To celebrate winter, the holidays, and the beauty of snow, I created this snowman cake using Pillsbury® Purely Simple White Cake Mix and Buttercream Frosting that I received in my November Degustabox. Degustabox is a monthly surprise subscription food box that contains 10-15 food products delivered right to your door. I love being inspired by products I have never seen before, it is so much fun. Try it now and get 50% off your first box by using the code DEGUSTA10.
Finally, a store-bought cake mix that is just like baking the cake completely from scratch – no preservatives or artificial colors/flavors. It is so easy because you only need to add butter, milk and eggs. You will need some oven-proof bowls to make the cake in the shape of a circle for the snowman’s body. Luckily, I already had some in my kitchen, but for a moment I also thought of making a snowman cake cakepop style (mixing crumbled cake with frosting and molding it into a circle by hand).
One you have your baked cake circles, just frost, top and cover in shredded coconut! I used M&Ms for the eyes, nose and buttons, but I am sure you can be even more creative with your snowman cake.
With that said, I am excited for new inspiration and the adventure to come! Stay tuned…
- 1 box Purely Simple White Cake Mix
- 1 stick butter, room temperature
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 package Purely Simple Buttercream Frosting
- 1 stick butter, room temperature
- ¼ cup water
- Shredded coconut, chocolate bar and M&Ms for decoration
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat the butter and cake mix in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, then add the milk and eggs.
- Beat for 2 minutes.
- Transfer the batter to 4 greased oven-proof bowls or mugs (1 small, 2 medium) and fill halfway with batter.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes (check with a toothpick if done).
- Let cool for 10 minutes, then place on a cooling rack and cool completely.
- Combine the frosting mix with the butter and water with an electric mixer and cover and chill until ready to use.
- Frost one of the medium cake circles and sprinkle with coconut.
- Cut a circle out of one of the medium sized cake circles, frost and place on top of the other one. Sprinkle coconut on top.
- Place the small cake circle on top, frost and sprinkle with coconut.
- Decorate with M&Ms and chocolate bar slices.
Wow, that’s quite a move! Congrats — that’s a lovely area. And this snowman cake is so appropriate! Not to mention awfully good looking. 🙂