Make Your Holiday Even More Sweet with the Christmas Cakes
Mrs. Williams is our favorite aunt. She is a bundle of endless energy. For Christmas, her home is the place to be. Our entire neighborhood will be found hanging at her porch at that time of the year.
Among all the other things, one thing which we all crave is her home baked cake. She spilled the beans, I should say, on the day when I asked her to tell me how she manages to pull such a fantastic feat of making the cake.
Out of the repertoire of making cakes, she told me one of them. Last year I got the opportunity to bake a Christmas cake under her watchful eye.
She told me to keep a cup of water ready. The other ingredients needed were four large eggs, dried fruit, a cup of brown sugar, flour, mixed spice, nuts, sherry wine( of course), a teaspoon of salt, grated lemon, margarine, honey or treacle and a cup of sugar.
We checked the sherry wine; it tasted great, just right for the occasion.
First we sieved the dry ingredients. Then we took a large bowl and then put the peel, fruit, nuts, eggs, margarine, sugar, treacle, and flour and stirred it till the mixture turned soft.
There is no need to mention how important Christmas is. It is great fun celebrating Christmas. Just imagine all the excitement while decorating Christmas tree and preparing your home for this lovely holiday. The best part of this celebration is making Christmas cake. To make the holiday more special, Christmas cake is a must as it adds more charm and joy to the celebration.
There are hundreds and thousands different recipes that can be found on the Web depending on your taste and preferences. Everyone has different taste but maybe one of the ideal recipe for Christmas cake is Sponge cake with creamy filling. Here are some interesting Christmas cakes in which I hope you will enjoy.
This simple but elegant Christmas cake is perfect if you want to wow your friends and family. For Silver Christmas Greetings Cake you will have to bake two 18cm square layers, which you will grease with creamy filling.
Then cover it with white fondant making sure to trim away any excess fondant using sharp knife. Use fondant colored in silver to form the letters, which you will attach on sides of the cake. In the middle of the cake, place the Christmas tree, which you will make out of white fondant and decorate it with silver ornaments.
Cut several different sizes of snowflakes and stick them on the flat surface of the cake. Then write "Merry Christmas" with icing using piping bag and tip with small hole.
Use Christmas tree plunger cutter and cut three Christmas trees, then cut a snowflakes using snowflakes plunger and stick them on the surface of the cake. Write "Merry Christmas" using fondant and letters fondant molds. Fill the mold with fondant or gum paste thus making this beautiful letters. Color the fondant with purple color using food coloring.
For this cake you will need three 18cm round layers and creamy filling to spread the layers with. Cover the cake with white fondant cutting the excess of the fondant around the base of the cake. Rub up the surface of the cake to gain the flat and smooth surface. Make several Santa out of gum paste and attach them on the sides of the cake. On top of the cake, place sleigh, reindeers and Santa sitting in his sleigh. Make all these decorations out of fondant colored in suitable colors.
For this Unique Christmas Cake you will have to bake a ball shaped cake using a Wilton Sports Ball Pan. This pan has two half spheres and are 6 inch diameter. When you have baked the cake cut it in two halves and put filling in between.
Also bake a Sponge round cake, place it on a cake tray and cover it with icing. On top of the round cake, place the ball shaped cake and cover it with icing. Decorate the ball with two colored icing using piping bag and appropriate tips. This lovely cake looks like Christmas tree decoration.
This cake is consists of two layers and filling between them. Cover the whole cake with white fondant taking care to make the flat and smooth surface. Take different sizes of metal star cutters, make as many stars as you like out of fondant and paint it with paint brush and food coloring in gold color. Then take two angels cutters, cut angels out of fondant and place them in the middle of the cake. Color and decorate them as seen on the picture and the cake will be awesome.
This interesting cake is made out of two layers and the filling greased between them. Then the cake is covered with white fondant suitable for decorating. Then, letters are made out of fondant colored in red with food coloring using letters fondant & gum paste molds. Made letters are glued with the help of royal icing.
After making letters, make reindeers (four of them), out of brown fondant using reindeer mold and finally make Santa Clause out of fondant using appropriate mold. Color the Santa in suitable colors using paint brush and food coloring. Stick these decorations with royal icing.
This Christmas Lantern cake is made of two 18cm round layers greased with the filling. Cover the cake with white fondant making the surface of the cake flat. Using letter molds make letters out of fondant and stick them with edible glue. On top of the cake make lantern with a bow out of fondant. In order to make lantern, use lantern mold. Color the lantern using food coloring and paint brush. Make bow out of fondant and also color it with gold color.
For this cake you will have to make two layers and make creamy filling to grease the layers. Cover the cake with white fondant. Make flat surface and cut the excess fondant around the bottom border of the cake. Using piping bag and appropriate tip make hair, beard and the moustaches of Santa Clause. Make hat out of red fondant with little dots made out of white fondant. Make nose out of fondant and at the end use letter molds make letters saying "Merry Christmas".
Mrs. Williams is our favorite aunt. She is a bundle of endless energy. For Christmas, her home is the place to be. Our entire neighborhood will be found hanging at her porch at that time of the year.
Among all the other things, one thing which we all crave is her home baked cake. She spilled the beans, I should say, on the day when I asked her to tell me how she manages to pull such a fantastic feat of making the cake.
Out of the repertoire of making cakes, she told me one of them. Last year I got the opportunity to bake a Christmas cake under her watchful eye.
She told me to keep a cup of water ready. The other ingredients needed were four large eggs, dried fruit, a cup of brown sugar, flour, mixed spice, nuts, sherry wine( of course), a teaspoon of salt, grated lemon, margarine, honey or treacle and a cup of sugar.
We checked the sherry wine; it tasted great, just right for the occasion.
First we sieved the dry ingredients. Then we took a large bowl and then put the peel, fruit, nuts, eggs, margarine, sugar, treacle, and flour and stirred it till the mixture turned soft.
There is no need to mention how important Christmas is. It is great fun celebrating Christmas. Just imagine all the excitement while decorating Christmas tree and preparing your home for this lovely holiday. The best part of this celebration is making Christmas cake. To make the holiday more special, Christmas cake is a must as it adds more charm and joy to the celebration.
There are hundreds and thousands different recipes that can be found on the Web depending on your taste and preferences. Everyone has different taste but maybe one of the ideal recipe for Christmas cake is Sponge cake with creamy filling. Here are some interesting Christmas cakes in which I hope you will enjoy.
Santa's Christmas Cake
If you are not an expert in decorating cakes, you will surely love this cake as it is not very difficult for decorating. First bake two 20cm round layers and grease them with creamy filling. Cover the cake with white fondant making the surface smooth. Make the flowers and the leaves out of gum paste and letters out of red fondant. Then form the Santa's head out of gum paste. Make Santa's beard, moustaches and the Santa's cap fur out of icing using piping bag.
Silver Christmas Cake
This simple but elegant Christmas cake is perfect if you want to wow your friends and family. For Silver Christmas Greetings Cake you will have to bake two 18cm square layers, which you will grease with creamy filling.
Then cover it with white fondant making sure to trim away any excess fondant using sharp knife. Use fondant colored in silver to form the letters, which you will attach on sides of the cake. In the middle of the cake, place the Christmas tree, which you will make out of white fondant and decorate it with silver ornaments.
Snowflakes Christmas Cake
This lovely Snow Flakes Cake is made of two 18cm round layers and creamy filling between these layers. It is covered with fondant colored in blue with food coloring. Snowflakes are made out of sugar florist paste, using plunger cutters.
Cut several different sizes of snowflakes and stick them on the flat surface of the cake. Then write "Merry Christmas" with icing using piping bag and tip with small hole.
Three Christmas Trees Cake
For this cake, bake two 18cm square layers and use creamy filling to grease them. Then cover the cake with fondant colored in light blue. Cover the half of the cake with light pink colored fondant.
Use Christmas tree plunger cutter and cut three Christmas trees, then cut a snowflakes using snowflakes plunger and stick them on the surface of the cake. Write "Merry Christmas" using fondant and letters fondant molds. Fill the mold with fondant or gum paste thus making this beautiful letters. Color the fondant with purple color using food coloring.
Santa's Sleigh Christmas Cake
For this cake you will need three 18cm round layers and creamy filling to spread the layers with. Cover the cake with white fondant cutting the excess of the fondant around the base of the cake. Rub up the surface of the cake to gain the flat and smooth surface. Make several Santa out of gum paste and attach them on the sides of the cake. On top of the cake, place sleigh, reindeers and Santa sitting in his sleigh. Make all these decorations out of fondant colored in suitable colors.
For this Unique Christmas Cake you will have to bake a ball shaped cake using a Wilton Sports Ball Pan. This pan has two half spheres and are 6 inch diameter. When you have baked the cake cut it in two halves and put filling in between.
Also bake a Sponge round cake, place it on a cake tray and cover it with icing. On top of the round cake, place the ball shaped cake and cover it with icing. Decorate the ball with two colored icing using piping bag and appropriate tips. This lovely cake looks like Christmas tree decoration.
This cake is consists of two layers and filling between them. Cover the whole cake with white fondant taking care to make the flat and smooth surface. Take different sizes of metal star cutters, make as many stars as you like out of fondant and paint it with paint brush and food coloring in gold color. Then take two angels cutters, cut angels out of fondant and place them in the middle of the cake. Color and decorate them as seen on the picture and the cake will be awesome.
Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas Cake
This interesting cake is made out of two layers and the filling greased between them. Then the cake is covered with white fondant suitable for decorating. Then, letters are made out of fondant colored in red with food coloring using letters fondant & gum paste molds. Made letters are glued with the help of royal icing.
After making letters, make reindeers (four of them), out of brown fondant using reindeer mold and finally make Santa Clause out of fondant using appropriate mold. Color the Santa in suitable colors using paint brush and food coloring. Stick these decorations with royal icing.
Christmas Lantern Cake
This Christmas Lantern cake is made of two 18cm round layers greased with the filling. Cover the cake with white fondant making the surface of the cake flat. Using letter molds make letters out of fondant and stick them with edible glue. On top of the cake make lantern with a bow out of fondant. In order to make lantern, use lantern mold. Color the lantern using food coloring and paint brush. Make bow out of fondant and also color it with gold color.
Santa's Christmas Cake
For this cake you will have to make two layers and make creamy filling to grease the layers. Cover the cake with white fondant. Make flat surface and cut the excess fondant around the bottom border of the cake. Using piping bag and appropriate tip make hair, beard and the moustaches of Santa Clause. Make hat out of red fondant with little dots made out of white fondant. Make nose out of fondant and at the end use letter molds make letters saying "Merry Christmas".
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