Christmas Cake Tutorial: Christmas Lights Cake
Disclosure: This Christmas Cake Tutorial: Christmas Lights Cake post has been sponsored by Airheads. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I love baking and decorating cakes. I’ve made my own cake for each of the girls’ birthdays since their first birthday and I’m already planning a super cute Peppa Pig cake for Ava’s second birthday. Fondant tends to be the way to go when you want to decorate a cake, especially when you want to add detailed pieces. The problem is that fondant does not generally taste very good.
I have a solution for you! Airheads makes for the perfect material when it comes to crafting cake decorations as they are mouldable and flavourful. Airheads is a taffy you are probably familiar with and they come in a variety of long lasting fruit flavours including white mystery, cherry, lemon, blue raspberry, orange, watermelon. Plus they are easy enough to craft with that you can get your kids to help you out!
My favourite flavour is cherry, although truth be told they all have a great tangy-sweet flavour with just a perfect amount of chewy goodness that make them easy to eat.
I made an amazing vanilla bean two layer cake smothered with a vanilla butter cream frosting. I suggest you use your favourite recipe or a box mix, but I would stick with vanilla or lemon cake to complement the great flavour of the Airheads. If someone in your family has gluten intolerance or has a peanut allergy then the other great thing about using Airheads is that they are gluten and peanut free.
Christmas Cake Tutorial: Christmas Lights Cake
Ingredients:
Vanilla or Lemon Cake, Frosted
Airheads, variety of flavours including watermelon
Green Decorating Gel (optional)
Directions:
Microwave Airheads for 3-5 seconds on wax paper to keep the Airheads from sticking to surfaces. This will make them easier to work with, or you can rub them between your hands until warm and soft. Do this one or two at a time.
For the Christmas bulbs, use any flavour of your choices, cut into pieces roughly the size of the bulb you want to craft.
Roll into a Christmas bulb shape and set aside.
Stretch out a watermelon flavoured Airheads slightly then use a plastic piping tip to cut circles out.
Press the green circles onto each bulb you have created to complete the look. Use a butter knife to create the rings around the green portion of the bulbs.
Place the bulbs around the cake in any pattern you like and use the green decorating gel to create the appearance of a string of lights. Alternatively you can mould watermelon Airheads into a string shape.
Enjoy! Store in a cool place until ready to serve.
Christmas Cake Tutorial: Christmas Lights Cake
Ingredients
- Vanilla or Lemon Cake, Frosted
- Airheads, variety of flavours including watermelon
- Green Decorating Gel, optional
Instructions
- Microwave Airheads for 3-5 seconds on wax paper to keep the Airheads from sticking to surfaces. This will make them easier to work with, or you can rub them between your hands until warm and soft. Do this one or two at a time.
- For the Christmas bulbs, use any flavour of your choices, cut into pieces roughly the size of the bulb you want to craft.
- Roll into a Christmas bulb shape and set aside.
- Stretch out a watermelon flavoured Airheads slightly then use a plastic piping tip to cut circles out.
- Press the green circles onto each bulb you have created to complete the look. Use a butter knife to create the rings around the green portion of the bulbs.
- Place the bulbs around the cake in any pattern you like and use the green decorating gel to create the appearance of a string of lights. Alternatively you can mould watermelon airheads into a string shape.
- Enjoy! Store in a cool place until ready to serve.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:
1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
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Wow,what a creative idea…looks so nice
Wow, that cake is phenomenal! I love the lights – they are GREAT!
Oh M Gee, I kept wondering, what are the lights made of? You are genius! LOVE LOVE LOVE this!
Okay, that was way too easy. I had no idea… and love that it is all edible. Now I know. Thanks for sharing 🙂 I am totally going to try these
This is a very interesting concept – the appearance of this cake is quite unique!
Thanks for the excellent photos as well.
What a neat idea. I would have never have guessed that those bulbs where made out of Airheads! Fun idea for sure. I bet our kids would even help if they knew they could get creative with Airheads
What a brilliant idea to use Airheads like this!! I love how your cake turned out so pretty!
Sooooo cute! I love how creative you were with this!!
I was wondering how you did this! I love the look and I want to do it for my christmas party!
What a brilliant idea! This looks awesome, my kids would really love it. I am really loving the lights. Very cute!
I love this idea! I would NEVER have through to take Air Heads and make this cake. Genius!
Ah this is so clever! I would have never guesses those lights were made out of Airheads! This is an awesome cake!
This is genius! What a clever idea to use Air Heads, perfect colors too.
I love this cake. I will have to pick up the supplies so i can make one. I hope mine turns out as good as yours did.
I love the simplicity by deliciousness that this is. I know what surprise I’ll be making for Christmas!
Aren’t you creative to use Airheads to mold them into Christmas lights. Your cake turned out beautifully and the tutorial does a great job of telling us readers how easy it is to recreate this.
What a creative girl you are!! This is one of the cutest cakes I’ve seen, thanks for sharing!
Now that is just so cute and festive! It would be perfect for Christmas dessert, or even a Christmas party. The lights really stand out against the white icing. Love it!
I love Airheads. I never would have thought they would be good for decorating, but with their moldable texture, it makes sense. I’ll have to try this.
This is such an awesome cake! I love that you molded the little Christmas lights! How cute!
Great tutorial, easy enough to involve the kids
This is a really cute cake! Thanks for sharing the idea!
I think I could actually do this one.
the appearance of this cake is very intriguing….but can’t we make it in chocolate?
You definitely could, I just think the flavours work better with vanilla or citrus cake. 🙂
What a pretty cake and it looks easy enough to do. Might have to give it a try!