Thursday, November 28, 2013

Christmas Cake ~ Part Three

Marzipan and icing!


First the marzipan was rolled out then placed gently over the cake. Oh! I melted some guava jelly and brushed the cake with it so that the marzipan would stick. It did.

 Next the icing was rolled out and gently placed on top of the marzipan. I brushed the marzipan with water to make the icing stick.

A bit of trimming and tidying up.

Next I made a fondant border. Not the neatest but not a total disaster either.

Had to cut out what felt like a gazillion holly leaves!

Ta'dah!



Finished off with some glitter, cos a girl can never have too much glitter, especially at Christmas!

14 comments:

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    1. Aw thank you! I am SO chuffed with it :) xx

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    2. It looks wonderful, Laura, I make quite a nice cake but only tried icing it once and it was a total disaster, have never been game to try again!

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    3. the decorating is the bit I like! I love making wee fondant things!

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  2. Beautiful!! You are very talented.

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    1. aw thank you! We just had fun making it!

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  3. O my goodness, it's a work of art! Almost too lovely to eat...surely...

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  4. That looks lovely. Totally professional looking.

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    1. I'm dead pleased for a first attempt. We've been saying for years that we wanted to make one - so finally this year we did.

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  5. Anonymous11:03 pm

    ?? That is amazing! Please could you do a post sometime on how you did the fondant? It looks so beautiful but I've never been brave enough to try it myself :)

    Emily

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    1. Emily, I didn't make the fondant. I bought it already made in a block. I just coloured it. For the borders and the golly you just roll out fondant and use cutters. I have an old biscuit tin that's filled with fondant cutters and stuff!!

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  6. Looks lovely Laura and love the sparkly dusting :-)

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    1. me too! I've come to the conclusion recently that I am in fact a bit girly - never thought I was!

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