Description
These Copycat Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes are a delightful blend of fluffy cake and sweet marshmallow filling, coated in rich chocolate. Perfect for festive occasions, these treats are straightforward to make and bring joy to every holiday table.
Ingredients
Scale
- Yellow cake mix (13.25 ounces)
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup butter (melted, salted)
- 7 ounces marshmallow fluff
- ¾ cup butter (softened, salted)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 pound vanilla almond bark
- 1 cup red candy melts
- Green sanding sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper.
- Mix yellow cake mix, three eggs, one extra yolk, milk, and melted butter until smooth.
- Spread the batter into the lined pan and bake for 12-15 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool completely before removing from the pan and cutting in half horizontally.
- Prepare the filling by beating marshmallow fluff, softened butter, and powdered sugar until fluffy, then add milk.
- Spread the filling on one half of the cake and top with the other half, then cut into tree shapes.
- Chill the shapes in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Melt the vanilla almond bark and dip each chilled tree into it, allowing excess to drip off.
- Sprinkle with green sanding sugar before the coating hardens, then decorate with melted red candy melts.
Notes
Allow the cakes to cool completely before assembly to maintain shape.
Use whole milk or a non-dairy option for the best results in moisture.
For a gluten-free version, substitute the yellow cake mix with gluten-free mix.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cake
- Calories: 230
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 33g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg