Royal icing christmas cake

Whether you make your Christmas cake, marzipan and royal icing by hand or buy everything ready made, this recipe is all about the decoration. Follow our easy, step-by-step decorating instructions to make this showstopping Christmas cake. Or, spark your imagination with 10 of our favourite ideas for how to decorate a Christmas cake.

Our Wintery decoration idea can be as simple or advanced as you fancy.

A quick and easy royal icing for a 20cm Christmas Cake. It's best made in a stand mixer if you have it.

Delicious icing for your festive cakes.

How to decorate a Christmas cake: Wreath cake

Five simple steps for how to cover your cake in marzipan and royal icing. Watch the technique videos for more information and see the recipe tips (below) for how to create the simple Christmas decorations in the photo. #christmas #icing #cake #christmascake #pretty #driedfruit #sugaredfruit #christmasbaking

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Follow our simple guide with expert advice on how to make royal icing including top tips, how to decorate, and how to store. Making royal icing is easy

This traditional Christmas cake is very moist, easy to make, and there is no maturing time! Feeling fancy? Decorate with marzipan and royal icing. If not, leave it plain and you still have an amazing cake!

Christmas Cake. I am not a fan of this rich fruit cake with or without the alcohol, covered in a blanket of almond marzipan, it’s just not for me. I happily leave the baking of Christmas Cake to my sister, but I am happy to come up with the ideas and decorations to adorn it. …