American Baker in Germany

 This is a cake I've been thinking about for a while. I love a good Christmas village. I didn't want to make my own gingerbread cookies this time, so I decided to use store-bought cookies. These are called Spekulatius. But you can use any store-bought festive cookies you want to. I decorated them with royal icing to look like townhouses. Didn't they turn out cute? Then I frosted two tiers of cake dummies with vegan American buttercream. 6-inch and 4-inch. I pressed some townhouses around the sides. Then I placed some candy canes between the houses. Then I piped some more royal icing on top of the cake and between the tiers and added some blue and silver sprinkles. I love this sweet and easy Christmas cake. It's adorable and very festive. Merry Christmas. Watch us make this easy and festive Christmas cake on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/oKWOd4-6dJ8 Schaut zu wie wir diese einfache Weihnachtstorte auf YouTube machen hier: https://youtu.be/XSAn02sP-rQ

This cake was to use up some leftovers I had in the freezer. And I wanted a simple, Christmas design. So, I started with banana cake and Swiss meringue buttercream and stacked it.  Then I frosted it with Swiss meringue buttercream.  And I covered the cake with white fondant.  Then I rolled some red and white fondant into snakes and twisted them together.  I made one rather short length and a nice long length.  I wrapped the long one around the bottom of the cake.  Then I bent the shorter length into the form of a candy cane.  So simple, yet so Christmasy.  And this cake really didn't take much time at all.  Merry Christmas! Watch us make this cake on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/TiqAckzaMQ0 Schaut zu wie wir diese Torte auf YouTube machen hier: https://youtu.be/93EteN_YjAg