We have almost got to the end of the year. The winter is here, and Christmas is just around the corner. You must have been mining the internet for Christmas cake online recipes by now. If you are, then you are finally in the right place. We have a beautiful Christmas cake idea for you, which tastes not only delicious, but also look delicious!

Christmas cake recipe

Santa Cake

 Why should Santa remain a myth after all these years! This festive season, bring him into life with a Santa cake.

Ingredients

For the cake:

1. All-purpose flour- 2 cups
2. Cocoa (Unsweetened)- ¼ cups
3. Baking powder- ½ tsp
4. Kosher salt- ½ tsp
5. Baking soda- 1 tsp
6. Red liquid food coloring- 1 tbsp
7. Granulated sugar- 3/2 cups
8. White vinegar- 2 tsp
9. Pure vanilla extract- 1 tsp
10. Eggs- 2 pieces
11. Buttermilk- 1 cup
12. Butter (Non-salted)- ¾ cups

For Decoration

1. Chocolate wafer cookies- 3 pieces
2. Red gel food coloring
3. White fondant
4. Black fondant
5. Gold food coloring spray
6. Cornstarch (It will be used for the surface)

For frosting

1. Cream cheese at room temperature- 18-ounce package
2. Confectioner’s sugar- 450 grams
3. Butter (unsalted)- ¾ cups

Steps

1. Take a 13 * 9-inch cake pan and line some parchment paper on it. Make sure that you leave 2-inch overhangs on both of the long sides of the rectangular pan. Now, oil the parchment. You should also heat the pan at 180 degrees Celcius.
2. Take the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder and cocoa in a bowl. Now, whisk them properly. You can use an electric mixer for the purpose. Add vanilla, vinegar, butter, sugar, and eggs (one by one) to the bowl. Mix them until the product becomes soft and creamy.
3. During the mixing process, you will have to add flour (not all together) and buttermilk. Make sure that you do not overuse any of these. Try to incorporate the ingredients with the mixture.
4. You can now take the batter in a baking pan and bake it in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Let it cool on the container itself for 10 to 20 minutes. After that, you can use the overhangs of the paper to lift the cake and transfer it to somewhere else for complete cooling.
5. Now it is time for the frosting! Start by beating cream cheese and butter by an electric mixer. Do so until the result is fluffy. Also, beat sugar for about 2-3 minutes.
6. Take the mixture of the previous step in a piping bag. Now, tint a portion of its red. Then spread it over the cake and freeze for about 10 minutes.
7. Now let’s decorate the cake. With the remaining frosting, make a strip through the middle parallel to the longer sides. Add cookies at the top and bottom. They will represent the button of Santa’s shirt.
8. Take a white fondant of a 3-inch size. Cut out the center and spray it with gold coloring.
9. Take the black fondant as the same size as the white portion of the shirt, but shorter in length. Place it between the cookies that represent the button.
10. Put the golden cutout fondant of step 8 at the junction of black and white strips.

So, let’s welcome the festive season with such exciting Christmas cakes in Hyderabad. It will take less than two hours to bake the cake. But if you don’t even have that much time, you can go with Christmas cakes in Hyderabad from a good bakery.

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