Directions (continued)

• molasses; mix well. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed
• mixture and mix well. Pour 1-3/4 cups into a greased 9-in. x 5-in.
• loaf pan; pour remaining batter into a greased 9-in. round baking
• pan.
• Bake at 375°for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near
• the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from
• pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• For frosting, in a bowl, cream the butter and cream cheese. Add
• confectioners' sugar; beat for 5 minutes or until very smooth. Stir
• in the vanilla. Place 1 cup in another bowl; tint with brown food
• coloring. Place 1/4 cup each in three bowls; tint one green, one red
• and one blue. Leave the remaining frosting white.
• Place loaf cake on a work surface with a long side facing you. To
• make globe base, measure 2 in. in from top right corner; cut at an
• angle from that point to the lower right corner. Repeat on other
• side. (Save cut out cake wedges for another use.) Place base on a
• 14-in. x 10-in. covered board; frost top and sides brown.
• Place round cake above base; frost top and sides white. Gently press
• cookie cutters into cake to outline horse and sleigh, or outline
• them free hand. Frost horse brown. Place red frosting in a pastry
• or plastic bag; cut a hole in the corner. Pipe outline of sleigh and
• three horizontal strips on the sleigh. Pipe a rein from horse to
• sleigh.
• Make pine trees with green frosting. Using a toothpick and white
• frosting, add white streaks in the trees for snow.
• Frost the bottom third of round cake blue. Transfer remaining blue
• frosting to a pastry or plastic bag; cut a hole in the corner. Pipe
• snowflakes in sky. Sprinkle round cake with edible glitter.
• Yield: 6-12 servings.