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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.

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• honeybee

  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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• ella

  11 July 2008

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  Looks amazing!!!

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• bethanyjane

  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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• kontessa

  14 November 2008

  kontessa commented on this recipe

  i really admired the simple and easy decorations of this cake

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• aida

  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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• Ruth

  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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• sandie

  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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• fiat154

  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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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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Difficulty and servings

Cuts into 12 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 30 mins

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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