How To Make Homemade Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes
The homemade version of everyone's favorite childhood Christmas treat - the Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes.
Servings 24 trees
Calories 16kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Sponge
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 40 g butter melted
- pinch salt
Vanilla Cream
- 1 cup whipped cream
- 4 tablespoon powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
White Chocolate Dip
- 100 g white chocolate
- 25 g oil
Instructions
Making The Sponge
- Preheat the oven to 170℃ or 340℉.
- Crack the eggs and put them in a large bowl.
- Add the sugar to the mixing bowl and mix at medium speed with either an electric hand mixer or a stand-alone mixer until you get a light-yellow color mixture that has doubled in size. It will take about 5 - 7 minutes.
- Now add the flour, cornstarch and salt.
- Mix gently with a silicone spatula. Make sure that you are not overmixing and therefore letting excessive air out of the sponge batter.
- Add the melted butter and again gently mix with the spatula.
- Line a rectangle (25 x 20 cm) cake tin with parchment paper and grease the sides with butter.
- Transfer the sponge batter into the cake tin and bake in the oven for about 20 - 25 minutes.
- Once the sponge is baked, remove from the oven and let it cool in the cake tin for about 10 minutes.
- Gently release the sides of the cake tin and flip the sponge to let it cool on a cooling rack.
Making The Vanilla Cream
- Put the whipped cream, powdered sugar and vanilla into a bowl of a stand mixer (or a medium bowl if using an electric hand mixer).
- Fit the whisk attachment to a stand mixer or use an electric hand mixer to whip the whipped cream with the powdered sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form.
Assembling The Trees
- Once the sponge has cooled, cut out Christmas trees with a tree cookie cutter.
- Slice the trees in half lengthwise.
- Spread the vanilla frosting on one slice of the Christmas tree and place the other one on top. You can also do this by using a piping bag.
- Freeze overnight.
- Melt the white chocolate and oil in a microwave or over a water bath and mix them together.
- Remove from the freezer and dip into the white chocolate and allow to cool on a wire rack.
- Add some holiday sprinkles like green sprinkles on top.
- Place on a serving try and enjoy alongside some fresh fruit.
Notes
Top tip: for the best sponge, the ingredients should be at room temperature for a few hours before you start using them to make your sponge.
Nutrition
Serving: 1tree | Calories: 16kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Trans Fat: 0.004g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 16mg | Potassium: 15mg | Sugar: 0.04g | Vitamin A: 59IU | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 0.2mg