🎄 Christmas Cottage Cake Recipe 🏠✨

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Ingredients:

3 vanilla cake layers (8-inch)

1 cup unsalted butter (softened)

3 cups powdered sugar

1 tbsp vanilla extract

Red and green food coloring

Fondant (white, brown, red)

Edible glitter ❄️

Snow sugar (icing sugar for dusting)

Mini candy decorations (windows, wreaths, lights)

Piping gel

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Instructions:

1. Prepare the Cake Layers 🧁

1. Bake three vanilla cake layers and let them cool completely.

2. Trim the tops to make them even.

2. Make the Buttercream ❄️

1. Beat butter until creamy.

2. Add powdered sugar gradually and mix until smooth.

3. Add vanilla and divide the cream:

Leave half white

Color the rest red and green 🎄

3. Build the Christmas House 🎅

1. Stack the three layers using white buttercream between them.

2. Cover the entire cake with a smooth layer of white frosting to look like snow.

3. Use brown fondant to create the little house:

Walls

Roof pieces

Door and windows

4. Attach the house on top of the cake using buttercream.

5. Add red fondant for roof lines and Christmas details.

4. Add the Christmas Decorations ✨

Dust the house with powdered sugar to look like winter snow.

Add a small fondant wreath, candy lights, and mini trees.

Add edible glitter for a magical holiday shine.

5. Final Touches ❄️🏠

Pipe white “snow drips” around the edges.

Add mini stars or snowflakes around the cake.

Chill for 20 minutes before serving.


 

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