Some Simple Christmas Cake Decorating Ideas

Don't be stuck for cake decorating inspiration this year, try some of my simple but classy cake ideas. Your cake can be a simple or as detailed as you wish but don't spend ages in the kitchen slaving over your masterpiece. 

Mini Christmas Cakes

 

I am much better at baking than I am at shopping, this might look like a lot of work for a Christmas present, but believe me this is a gallant effort by comparison to my lack of imagination in the gift buying department. I have given some of the worst gifts to my family and friends, I never learn, this year's haul even includes the dreaded packet of socks!!

Easter Simnel Cake

This rich fruit cake, with marzipan filling and decoration is traditionally eaten at Easter or during lent. The golden marzipan balls on the top signify Christ's 11 loyal apostles.The name of this cake comes from the Roman Siminellus, which was a bread eaten during spring fertility festivals, but more commonly it is believed that this cake was made on mothering Sunday by servants girls to take home to their mothers. Either way this is a beautiful moist cake that was devoured by all in this house. Now feel free to use your own faithful fruit cake recipe, add the marzipan and bake as normal or if your want a larger cake then use Delia's Rich Fruit Cake and increase the marzipan to 1kg, this will serve 12-14 people.

How to Decorate a Christmas Cake

  

Is the prospect of covering your first Christmas Cake a bit daunting, if so then this the post for you! This is the first time I have properly iced a Christmas Cake and I found it very enjoyable, you do however need some time to do this. It took me from start to finish about 90 minutes, but it's so satisfying and I was really proud bringing it out for my family on Christmas day. I used Delia's Classic Christmas Cake recipe, and it's a beautiful rich cake.

Delia's Classic Christmas Cake

I just couldn't be without Delia Smiths Complete Cookery Course book. When I got married first, I could just about boil an egg and even at that I wasn't always successful. So when I decided to become a stay at home mother I knew I had to brush up on my culinary skills. I still had my old home economics book but I needed a lot more help that it could offer, so I bought Delia's book. You know when the first chapter starts with how to boil an egg that you're onto a winner :)

This fruit cake has been taken from that book and although the cake is now commercially available in a pretty pre-weighted ingredients box in my local supermarket, I still think it's a worthy post. When you've baked this beauty then I suggest to try this post: How To Decorate A Christmas Cake