Winter Wonderland Cake
A magical vanilla cake decorated with blue frosting, snow glaze, marshmallow snowmen, and frosting-covered Christmas trees—perfect for winter holidays.
Equipment
- Stand mixer or hand mixer
- - Cake pans
- - Piping bags & tips
- - Offset spatula
- Cooling rack
Ingredients
- #### Cake Layers
- - 2 ½ cups flour
- - 2 ½ tsp baking powder
- - ½ tsp salt
- - ¾ cup butter softened
- - 1 ¾ cups sugar
- - 4 eggs
- - 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- - 1 cup whole milk
- #### Vanilla Buttercream
- - 1 ½ cups butter
- - 5–6 cups powdered sugar
- - 1 tbsp vanilla
- - 2–3 tbsp milk
- - Blue gel coloring
- #### Glaze
- - 1 cup powdered sugar
- - 2–3 tbsp milk
- - ½ tsp vanilla
- #### Marshmallow Snowmen
- - Marshmallows
- - Pretzel sticks
- - Mini chocolate chips
- - Mini Oreos or chocolate coins
- - Red licorice
- #### Sugar Cone Trees
- - Sugar cones
- - Green frosting
- - Sanding sugar
- - Snowflake sprinkles
Instructions
- Bake cake layers at 350°F for 25–30 minutes. Cool.
- Prepare frosting and tint half blue.
- Layer and frost cake, using both colors. Chill.
- Drizzle glaze on top and let drip.
- Make snowmen and trees using candy and frosting.
- Decorate top and sides of cake.
- Dust with coconut or powdered sugar for snow effect.
Notes
- Bake layers ahead and refrigerate
- Let frosting come to room temp for easy spreading
- Use shredded coconut for a snowy base
- Let frosting come to room temp for easy spreading
- Use shredded coconut for a snowy base