Sugar-dusted Snowflake Cake
This festive Christmas cake is a delightful treat that is sure to impress your guests. The rich layers of marzipan and white icing give it a classic and elegant look, perfect for any holiday celebration. Finished off with sparkling snowflake decorations, this cake is not only delicious but also a feast for the eyes.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 1 x 20cm round or 18cm square Christmas cake (see 'Goes well with', below)
- 4 tbsp raspberry or apricot jam, warmed and sieved
- 500g pack marzipan
- icing sugar , for dusting
- 1¼kg pack ready-to-roll white icing
- 1 egg white , frothed with a fork , or a little thin, runny icing made with icing sugar and water
- preserving sugar or granulated sugar
- a little edible glitter , if you have it
- snowflake-shaped cutters
Instructions
- Sit the cake on a cake board or flat plate. Brush all over with a little of the jam. Roll out the marzipan on an icing sugar-dusted surface until large enough to cover the sides and top of the cake – use string to help you measure. Cover the cake and trim the excess marzipan from the bottom. Brush with jam again, knead 850g of the white icing until smooth and pliable, then roll out as you did you for the marzipan ensuring it is large enough to cover the top and sides. Lift onto the cake. Smooth the icing down and around the sides, trimming excess from the bottom, as before. Smooth out any marks with the flats of your hand, rubbing the icing to buff it to a shine.
- Roll out the rest of the white icing and cut out a few snowflakes. Brush one side with a little egg white or runny icing, then dip this side into the preserving or granulated sugar to coat. Sprinkle on glitter, if using, then use more egg white or icing to stick randomly onto the cake. Leave to set for a few hrs before cutting.
Prep Time
PT50M
Yield
Cuts into 10 slices
Nutrition
- Calories: 1371 calories
- Fat Content: 42 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 15 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 249 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 231 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 7 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 12 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 0.86 milligram of sodium
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