Snowy Christmas village cakes are moist with mascarpone, easy to shape with the recommended baking pan, and dusted with sugar snow.
Course Cakes
Cuisine American
Keyword Christmas Snowy Village Cake Recipe
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
cooling 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Servings 8servings
Equipment
Nordic Ware Pan
Non-stick spray
Ingredients
2 1/4cupsAll Purpose Flourextra for dusting the pan
1cupGranulated Sugar or Brown Sugar
2tspBaking powder
3/4tspBicarbonate of sodabaking soda
1tspSalt
16tbspUnsalted Butter room temperature, soft
4Eggsseparated
1cupMascarpone
1tbspVanilla extract
1/2tspOrange zestoptional
1/3cupIcing sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350
Prepare baking pan by spraying with non-stick spray and then dust flour evenly around the pan.
In a medium bowl, with a hand mixer on low speed, mix the dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together and set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk the egg whites until light and fluffy and set aside.
In a large bowl with a hand mixer, whisk on medium-high speed, the egg yolks and sugar together until well blended.
Whisk in the soft butter, mascarpone, extract and zest (if using), and continue on medium-high speed to whisk until light and creamy.
On medium speed, whisk in the flour mixture until a smooth batter is obtained. Gently fold in the whipped egg whites.
Divide the cake batter equally among the individual molds of the prepared pan, filling about 3/4 way up. For the best results while baking, tap the pan several times on a hard work surface to remove any air bubbles from the batter.
Bake for 30 – 45 minutes depending on the size of the pan, until the top of the cake is lightly golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
Transfer the pan to a wire rack or cooling rack so that air can circulate around the pan and cool it quickly. Cool completely.
Turn the pan upside down, lightly tap on the bottom of each of the mini houses so that they pop out easily. Turn the cakes rightside up and prepare to decorate.
For an easy snowy village scene, simply place the cakes on the plate you want the scene arranged on (I often use a wood cake board round that turns), and dust the icing sugar (powdered sugar), on top of the different houses.
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Notes
For a more complex and detailed snowy village, a royal icing can be made and applied with a piping bag.
Christmas cookies and candy canes can also be used to decorate the snowy village cake scene as well.