Hot toddy fruitcake
This fabulous Christmas cake can be made and decorated in four very different ways. Just choose your
favourite
Star sparkle cake
Cuts into 12 slices
Easy
Prep:
A super-simple yet effective Christmas cake decoration, especially if you want a modern looking cake
Skip to ingredients
To cover the cake
- 20cm fruitcakesee '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
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal0
- fat0g
- saturates0g
- carbs0g
- sugars0g
- fibre0g
- protein0g
- salt0glow
Method
step 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.
step 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.
step 3
Sprinkle the gold balls into the gaps and tie the ribbon around the cake. Can be decorated up to a week ahead.
