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Vegan Grinch Cake

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Simple Beginners method for decorating a Grinch Cake!

No special tools and only two recipes!
Even the most non artistic of you can pull this off I promise!

Easy Grinch Cake~ 2 recipes no special tools!

No airbrushing, no fondant and certainly no edible images to make this very simple Vegan Grinch Cake!

All you need is your favorite recipe for cake and buttercream and some parchment paper cones to decorate the whole thing.

Easy Grinch Cake~ 2 recipes no special tools!

The Grinch is hands down my all time favorite Christmas character.

The picture I chose of him for my cake is not a mean Grinchy picture but rather when he realized that
“Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”

CLICK HERE FOR THE YOUTUBE VIDEO TUTORIAL FOR HOW TO MAKE THIS CAKE

 

Easy Grinch Cake~ 2 recipes no special tools!

Grinch Cake

My fluffy vanilla cake recipe tinted green and American style buttercream is what I chose for this cake, but of course you can use whatever recipes you love the most! The recipe below is worked out for a 7" - 3 layer cake
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Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Prepare the cake & buttercream recipes according to the instructions on those recipe posts and then color the cake batter grinchy green
  • Divide the buttercream recipe into 4 small bowls for the colors shown in the picture
  • Assemble the cake & decorate as shown in the video tutorial

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Notes

Storage This simple buttercream cake can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days, for longer storage refrigerate for up to 1 week. Depending on the cake & filling you decide to use though, follow the storage instructions on those particular recipes 
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  2. Roxana Peterson

    I would definitely buy this Grinch cake if I saw it in a window bakery for Christmas, I can already see my children and guest glaring the the cake. It’s just a very festive cake decor. Thanks

  4. Dan in Oz

    When the kids were little, I made so many character cakes for birthdays using this method. Works like a charm. Now that cascading dots are in favor, I pre-mark them as well so they line up the way you want them too. Great clips really enjoyed it.

  6. Don

    What a beautiful cake. I’m making this for a Christmas potluck at my work. To make sure I do it right, I started with a practice cake first. And it turned out even more delicious than I expected! One note: I couldn’t find a good picture like yours, so I took yours and expanded it… Which did work with some minor corrections to the perspective. But if you happen to have a source, that would help others I’m sure.. Anyway, thanks for the detailed instructions and inspirational cake idea! Yes, I know it’s a little odd to call a Grinch cake ‘inspirational’, but it is! ?

    • Gretchen

      LOL! Thanks for the feedback and I’m so happy you tried it! and with success! YAY YOU! I just did a google search for ‘The Grinch” and hit IMAGES there were tons to choose from!

  7. Angel

    I love the look of this cake! My 4 year old is requesting it for his bday in March. I was wondering if the icing is really sweet & how you get such a nice red icing without putting too much food coloring in so that it doesn’t change the taste? Thanks in advance for your help!!

    • Gretchen

      Hi Thanks! AS for the icing “really sweet” is a matter of opinion. It is sweet yes, like most buttercreams will be. So it’s hard to say whether you will think it is or not. Most people LOVE this recipe, it’s easy and delicious. SO I guess I’d say try a small recipe to see if you like it. I do have more recipes for icing CLICK HERE (but this one takes color the best that leads to your second question. I use Chefmaster colors, I find it is best to color the day before decorating since the colors will darken as they sit and you can use less that way. I have never found an “off” taste from colored icing, again this could be more sensitive from person to person though

    • Gretchen

      I was using Hi Ratio (like Sweetex) when I could find it, but that is a rare occurrence as of late. I do not like Spectrum as it is way too soft, and the point of shortening in the first place is to keep it stable and pipe-able.
      That said I have resorted back to Crisco with a larger amount of vegan butter (so like 2/3 vegan butter: 1/3 crisco) you can also use all vegan butter

  11. Shameeka townsend

    My name is shameeka Townsend and i am at the Athens middle school. It’s where i go to school, i am in the sixth grade. So i am doing a a class assignment and we have to find a Christmas recipe that we tried before and i was wondering if i could change it a little because for the assignment i have to have at least 5 ingredients and 1 whole number, 1 fraction, and 1 mixed number is that okay. I was just asking like can you tell me the ingredients so that i have what i need for the assignment

  12. Shameeka townsend

    It’s me shameeka again, I actually tried making the cake with my mom last night and it was a lot to do but it was pretty good. Good job and keep up the good work with your recipes.