Christmas Tree Cake Ala Ndyw

Ingredients:
1 pkg - Cake Mix (any flavor)
5 cup - Confectioners' Sugar
¾ cup - Crisco Shortening
½ cup - Water
1/3 cup - Non-dairy Creamer
2 tsp - Vanilla Extract
½ tsp - Salt
1 tbsp - Green Food Coloring
Peppermint Candies
Pretzel Rods
Large Gumdrops

Method:
Preheat the oven to 350 oF.
Grease and flour a 13x9 pan.
Prepare, bake and cool cake following package directions.

For Frosting:
Combine confectioners' sugar, shortening, water, non-dairy creamer, vanilla and salt in large bowl.
Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 3 minutes.
Beat at high speed for 5 minutes.
Add more confectioners' sugar to thicken or more water to thin as needed.
Reserve 1 cup frosting.
Tint remaining frosting with green food coloring.
Cut cooled cake diagonally and invert one piece so that the cake takes on a tree shape with a wide base.
Spread green frosting over cake.
Decorate tree with reserved white frosting and peppermint candies.
Make trunk from pretzel rods.
Roll out large gumdrop and cut with star cookie cutter.
Top tree with gumdrop star.
Decorate with colored mint candies, as ornament decorations.
Use reserved white icing to make a tree garland.

That's it Christmas Tree Cake Ala Ndyw

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