Quick query about making my own Christmas Cake

GetRealBabe

HI

Here's Delia's recipe:
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/party-food/accompaniment/almond-icing-marzipan.html

Just noticed we are in similar locations.:):)

esmf73

Good Housekeeping says that you will need 1Kg of almond paste / Marzipan to cover your 10 inch square cake and 1.1kg of royal icing. Their receipe for Almond Paste uses 450g ground almonds which makes a 900g block of almond paste. If you want the recipe PM me - tell me to look on page 426 of my GH book!!! (I'm drinking wine, so the reminder will be useful!!). Seems relatively easy to make - best of luck

Penelope_Penguin

Gettingtherequickly wrote: »

Hi

I made my very first Christmas cake a couple of months ago and now need to deal with decorating it.

Could anyone tell me the quantities for a 10" square cake when making the almond paste, I have bought the ground almonds but am not sure that I have enough.

Thanks

Do you want to cover top and sides? I just do the top and put a wide white ribbon and a narrower red one around the sides, then every slice has a small amount of decoration, rather than lots of sickly icing that gets left

Gettingtherequickly

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Do you want to cover top and sides? I just do the top and put a wide white ribbon and a narrower red one around the sides, then every slice has a small amount of decoration, rather than lots of sickly icing that gets left

I personally loath the stuff, but everyone else likes it, so it will be all round

Gettingtherequickly

GetRealBabe wrote: »

HI

Here's Delia's recipe:
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/party-food/accompaniment/almond-icing-marzipan.html

Just noticed we are in similar locations.:):)

Well, no better place to be in! At least we don't have to keep up with the rest of the world :rotfl::rotfl:

zippychick

I've merged this with the christmas cake thread. Hope it went well

sandy2_2

help please forgot to add sugar to cake I´ve just made a quick christmas cake using a jar of mincemeat (recipe from National Trust site) but I forgot to add sugar....doh!!!!

any ideas.....should I pr.ck it all over and add some sugar syrup, alchohol.....

Sandy

asparagustips

If you order a glass of wine in the pub its 125ml or 250ml for a double, though "wine glass" could be either.

zippychick

as this has dropped down the board ive merged it with our christmas cake quick qs thread. Sadly we don't have a genoa cake thread

this thread may have some ideas as there is a range of recipes, light and [STRIKE]dark.[/STRIKE] heavy

Zip

EvieSaver

Hi, I know this is very early but I'm starting to think about Christmas. I'm thinking about making Christmas cakes for some relatives but I'm stumped at how to gift-box them. I've just been looking on the internet but my idea of buying storage tins won't work as they are so expensive. Does anyone have any tips/ideas of how I do this?

They would be about 8 inch round fruit cakes which I'd marzipan & ice.

Sorry if there is already a thread about this, I have looked but I could have missed it.

Thanks in advance.