Dessert
Tree of Souls Cake
2 hServes 12Nutri-Score D€€
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2 h
2 hTree of Souls Cake
recipe by
@havefuninthekitchen
@havefuninthekitchen
1 recipe
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what you need
Ingredients
flourGrains300 g
sugarPantry250 g
butter (softened)Dairy200 g
eggs (at room temperature)Dairy4 pieces
baking powderPantry10 g
milkDairy120 ml- vanilla extractPantry10 ml
- powdered sugar (sifted)Pantry300 g
cream cheese (softened)Dairy200 g
food coloring (blue, purple and pink gel colors)Other15 ml
per serving
Nutrition
409kcal
- Carbs
- 58 g
- Proteins
- 5 g
- Fat
- 18 g
what you’ll use
Tools
Mixing bowl ×2
Whisk
Cake pan ×2
Oven
Cooling rack
Piping bag
Spatula
step by step
Method
- Step 1
Prepare the cake batter
- Cream the softened butter with the sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla extract.
- Fold in the flour and baking powder, then loosen the batter with the milk.
- Step 2
Bake the cake layers
- Divide the batter between the greased cake pans.
- Bake until a skewer comes out clean.
- Leave the layers to cool completely on a cooling rack.
- Step 3
Make the frosting
- Beat the cream cheese with the powdered sugar until smooth.
- Tint portions of the frosting with the blue, purple and pink food coloring.
- Step 4
Assemble the cake
- Stack the cooled layers with a layer of frosting between them.
- Cover the whole cake with a smooth base coat of frosting.
- Step 5
Decorate the Tree of Souls
- Pipe the tinted frosting into a glowing tree with hanging branches.
- Add the small glowing dots along the branches to finish the tree.