and place on top and in the center of the frosted 8-inch cake.

Place the small cake that was baked in the 7-ounce ramekin (or the jumbo cupcake) on top of the 6-inch layer and frost with the icing. Place the cone tree on top.

To decorate the cake, first carefully remove the parchment paper from underneath the bottom layer. Using the can of white decorating icing fitted with the star tip make small rosettes around the top and bottom edge of each cake tier and the bottom of the cone tree. Place a small rosette at the top of the cone tree.

Drape the licorice whips like "garland" around the bottom 3 cake tiers using the 6-inch lengths for the top layer, the 8-inch lengths for the middle layer and the 10-inch length for the bottom layer. Using the yellow icing can fitted with a star tip, pipe rosettes where the garland strands meet. Place 1 small rosette on top of the cone tree. Using the red icing fitted with the round tip randomly place small red dots around the cake. Place candles in the yellow icing rosettes between licorice garlands.

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  • on December 30, 2011

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    My guests JUST LOVED this. I went to the bakery of my local grocery store and asked if I could buy uniced round cakes. They just gave them to me, so this recipe is SUPER economical. I added some root beer extract to the frosting, just to make it interesting. I happen to have an antique samuri sword that belonged to my husband's grandfather and we just hacked through it with that. The serving's are REALLY generous.

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  • on December 12, 2010

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    This is the most ridiculous "recipe" I've ever seen on Food Network. I'm usually a fan of Sandra, but this one doesn't even make any sense! There is no such thing as a "store-bought unfrosted cake" like the ones she showed on this episode. Besides, how hard is it to bake up a cake mix on your own? The amount of "icing" she used on this cake was extreme and there is no way the cake didn't slip and slide all over the plate. Big failure in my opinion.

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  • on December 12, 2010

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    I was wondering if there are any hints on cutting and serving the cake?

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