Name: Simple snowflake cake
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Covers a 20cm round christmas cake
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 x 20cm round Christmas cake homemade (see 'Goes well with' recipe) or bought; 1 tbsp clear honey; 300g marzipan; 2 egg whites; about 500g sifted icing sugar; 1 tsp glycerine; silver dragees; approx 65cm wide silver ribbon (available from cake decorating suppliers or stationers); approx 65cm clear snowflake ribbon (available from Paperchase)

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Simple snowflake cake

Simple snowflake cake

Angela Nilsen

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Covers a 20cm round christmas cake

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Prep: 30 mins

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A simple, but sophisticated decoration for a homemade or bought cake - it'll only take half an hour

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1 x 20cm round Christmas cake

homemade (see 'Goes well with' recipe) or bought
1 tbsp clear honey
300g marzipan
2 egg whites
about 500g sifted icing sugar
1 tsp glycerine
silver dragees
approx 65cm wide silver ribbon

(available from cake decorating suppliers or stationers)
approx 65cm clear snowflake ribbon

(available from Paperchase)

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Nutrition: per slice (for 16)

kcal593
fat21g
saturates8g
carbs95g
sugars84g
fibre0g
protein8g
salt0.4g

low

Method

step 1

Brush the top of the Christmas cake with honey. Roll out the marzipan, then trim to fit the top of the cake, using the cake itself or the cake tin as a template. Lay the marzipan on top of the cake, then press down lightly.
step 2

Lightly beat the egg whites with a fork, just to break them up, then gradually beat in the sifted icing sugar until you have an icing that forms soft peaks. Beat in the glycerine to stop the icing from getting too hard. Spread and thickly swirl the icing over the marzipan, then scatter with silver dragees. Decorate by wrapping round a silver ribbon and then the clear snowflake ribbon.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2008

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