A sarcastic creature that looks great in green, has a dog, and despises large crowds? *Swipes right* Look, the Grinch didn’t hate Christmas, he hated people, and quite frankly, that’s not a deal breaker for introverted little ol’ me. I have been dying to make another cartoon cake this year, and I figured what better way to go than my favorite Christmas character of all time?! Sure, he’s creepy, mean, and monster-adjacent, but I have the propensity to somehow always manage to make Christmas spooky (Halloween is the best holiday, not sorry), so instead of being green with envy over another holiday overshadowing my favorite, I embraced the Grinch’s Christmas spirit (I swear I stole no toys from children).
He’s a mean one, and a green one, but he’s pretty simple to decorate. You can use any cake and any type of frosting to use as a base for this cake. I used a cream cheese frosting and vanilla cake combo (recipe below). You’re gonna need a few tools (stolen from Whoville, maybe) to make our Mr. Grinch. And when the Grinch asks, “But what would I wear?,” you can readily provide this piped and frosted Santa suit.
-Lime, red, and black gel dyes
-#3 round tip, two #12 round tips, #21 star tip
-Chocolate truffles (I used dairy-free Lindt since those are also GF)
-Edible luster dust in gold, green, and red
I have a video tutorial below, but no green thumbs needed to learn how to decorate this cake with the slideshow here. By the time you’re done, you heart will have grown three sizes! You might need to see a cardiologist.
Recipe and Instructions
Gluten free vanilla cake with yogurt cream cheese frosting
A Grinchy cake perfect for Bah-Humbug Christmas celebrations
Ingredients
CAKE*1 box of gluten free yellow cake mix (I used Pillsbury Funfetti)
*1 cup fat free or skim milk
*75g (1/3 cup) unsweetened applesauce
*3 eggs
FROSTING
*226 g (1 cup) vanilla Greek yogurt, strained overnight
*8 ounces 1/3 the fat cream cheese at room temp
*16 ounces Lakanto powdered monkfruit
*1 TBS clear vanilla
*3 TBS fat free or skim milk
*1/4 tsp citric acid if you like less sweet frosting
*Red, green, and black gel dye
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9×13 pan.
- Whisk cake ingredients together in a stand mixer on low for 60 seconds before switching to medium-high for two minutes.
- Pour batter evenly into pan and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean from the center.
- Allow cake to cool fully before frosting.
- To make frosting, whisk cream cheese and yogurt for 3 minutes before adding in half the powdered monkfruit, extract, citric acid,and milk.
- Add in remaining monkfruit mix fully.
- You will need to frost the top of your cake in plain white frosting before dividing remaining frosting in three bowls: one red, one black, and one lime.
- To decorate Grinch cake, follow along with the photo gallery or video tutorial above, and view recommended products at the top of the blog.
- Keep cake covered and in the fridge. It is best served at room temp, so remove from fridge 30 minutes before eating. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Macros12 servings
211 cal/34.1 c/5.5 f/6.2 p per slice
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