Let-it-glow Christmas cake
Ingredients
- Step 1 1 x 22cm round Suits-all Christmas cake (see 'Goes well with' for the recipe)
- Step 2 140g apricot jam
- Step 3 zest 1 orange
- Step 4 3 large egg whites
- Step 5 2 tsp orange juice
- Step 6 1 tsp orange blossom water
- Step 7 1 tbsp liquid glucose (you'll find it in tubes in the baking aisle of large supermarkets)
- Step 8 750g icing sugar
- Step 9 a few doilies in different sizes and colours, if you like
- Step 10 small piece of gold card (or foil from chocolate)
Calories: 569
Carbohydrate: 99 g
Protein: 5 g
Fat: 16 g
Cook time: 30 minutes
Prep time: 30 minutes
Total time: 60 minutes
Servings: 1620
TAGS
Afternoon tea
Dessert
Treat
British
10-30 minute
600 kcal or less
Cake decoration
Christmas baking
Christmas cake
Christmas cake decoration
Christmas fruitcake
Christmas icing
Christmas-kitchen
Indulgent
Sarah Cook
Winter
Directions
- Step 1 Use a sharp, serrated knife and slice your fruitcake in half, leaving a top and bottom. Mix the apricot jam and orange zest, and spread over the top of the bottom half.
- Step 2 To make the icing, beat the egg whites with the orange juice, orange blossom water and glucose in a big mixing bowl. Gradually sift in the icing sugar, beating constantly with an electric whisk until you have a fairly stiff icing that can hold a peak. Spread a little icing over the jammy layer, then put the top half of the cake back on. Generously swirl the rest of the icing thickly on top.
- Step 3 Using scissors, snip a cut on each doily from an edge to the centre, then roll up each doily like a cone and secure with a bit of sticky tape. Cut a star from some gold card, or plain card covered with gold foil, and stick to the top of one of the trees. Arrange on top of the cake to create a winter scene.