The first time I’ve made my own Christmas Cake… just because I felt like it! I LOVE fruit cake (not everyone does) and made this 8 inch cake in case anyone in my family fancied it this week.
So far, I’ve only tried some cake scraps when I trimmed the top of the cake to flatten it off (and they were goooooood):
The cake is topped with marzipan and fondant icing (as is standard) but I used a ginger preserve to stick the marzipan to the top.
To finish the cake, I decided to make fondant gonk alongside holly and berries:
The gonk is a simple design but I like how effective it is.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!