Chocolate Trees

If you’re thinking, “I can do that!” you’re right. These trees take no time (or skill) to make, and the cake they adorn is a store-bought angel-food cake with frosting. Easy-peasy.

• 1 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• 1 tsp butter
• 1 store-bought angel-food cake
• 7-minute frosting (see 7-Minute Frosting recipe)

On a piece of writing paper, draw 3 “stick trees” of differing heights: one 3” taller than the cake, one 1” taller than the cake and one half the height of the cake. Cover the sheet with waxed paper. If you can’t see the trees through the paper, darken the tracing lines.

Next, melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave, and pour it into a Ziploc bag. Cut the tip off one corner of the bag, and using the bag like a caulking gun, trace the trees thickly with the chocolate. Repeat the process to create as many trees as needed.

When the trees have hardened, slather a cake in 7-minute frosting, and adorn with chocolate trees. Voila! A winter wonderland.  t8n