With the holiday season now in full swing are you looking for the perfect way to decorate a cake this Christmas? Let me show you 8 festive designs to inspire you this Christmas.
Whether you’re looking for a cake to give as a gift, some cupcakes to take to a party or a showstopper to wow this Christmas I have you covered. Plus, every design comes with links to full, step-by-step tutorials so you can recreate these festive cakes perfectly!
Easy Christmas Cake Ideas
Short on time this Christmas? Around the holidays there are always so many things that need to get done, here are a few quick and beautiful ideas for your Christmas cake, perfect for busy bakers and absolute beginners.
1. Edible Christmas Bauble Cake Toppers
What says Christmas like a cake piled high with baubles? This is one of my favourite, simple designs! This cake includes three easy techniques to create them: using wafer paper, chocolate moulds, and adding a little Christmas sparkle with some edible glitter. Find the full step-by-step tutorial here: Edible bauble cake topper tutorial.
2. Christmas Reindeer Buttercream Cake
If you need a design that’s quick, easy, and screams ‘Christmas’, this reindeer cake ticks every box! Covered in delicious chocolate buttercream, I show you how to simplify the modelling by using fondant for the cute eyes and nose, and I give you the exact template for his impressive chocolate antlers. Get the full tutorial here: Buttercream reindeer cake tutorial.
3. Festive Rudolph Cake Topper
Is there anything cuter than this adorable Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer cake topper? While you may be thinking it looks complicated, I promise to break down and guide you step by step – no advanced sculpting skills required! Best of all, you can make this topper weeks in advance, completely freeing up your time for other last-minute Christmas tasks. Find the full tutorial here: Reindeer cake topper tutorial.
4. Christmas Present Cake
Not sure what to get someone this Christmas? Why not give the gift of cake, perfectly disguised as a beautiful present. I mean who doesn’t love cake! This design can also be made in any size, so whether you need it to feed 2 or 10, I’ll show you how to recreate the perfect wrapped cake in my full tutorial: Christmas present cake tutorial.
Christmas Showstopper Cakes
Ready to WOW? These Christmas Showstopper Cakes are more than just cakes, they are decorations in themselves! If you want a real centerpiece to amaze your guests this holiday, check out these advanced design ideas.
5. Decorated Christmas Tree Cake
Now if there was every a cake I didn’t want to cut this was the one. Nothing says Christmas like a stunning, decorated Christmas Tree Cake! I walk you through the entire process: from shaping the cake and modelling each branch, to creating the cutest mini edible ornaments. Get the free, full tutorial here: Christmas tree cake tutorial.
6. Christmas Bauble Cake
Are you seeing a theme? Baubles are definitely my Christmas obsession! If you want something truly impactful, forget the topper – what about making a fully edible, realistic bauble CAKE?. Make your guests wonder if it is real, before you cut into it and serve a slice. Get the full step by step tutorial here: Christmas bauble cake tutorial.
For Cupcake Lovers
Are you planning a Christmas party or searching for the perfect edible gift? Cupcakes are always the answer! Whether you’re gifting just a single cupcake or filling a whole box, these Christmas cupcake ideas are sure to delight your guests.
7. Poinsettia Christmas Cupcakes
Around Christmas time the shops are filled with poinsettias, making them the must-have festive flower! Floral cupcakes are a stunning, easy gift, and with my step-by-step tutorial, you can pipe your very own beautiful buttercream poinsettias. See how easy it is to pipe them here: Poinsettia Christmas cupcake tutorial.
8. Christmas Pudding cupcakes
This adorable design holds a special place in my heart; it was one of the first Christmas tutorials I ever created! Transform your simple cupcakes into irresistible, mini Christmas Pudding treats. They are so fun, festive, and incredibly easy to achieve. Watch how to make them here: Christmas pudding cupcake tutorial.
Happy Christmas Baking!
I hope these 8 Festive Christmas Cake Decorating Ideas have given you plenty of inspiration for the holiday season! From a simple buttercream reindeer to stunning Christmas tree cakes and beautifully piped cupcakes, I hope you feel ready to wow your guests this year.
Which idea are you going to try first? Let me know in the comments below.
Happy Baking and Merry Christmas!
