No birthday party is complete without a birthday cake. Although it may seem quite difficult to come up with a cake idea for a snow party, it’s quite easy to make a whole “snow village” from two round gingerbread cakes and lots of white frosting.
The “snow village” on the image comes from the Better Homes and Gardens – Creative Cake Decorating Book that was first published in 1983.
Apart from all the lovely albeit unusual cakes like a Father’s Day Shirt, Driver’s License, Slice of Watermelon, Pumpkin shaped cake, to name a few, it also has kids party theme cakes like Old Macdonald’s Farm/Barn, Moon Rocket, School Day Bus and even a baseball shaped cake complete with smaller personalised Baseball Cap cakes.
There are also lots of cake and frosting recipes, step by step instructions on how to decorate the cakes, hints and tips on preparing cakes before frosting and clear diagrams for the more difficult cakes in the book. An old edition, but still worth to have in your recipe book collection.
On to the snow village…
Here’s what you will need to make it:
The cake:
2 x 14½ ounce packages gingerbread mix
Prepare each gingerbread mix separately according to package directions, except mix in a bowl with a fork and bake each in a greased and floured 9 x 1½ inch round baking pan. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove, cool completely. Cut the other layer as shown in diagram, below left.
The glaze:
Stir together 2 cups sifted powdered sugar and ¼ cup water. Use a pastry brush to brush glaze over all surfaces of the cake pieces. Let dry on a wire rack.
The frosting:
2 cups fluffy white frosting and pearl sugar or crushed sugar cubes.
You can use a fluffy white frosting mix for a 2-layer cake or make your own. This recipe is also taken from the book:
To make Fluffy White Frosting: (2 cups)
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- dash of salt
- 1 egg whites
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
Decorate further with paper trees and small pompom snowmen.
Update to this post:
If you do not have the time to bake and make this snow village, try the easy chocolate squares with marshmallow topping that will still fit in with the winter wonderland party theme.
