I'm Gonna Start Making My First Ever Xmas Cake!
Decorating By Kickchick Updated 6 Dec 2006 , 6:33am by MissBaritone
Hi everyone,
Okay - I've made the fruit cake, bought the marzipan and white icing in the ready-to-roll packages, have bought a red ribbon and poinsettia decoration for the top. I want to pipe white cornelli lace over the four corners of the cake around the poinsettier. My questions are:
1) For the cake to be ready on Christmas day, when is the earliest date that I can start icing it?
2) Do you have to let the marzipan dry before putting on the white icing? (Note that it's the roll-type)
3) What is the best icing to use for the cornelli edges?
I'm terrified.
But I promise to post a picture of it once done!
Kickchick
Hi Kickchick,
Well, it sounds like you're really ready to go!
This might help:
http://www.pastrywiz.com/season/marzipanb.htm
http://www.pastrywiz.com/wedding/wedding19.htm
http://www.pastrywiz.com/wedding/wedding19b.htm
http://www.pastrywiz.com/wedding/wedding19c.htm
For the cornelli lace corners, I'd suggest royal icing made with meringue powder or pasteurized egg whites:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Recipes&sort=recipename&sort_dir=ASC&op=search&chname=X&chingredients=X&searchtext=royal&cat_id=-1
Or you might like this:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2119-1-Toba-Garretts-Glace-Icing.html
Here's a recipe that has marzipan and white frosting - you could just follow the directions for the parts you need....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/traditionalchristmas_14567.shtml
Look forward to seeing your pictures.
You can start icing now as fruit cake keeps.
It is recommended to let the marzipan dry for a day or 2 before icing.
Use a little cooled boiled water to stick the icing to the marzipan.
use royal icing to pipe the corneli lace.
Most important don't forget to post a picture of your finished cake so we can all admire it
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And there you are 
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Guess it works in the CC family, too!!!!
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