Easy Christmas Cake Decorating IdeasAwesome Christmas cake decorating ideas including a yule log cake recipe and a video on how to make royal icing snowflakes and how to make the pine cone cakes in the picture.Buttercream Ideas
With fondant being all the rage right now, butter cream sometimes gets overlooked. You can do amazing things with it. Here is a simple buttercream frosting recipe, or try this Italian meringue that I use for wedding cake frosting.Favorite Christmas cake decorating ideas of mine include buttercream pine cones. They make beautiful decorations on a Christmas cake. There will be videos and pictures soon, but until then see if you can follow the directions here. If you have made a rose with buttercream than you will be able to do this. You will need:
Directions for using the straw... Using the straw like a rose nail, pipe a ribbon of frosting around the tip of the straw, just as you would for a rose. Now working from left to right pipe petals from the base of the frosted tip. To pipe the correct shape you will need to hold the tip sideways and pipe straight up and slightly out (depending on how open you want the pine cone to be. Take a look at the pine cone in the picture below and you will get the idea. Complete one row and then pipe a row under that first row.
Courtesy of akirsa on flickr Continue piping rows until the desired size cone is reached. Push the remaining uncovered straw end into the cake (you may need to cut some of it off) Repeat to make two or three pine cones for an arrangement. Leaves can be piped around the cones. Little red berries can be piped to add color to the design using the round tips. The marzipan method may be a little easier to start with as it gives you a thicker base to work on. With the straw method the pine cones can be made longer and have a more three dimensional effect. The method is the same with the marzipan. You can get the full instructions on how to make the butterream pine cones plus more Christmas cake decorating ideas from Ronald Winbeckler's book. It is well worth the $12.00 price tag. I refer to it often for design ideas. More Christmas Cake Decorating Ideas
Frosted FruitYou can make lovely decorative effects quite simply with a little sugar and some egg whites. Here is a great example of a super simple yet elegant decoration using fruit,You will need:
Lightly froth the egg white with a fork. Paint a thin layer of this on to the fruit using a small paintbrush. Sprinkle the sugar over the the fruit to coat completely. Let dry on a piece of waxed paper until ready to place on your cake or dessert. Le Cordon Bleu is where this SUPER easy technique came from. It is a life saver when looking for new ideas and cake decorating techniques. Royal Icing SnowflakesFirst Watch The Video Tutorial On How To Make Royal IcingNext Follow My Tutorial On Making The Snowflakes
Almond Pine Cone CakesYou can use any cake recipe to make these. I used my orange cake recipe, a little bit of orange flavored syrup and raspberry preserves to brush onto the cake, followed by a coating of chocolate ganache icing then the sliced almonds for decoration.Back To Christmas Dessert Recipes
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