How to decorate a Christmas cake

Описание: Watch how easy it is to decorate a stunning Christmas cake in a few simple steps!

After covering the cake with marzipan and letting it dry for 24 hours, you're ready to ice the cake. Use shop-bought ready to roll fondant, or make your own from scratch. The theme and decorations are up to you - look for snowflake fondant moulds and cutters like we use here, or buy cutters in the shape of stars, Christmas trees, baubles... The possibilities are as wide as your imagination, but the technique stays the same!

Tips:

-- Visit a speciality shop or shop online for the right tools to make decorating your cake easy. While tools like an icing smoother aren't absolutely necessary, they do help in creating professional-looking results.

-- You can use coloured fondant or glitter sugar for the cake decorations for a festive touch.

-- You can brush the cake with warm apricot jam before covering with marzipan. This helps the marzipan stick. However, if you have a moist cake and are decorating just a couple of days in advance, you can skip this step.

Find more Christmas cake decorating ideas on Allrecipes.co.uk, the UK and Ireland's largest online community of home cooks:

http://allrecipes.co.uk/how-to/45/ici...