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Title: Christmas cake pic
Post by: Bionic on December 15, 2012, 02:41:36 pm
I have finished decorating, deciding to keep it simple this year.
Sally
 
Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: Mammyshaz on December 15, 2012, 03:31:03 pm
Simple but stylish  :thumbsup: it'll be a shame to cut into it.
Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: SallyintNorth on December 15, 2012, 04:22:09 pm
Classy but fun - I like it  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Ina on December 15, 2012, 06:40:27 pm
That's my kind of decoration. Very nice. For a friend's 40th I managed a chunky 40 in marzipan on a wonderful cake covered in thick chocolate... Just about the most basic you can get, but very effective - and even I could do it!
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Post by: happygolucky on December 15, 2012, 06:51:53 pm
Lovely, I think I can ice but my hands and eyes do not agree...thats nice and classy!!!! :thumbsup:
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Post by: sabrina on December 15, 2012, 07:25:29 pm
Lovely job  :thumbsup:
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Post by: goosepimple on December 15, 2012, 08:50:46 pm
Oh I like it Bionic, very design-y - I made the picture bigger and it looks great.  Don't like eating those little ball things though  :-J
Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 15, 2012, 10:50:12 pm
You've done a brilliant job there, Sally.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Polished Arrow on December 15, 2012, 11:56:22 pm
Neat!  Looks lovely.  Perhaps we should all get a taste, too.  You know, just to be sure that its as good as it looks  :innocent:


I'll be icing mine next weekend, so will post the photo once it is done.
Don't be holding your breath, though...  It won't look very stylish!
Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: tizaala on December 16, 2012, 08:50:11 am
Star of David ? Christmas?....confused.com.....
 
expertly decorated very professional....
 
Love your worktop
Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: Bionic on December 16, 2012, 10:09:00 am
Doug, It was the only star cutter I could get and didn't realise until you said that it was the Star of David.
I don't think anyone in my family will notice anyway.
That worktop is actually my table made in an Indian hard wood of some sort.
Sally
Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: rispainfarm on December 16, 2012, 10:18:26 am
It looks wonderful, its at times like this I wish I was more into baking things.
Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: Bionic on December 16, 2012, 10:26:14 am
It looks wonderful, its at times like this I wish I was more into baking things.
To be honest I don't really like christmas cake. I enjoy making it more.  ;D
Sally
Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: downsized on December 16, 2012, 10:46:15 am
looks great. I know my limitations so I'll stick to what I'm good at..................eating them ;D
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Post by: Blinkers on December 16, 2012, 11:43:45 am
That's stunning - what a clever idea  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: LouiseG on December 16, 2012, 03:24:45 pm
I had four to ice this year so confess I went with the snow storm effect  :yum:  all done in about an hour  :excited:  yesterday. Still got a yule log to make but that will have to be next weekend.

Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 17, 2012, 03:15:39 pm
What do you mean by the snow storm effect?  Mine tended to look like drifting snow, but now I've discovered ready to roll icing it looks more like a bed that needs straightening.  Tastes good though.
Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: Ina on December 17, 2012, 03:17:07 pm
 ;D

Does anybody actually eat the icing? It's only sugar, after all...  ??? Just horribly sweet. I thought the icing is just put on so it keeps fresh for longer.
Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: SallyintNorth on December 18, 2012, 04:34:04 am
Does anybody actually eat the icing? It's only sugar, after all...  ??? Just horribly sweet. I thought the icing is just put on so it keeps fresh for longer.
Me!  Me!  Me!   I love the whole thing, the cake+marzipan+icing.  :yum:   Trouble is, because almost everyone else likes either just cake, or no marzipan, or no icing, I often end up with corner pieces - and that's too much icing for the tiny sliver of cake that's inside it, even for me!   :D

Title: Re: Christmas cake pic
Post by: goosepimple on December 18, 2012, 01:52:26 pm
Pair of dentures for your Christmas then Sally  :stocking:  but I agree, you have to draw the line at corner pieces unless you're under 10 and your teeth are going to be renewed anyway.  ;D