Ice and decorate a Christmas cake the easy way
I might be an artist but when it comes to decorating cakes I am pretty well a complete beginner, in fact this is the first cake I've iced and decorated using fondant icing. If you have been following my blog recently you will know my Christmas colours for 2011 are Mauve and Silver, however, any colours available in the edible glitter range can obviously be used. Ingredients: 1. 1 packet of supermarket bought white fondant icing 2. Some jam/jelly any flavour, however I used Blackberry 3. Edible glitter (I used purple) 4. Edible tiny stars (I used silver) 5. Small Christmas tree cutters or Holly leaf cutters 6. Christmas cake pre-made (bought or home made, mine is home-made by my friends mum) (The cutters and glitters are available through good cookware shops, I went to Milly's Kitchen in Ponsonby Road, Auckland) Method: 1. Christmas cake pre-made or bought (I will be posting a traditional Christmas cake recipe in a couple of days time) 2. Jam/Jelly any flavour (I used raspberr...