Description
A festive and elegant Sugar-dusted Snowflake Cake featuring a rich Christmas cake base layered with raspberry or apricot jam, encased in smooth marzipan and white icing, and beautifully decorated with sparkling sugar-coated snowflake shapes. Perfect for holiday celebrations, this cake combines classic flavors with a visually stunning winter theme.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Cake Base and Filling
- 1 x 20cm round or 18cm square Christmas cake
- 4 tbsp raspberry or apricot jam, warmed and sieved
For the Decoration
- 500g pack marzipan
- Icing sugar, for dusting and rolling
- 1¼kg pack ready-to-roll white icing
- 1 egg white, frothed with a fork or a little thin, runny icing made with icing sugar and water
- Preserving sugar or granulated sugar, enough to coat snowflakes
- A little edible glitter (optional)
- Snowflake-shaped cutters
Instructions
- Prepare and glaze the cake: Place the Christmas cake on a cake board or flat plate. Brush the entire surface generously with warmed and sieved raspberry or apricot jam to add moisture and flavor.
- Roll out and apply marzipan: Dust a clean surface with icing sugar and roll out the marzipan until it is large enough to cover both the sides and top of the cake. Use a piece of string to measure if needed. Carefully cover the cake with the marzipan, trimming any excess at the bottom edges for a neat finish. Brush the marzipan layer gently with more jam to help the icing adhere later.
- Roll out and cover with white icing: Knead 850g of the ready-to-roll white icing until it becomes smooth and pliable. Roll it out on an icing sugar-dusted surface, ensuring it is large enough to cover the top and sides of the cake, similarly to the marzipan. Carefully lift and drape this icing over the cake. Smooth it down and around the sides using your hands, trimming any excess icing from the bottom. Rub the icing surface with the flats of your hands to buff it and create a shiny, flawless finish.
- Create sugar-dusted snowflake decorations: Roll out the remaining white icing and use snowflake-shaped cutters to cut out several snowflake shapes. Lightly brush one side of each snowflake with the frothed egg white or runny icing. Then, dip this side into preserving sugar or granulated sugar to coat it thoroughly. Optionally, sprinkle edible glitter on top for a sparkling effect.
- Decorate the cake and set: Attach the sugar-coated snowflakes randomly onto the iced cake, using a bit of the egg white or runny icing as glue. Allow the finished cake to set for a few hours before slicing to ensure the decorations adhere properly and the layers meld perfectly.
Notes
- Using warmed and sieved jam helps to prevent lumps and allows for smoother spreading over the cake and marzipan.
- Dust your rolling surface with icing sugar to prevent sticking when rolling out marzipan and icing.
- Buffing the icing with your hands creates a glossy finish that enhances the cake’s appearance.
- Edible glitter is optional but adds a beautiful festive sparkle to the snowflakes.
- Letting the cake set for several hours before slicing ensures the icing and decorations are firm and stable.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Cake Decorating
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: British
Keywords: Sugar-dusted Snowflake Cake, Christmas cake, Marzipan, White Icing, Festive cake, Holiday dessert, Snowflake decoration
