Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 pk Yellow cake mix, 18.25 oz
1 tb Grated orange peel
1 c Softened butter
1 1/2 pk Softened cream cheese, 8 oz
1 1/2 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 pk Confectioners' sugar, 16 oz
Green food coloring
Assorted decorations: small
Candies,
Colored sugars, assorted
Sprinkles, nonpareils, small
Caramel rolls,
Licorice sticks (cut in 1
-1/2 in. pieces)

Heat oven to 350. Grease 15 1/2* 10 1/2* 1" jelly roll pan; line with
waxed paper; grease paper. Prepare cake mix according to pack
directions for "lite" recipe, beating in orange peel. Pour batter
into pan; bake 20 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool
cake in pan at least 15 minutes. Invert onto board covered with waxed
paper; lift off pan; peel away paper from bottom of cake. Cool
completely. While cake cools, from lightweight cardboard, cut
triangle pattern in one or more of the following sizes: 4" base, 5
1/2" sides; 3" base, 4" sides; 2 1/2" base, 3 1/2" sides; 2 1/4"
base, 2 3/4" sides. Using cardboard patterns, cut triangles of cake,
turning fitting patterns, as necessary, to use all of cake. Take
care to remove waxed paper from under cake. In large bowl with mixer
at medium speed, beat butter, cream cheese vanilla until light
fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar; beat 5-7 minutes
until thoroughly blended smooth. Remove half of frosting stir in
green food coloring to desired shade. Using flexible metal spatula,
spread frosting over top sides of cake triangle, smoothing it on or
swirling gently to resemble tree branches. Decorate cakes as desired
with candies, colored sugars, assorted sprinkles nonpareils. Using
tip of small knife, gently hollow out small area in center of bottom
edge of each tree; insert caramel roll or licorice sticks for trunks.

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