How To Make A Christmas Cookie Jar Cake
November 28th, 2019
Gingerbread is a traditional favourite at Christmas, so we love this alternative Christmas cake design of a cookie jar, decorated with freshly baked gingerbread cookies. Our ‘cookies’ have in fact been made using sugarpaste, but you can choose whether to do the same or alternatively bake real gingerbread cookies.
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Edibles
Tall 7 inch round cake (we used 1kg Sattina golden delight Madeira cake mix baked in 3 layers)
Sattina sugarpaste in golden brown, white, true red, bottle green and dove grey
Icing sugar, for dusting
Caramel/ivory paste food colouring
How To Make A Classic Christmas Wreath Cake
November 14th, 2019
This design shows how versatile using just one mould can be, offering a range of different flowers and foliage. We particularly like the effect achieved from brushing the mould with sparkling sugar before pressing sugarpaste into it as it gives a very seasonal frosty look.
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We used
Edibles:
9 inch round rich fruit cake, made from 1.75kg rich fruit cake mix
Sattina sugarpaste in golden brown, bottle green, true red
Blossom tint in nutkin white, black and white
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