Classic Christmas Cake Icing: Almond & Royal Icing Recipe

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Classic Christmas Cake Icing: Almond & Royal Icing Recipe
Easy - for beginners

Description

Learn how to perfectly ice your Christmas cake with this traditional recipe. This guide shows you how to create a smooth layer of delicious almond icing, followed by a beautiful finish of white royal icing. Master festive cake decorating with this easy-to-follow method for a truly classic Christmas dessert.

Ingredients

  • 1 and a quarter lbs/575 g ground almonds
  • 10 oz/275g icing sugar
  • 10 oz/275g castor sugar
  • 3 teaspoon lemon juice/whisky
  • half teaspoon almond essence
  • 2 eggs
  • ROYAL ICING
  • 2 bags instant royal icing and follow instructions on bag

Method

  1. Sieve icing sugar into bowl

  2. Add castor sugar and ground almonds to sieved icing sugar and mix well

  3. Lightly mix lemon juice/whisky, almond essence and eggs together

  4. Add wet and dry ingredients and mix well

  5. Dust down work surface with icing sugar

  6. Put mixture on dusted surface and knead well with hands until smooth

  7. Brush the top and sides of cake with boiling apricot jam

  8. Divide mixture in two and put on half on top of cake and roll flat with rolling pit to cover top of cake

  9. Roll out the other half of the almond paste and cover the sides of the cake

ROYAL ICING Make icing as directed on packet and decorate cake, icing can be smooth or fluffed up with a fork to create a snow effect.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM CATHY AND YVONNE!!

Tags

Cake  · Christmas  · Icing  · Almond icing  · Royal icing  · Baking  · Holiday baking  · Festive  · Dessert  · Easy icing
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