Fairy Tree Stump Cake

🌳🧚‍♀️🎂 or an Enchanted Forest Cake. It’s designed to look like a tree stump adorned with small white flowers, red mushrooms with white spots, and a fairy figure standing on a grassy surface. The whimsical, woodland theme makes it perfect for fairy-tale lovers!

Recipe in Grams

For the Cake:
All-purpose flour: 250g
Sugar: 200g
Unsalted butter (softened): 100g
Eggs: 2 large (approx. 100g)
Milk: 240ml (approx. 240g)
Baking powder: 10g
Vanilla extract: 5g
Salt: 2g

Buttercream Frosting:
Unsalted butter (softened): 250g
Powdered sugar: 500g
Milk: 30ml (approx. 30g)
Vanilla extract: 5g
Brown food coloring (for the tree stump effect): as needed

Decorations:
Fondant or modeling chocolate for the fairy figure and mushrooms: 200g
Green food coloring (for the grassy surface): as needed
Edible flowers and other details: as desired
Instructions:

1.Bake the Cake:

-Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease and flour your cake pans.

-Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.

-In another bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Mix in the vanilla extract.

-Gradually add the flour mixture, alternating with milk, until just combined.

-Pour the batter into the pans and bake for 25–30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let the cakes cool completely.

2.Prepare the Buttercream:

-Beat the butter until creamy. Gradually mix in the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract. Add brown food coloring to mimic the appearance of tree bark.

3.Decorate the Cake:

-Frost the cake to create the tree stump look, using a spatula to add texture for the bark.

-Sculpt fondant or modeling chocolate into the fairy, mushrooms, and other decorations.

-Use green food coloring for the grassy top and attach edible flowers for extra charm.