Reindeer Cake
A Reindeer Cake with bright red and green layers is one of the most fun and festive Christmas cakes ever!
Servings: 10
Calories: 842kcal
Ingredients
Snowflake Ingredients
- 1 Cup Ghirardelli white chocolate melting chips
- 1 disposable piping bag
- 1 cookie sheet fitted with parchment paper
Antlers, Ears and Nose Ingredients
- 1 box of Chocolate fondant
- 1 box of white fondant
- 1 medium Heart cookie cutter
- 1 small heart cookie cutter
- parchment paper
- gold edible mist spray
- powdered sugar
Reindeer Antlers Ingredients
- 1 tub of chocolate fondant
- 1 cutout of reindeer antlers
- ½ Cup white chocolate chips melted
- 1 disposable piping bag
- 1 container of white sugar crystal sprinkles
- Nose Ingredients
- 1 tube of red fondant
- 1 mini circle cutter
Cake Ingredients
- 2 Boxes of french vanilla cake mix
- 6 large eggs
- 2 Cups water
- 1 Cup canola oil
- Red and green gel food coloring
Chocolate Frosting ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cups unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 1 - 8 oz cream cheese soften
- 1 1.2 Hershey special dark cocoa powder
- 7 Cups powder sugar
- 1/4 Cups heavy whipping cream
Instructions
Snowflake Directions
- Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave on 30 second increments.
- Scoop into disposable piping bag.
- Cut the tip off.
- Pipe out about 10 thick snowflakes in different sizes.
- Allow to dry overnight!
Antlers, Ears and Nose Directions
- Roll out the chocolate fondant and cut out two medium hearts.
- Set them aside.
- Roll out the white fondant and cut out two small heart white fondant.
- Place the white hearts onto paper towels and spray with edible gold spray.
- Allow to dry overnight.
- Lightly dip your finger into water and dab the back of the gold heart.
- Place the gold hearts onto the chocolate hearts.
- Allow to dry.
Antler Directions
- Roll out the chocolate fondant onto a powdered sugar covered cutting board.
- Cut out the antlers.
- Allow to dry for 2 hours.
- Melt the white chocolate and then pour into the piping bag.
- Cut the tip off and pipe snow drips onto the antler ear.
- Sprinkle some white sugar crystals onto the white chocolate.
- Blow off excess sprinkles.
- Allow to dry overnight!
Nose Directions
- Mold the red fondant into a ½ inch disk.
- Use the cookie cutter and cut a circle out of the red.
- Allow to dry.
Cake Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray the cake pans with pam baking spray.
- Combine all ingredients for the cake into a standing mixer and mix until combined.
- Divide the cake batter into two bowls.
- Mix in a few drops of red gel food coloring into 1 bowl of cake batter and mix until combined.
- Mix in a few drops of green gel food coloring into the second bowl and mix until combined.
- Using the ice cream scooper, scoop some red or green cake batter into the pans.
- Alternate with the red and green cake batters between the three cake pans.
- Bake the cakes for 36-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow cakes to cool completely.
Frosting Directions
- Using the standing mixer again, beat the cream cheese and butter until combined and smooth.
- Gradually mix in the cocoa powder.
- Very slowly, beat in the powdered sugar until combined.
- Whisk in the heavy whipping cream until the ice cream is smooth and fluffy.
- Scoop 1 cup of frosting into the large piping bag.
- Using the ice cream scooper, scoop out 4-6 scoops of frosting and smooth evenly on one layer of cake.
- Place another layer of cake on top and spread more frosting.
- Place the last layer on top and frost the remaining cake with remaining frosting.
- Using the large piping bag, pipe dollop of frosting onto the top of the cake and down the side for “Hair”.
- Place the fondant ears onto the top of the cake.
- Place the antler behind the ears.
- Using the black cake frosting, pipe the ears onto the front of the cake.
- Pipe a medium size dot onto the back of the red circle and place in the center of the cake for the nose.
- Carefully remove the white chocolate snowflakes and randomly place all over the “Hair”.
- Using the red and green cake frosting, pipe “Holly” around for decorations.
- Pipe white dots around the hair for snow.
- Sprinkle some white crystal sprinkles around the cake.
- Cut and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 842kcal | Carbohydrates: 182g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 67g | Saturated Fat: 28g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 26g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 186mg | Sodium: 492mg | Potassium: 187mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 139g | Vitamin A: 1126IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 303mg | Iron: 3mg