Star sparkle cake
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Star sparkle cake

A super-simple yet effective Christmas cake decoration, especially if you want a modern looking cake

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 12 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Method

  1. Lift the cake onto the cake board or a plate and cover with jam, marzipan and - brushing with water around the sides of the cake only - ready-to-roll icing. Trim at the base.
  2. Press star cutters gently into the icing, stopping when you get to the marzipan. Pull the star shapes out with the cutter, or ease it out with the tip of a knife. Stamp out a couple of small stars from re-rolled trimmings of icing (from icing the cake) and sit them inside the large star-shaped spaces.
  3. Sprinkle the gold balls into the gaps and tie the ribbon around the cake. Can be decorated up to a week ahead.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2006.

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  • 03 February 2008

    honeybee commented on this recipe

    Don't just stick with stars! A pony shape cut out, or a character template printed off from CBeebies (print and colour) filled with hundreds and thousands or 'sprinkles' makes a childs birthday cake.

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  • 11 July 2008

    ella rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Looks amazing!!!

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  • 13 November 2008

    bethanyjane commented on this recipe

    very good idea, may have to try an idea similar with a christmas cake me and my Nan baked a week or so ago (taste gets better with time)

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  • 14 November 2008

    kontessa commented on this recipe

    i really admired the simple and easy decorations of this cake

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  • 17 November 2008

    aida commented on this recipe

    thanks alot dear ser what is gold balls? can eat gold balls? can we bake or bye gold balls?

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  • 03 December 2008

    Ruth commented on this recipe

    Gold or silver balls can be bought from most supermarkets in the baking aisle - and they are edible.

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  • 16 December 2008

    sandie commented on this recipe

    Done this decoration for my Christmas cake this year it looks really nice although I could not get gold balls any where so I used silver but looks just as good.

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  • 22 December 2008

    fiat154 commented on this recipe

    I think this looks great - and very simple. But I am curious as to what happens when you cut the cake - do all of the balls fall out all over the table?

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 12 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Stunning and sophisticated

Ingredients

TO COVER THE CAKE

  • 20cm fruitcake , see 'Goes well with'
  • 5 tbsp apricot jam (optional)
  • 750g golden marzipan
  • 750g white ready-to-roll icing

TO DECORATE

  • three 5-pointed star cutters - small, medium and large
  • 30g pack small gold balls
  • approx 65cm length of wide ribbon
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