SIMPLE SNOWFLAKE CAKE

Simple snowflake cake image

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

Provided by Angela Nilsen

Time 30m

Yield Covers a 20cm round christmas cake

Number Of Ingredients 9

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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)

Steps:

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.
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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 593 calories, Fat 21 grams fat, SaturatedFat 8 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 95 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 84 grams sugar, Protein 8 grams protein, Sodium 0.4 milligram of sodium