Follow our step-by-step guide to create your own whimsical Gnome Tree Stump Cake, complete with a charming truffle gnome, chocolate buttercream bark, and adorable sugar icing decorations of flowers and woodland animals. Let your creativity flourish as you embark on this enchanting baking journey!
Instructions
Cake Preparation: Begin by baking and layering your cake to desired thickness. Once cooled, apply a crumb coat using smooth chocolate buttercream for a flawless finish.
Gnome Crafting: Using skin-colored candy coating, mold chocolate feet and a truffle body. Use dry fondant and your favorite flavoring to make a candy center. Roll the candy center into a ball and dip in candy coating for the body, allowing it to harden. Attach the truffle gnome to the chocolate feet. Craft a charming blue fondant hat and a vibrant red fondant shirt for the gnome. Add intricate details such as a crisp pearl nose and a fluffy white buttercream beard.
Door Design: Roll out red fondant and meticulously shape it into an inviting door. Use modeling tools to intricately carve wood grain and grooves, adding depth and texture. Carefully place the door onto the side of the cake, creating a welcoming entrance to the gnome's home.
Top Decoration: Smooth a generous layer of chocolate buttercream onto the top of the cake. With an offset spatula, carve a whimsical spiral groove into the buttercream, adding a touch of enchantment. Using a 1M piping tip, pipe chocolate rosettes sporadically around the side of the cake. Pipe chocolate buttercream lines going up the sides of the cake, following the natural curvature around the rosettes, mimicking a sturdy tree trunk. Adorn the cake with lush green buttercream leaves, creating a lush foliage around the stump. Embellish the cake with delightful sugar flower decorations and adorable woodland creatures, bringing the scene to life.
Assembly: Place the truffle gnome beside the door, welcoming him to his cozy new abode.
With these detailed instructions, create a whimsical Gnome Tree Cake that will enchant all who behold it.
