Christmas Cake Icing, Almond Paste Recipe, and Finished “Christmas Candle Cakes”

Finished “Christmas Candle Cakes”   This is a companion piece to the blog I posted in December called “Mum’s Christmas Cake Recipe”, and is also linked to the blogs “Christmas Cake Recipe (CT’s)”, and “Christmas Cake Recipe (Uncle Charlie’s)”. Here I am describing how to make the Almond Paste (marzipan) and apply the royal icing, […]

Mum’s Christmas Cake Recipe

Mum’s Christmas Cake Recipe:   Most years I miss out on the important tradition of making the Christmas Cake with Mum, so this year I was determined to be part of the process. It is also nice to be able to make a wish while stirring the dry ingredients into the fruit mixture. As a […]