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Christmas Wreath Cake With Chocolate Pine Needles
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Merry Christmas, Cake Friends!! I hope you are enjoying this lovely holiday season! And I hope you have a lot of fun festive plans with your family and friends! If you need a new idea to bring to the Christmas dessert table at your next Christmas party, why not make a Christmas wreath cake made with chocolate pine needles! Not only is it beautiful and pretty realistic looking... it's yummy!!! And it isn't difficult to make!
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To get started, I placed a Wilton #4 round piping tip inside of a piping bag.
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Then I poured a good amount of Wilton's green candy melts into a microwave safe bowl.
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Now this part is totally optional! The Wilton green candy melts are a pretty shade of green, but they were a little lighter than I wanted for my wreath. So I used Wilton's oil candy colors in blue and yellow to darken the candy melts.
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First I added a lot of blue color to the candy melts to darken the color.
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Then I added a lot of yellow to return the candy melts to a nice green color. :)

I placed the candy melts back into the microwave to warm the mixture once more.
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I placed my piping bag into a tall glass and poured the warm melted candy melts into the piping bag.
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To create the pine needles, I placed a sheet of parchment paper onto my countertop. The ends of the parchment would not lay flat, so I used two butter knives to hold the ends in place ;). Then I piped a small V shape onto the parchment.

Note: It's important to use parchment paper. The pine needles are very fragile and they are the easiest to remove from parchment paper once they've cooled and hardened.
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Next I piped a small line in the center of the V.
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Then I piped a 4th pine needle on the outside of the V.
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And then one more on the opposite side.
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Repeat those steps to make many many more pine needles!

Let pine needles cool and harden.
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After the pine needles have hardened, gently nudge the backside of the pine needles with a butter knife or your finger to release them from the parchment paper.
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Frost a cake with a buttercream of your choice, and begin placing the pine needles onto the cake one at a time.

Note: I am working on an 8" cake.
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Overlap the pine needle clusters as you build your wreath.
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Be careful to follow the edge of your cake to keep your wreath perfectly round :)
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Doesn't that look so lovely!!! The wreath has a natural beauty and could be served just like this!
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But I like to dress mine up! Here I have attached a gold bow made from my Magic Gummy Vinyl Recipe and Rolkem Super Gold dust. (Bow Tutorial Coming Soon!). The gold bow adds a beautiful elegant touch.
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I decided I wanted a more festive look, so I decided to add some color! I placed red M&Ms facedown onto the pine needles and glued them in place using a little leftover candy melts! The red, green and gold just made it look much more Christmassy! Just what I was going for!

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial! Merry Christmas, and God bless!!

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