Piece of cake Christmas tree painting

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Christmas Tree Cake Topper Set 2 per pack

This two piece cake decorating set includes a beautifully hand-painted Christmas Tree resin figurine and gold ‘Merry Christmas’ motto, perfect for finishing Christmas cakes. No assembly required, simply remove from the box and plant firmly in the cake icing. Presented in a giftable, clear luxury box which can be used to store the Christmas cake decoration keepsakes year after year. Each topper is washable and reusable. Wipe clean with a damp cloth and let dry completely before storing.

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Wipe clean with a damp cloth after use.
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Anniversary House is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and distributors of Cake Decorations, offering simple decorating solutions and quality, innovative designs since 1953.

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Material: 100% unsaturated polyester resin.
Size: 5.5 x 4cm

Front Cover Christmas tree cake – how to make

Lindy

I was really pleased with the cake itself, which is decorated using the Patchwork cutters swirl cutter set and my curled leaf set together with piped dots of royal icing – not difficult! The board was embossed with patchwork cutter snowflakes, stippled with blue paste colour and then stencilled with jewelled snowflake stencils using blue royal icing.

how to make a christmas tree cake by Lindy Smith

Instructions to cake this Christmas tree cake

It’s been quite a few years since I wrote this article for the Dutch magazine. So I thought it time to share my instructions in English with you

Covering the cake board

Roll out 1.4kg of the blue sugarpaste, ideally between spacers. TIP: Rolling out the sugarpaste onto a surface smeared with white fat rather than icing sugar will ensure that there are no unwanted white marks on the paste.
Lift up the paste, using a rolling pin for support, and place it over the board.
Take a smoother and using a circular motion, smooth the paste to give a level surface. Using a pallet knife, trim the edges flush with the sides of the board, taking care to keep the cut vertical.
Make a tree template from greaseproof/baking paper and place onto the covered board to allow sufficient space for both the trunk and the star on top of the tree and scribe around and outside of the template using a scriber or glass headed pin.
Take one of the snowflake embossers and press it gently into the soft sugarpaste, repeat using the different sizes of snowflake to create a background snow scene as shown. Tip: leave enough room between the snowflakes to allow the stencilled snowflakes to be added later.
Place to one side to dry.

Christmas tree cake - embossing the board

Painting the cake board

Separately dilute the two blue paste colours with clear spirit or boiled water. Paint over one of the snowflakes, allowing the diluted paste colour to fill the indented snowflake shape.
Take a dry large stippling and stipple over and around the snowflake, as shown in the step, to spread the colour.
Continue painting the snowflakes varying the colour used and depth of colour as you go. There is no need to paint over the area where the cake will rest.
Place to one side to dry

Painting the christmas tree cake board

Stencilling the snowflakes

Colour a little royal icing blue then adjust the consistency to make a reasonably firm icing by adding a little icing sugar or boiled water as appropriate.
Place a snowflake stencil onto a space between the embossed snowflakes. Pick up some blue royal icing with a pallet knife then carefully spread the icing across to top of the stencil, holding the stencil in position with your other hand. TIP: experiment and practice on a piece of spare sugarpaste first, then you’ll know how thickly you wish to apply the icing.
Once the icing is an even thickness, remove the stencil, taking care not to smudge the pattern.
Wash and dry the stencil then repeat as desired.

christmas tree cake - adding stencilled snowflakes

Carving the cake

Remove the crust from the cake and split and fill the cake with jam, buttercream or chocolate ganache, if desired. Level the cake.
Cut your tree template in half down the middle. Place the halves on top of the cake, so that they fit, note, the tip of the tree template will not fit onto the cake at this stage. With a sharp knife, cut vertically through the cake around both templates. Remove the templates and excess cake.
Stick the two halves of the tree together using jam, buttercream or chocolate ganache. Add a small piece of cake to the top of the tree to create the tip and cut to shape.
Shape the tree by slicing up from the tip of the tree to the lower edge, the widest section of cake.
Next, curve the side edges to give a more rounded appearance to the tree. Tip, if you’ve not carved a cake before do this slowly removing a little cake at a time, you are aiming for a nice smooth finish with no obvious knife cuts!

Covering the cake

Place the cake on waxed paper and spread buttercream or chocolate ganache over the underside of the tree. Roll out some blue sugarpaste and cut one edge straight. Cover the base of the tree by placing the straight edge against the base of the cake, smooth and cut the paste flush with the top of the cake, using a pallet knife.
Spread a thin layer of buttercream or chocolate ganache over the top of the cake. Roll out the remaining blue sugarpaste into a triangular shape and place over the cake.
Smooth to shape, using a smoother and the heat from your hand. Next, take the smoother and place it against one side of the cake and run it along the side of the tree pressing down into the excess paste at the same time to create a cutting line in the sugarpaste. Repeat for the second side.
Next cut the paste flush with the underside of the tree using a pallet knife and a smoother as demonstrated.
Place to one side to dry.

Painting the cake

Dilute the dark blue paste colour with clear spirit or boiled water. Then using a stippling brush, stipple the cake with the diluted paste colour.
Once this has dried, stipple over the cake with confectioners glaze to seal in the colour.
Place to one side to dry.

Assembling the cake

Transfer the cake to the covered board, being careful to place the tree so there is enough room for the trunk and star.
To make the trunk, take some of the off cuts of sugarpaste and roll them into a cylinder and place in position. Tip, use a smoother to help roll the paste, you will get a more uniform finish.
Paint over the trunk with diluted blue paste colour using sweeping strokes and a large brush.

Decorating the Christmas tree cake

Thinly roll out some white modelling pastes between narrow spacers.
To create the scrolls, take one of the scroll cutters and press it firmly onto the rolled out paste. Then, to ensure the edges of the shape are cut cleanly take a craft knife and cut around the indented lines. Repeat, then remove the excess paste, leaving the shape in position on your work board to firm up slightly.
Cut curled leaf shapes using the three curled leaf cutters, using both sides of the cutters. Tip, press the cutting edges of the cutters through the paste and give them a little wiggle to make sure the cut is clean, then remove the paste from the cutter with a soft paintbrush. Leave the shapes to firm up slightly
Cut circles using the suggested circle cutters and piping tubes, removing the centres of the larger circles to create paste rings.
Finally cut out a selection of small stars.
Once you have a collection of different shapes attach them to the cake with sugar glue, using the photos as a guide.

using piping tubes to cut out circles

Adding Royal Iced detail

To pipe the dots, add a little superwhite dust to the royal icing to make a true white colour. Check the consistency of the icing and adjust as necessary, by adding more sugar or boiled water, you need to be able to pipe round dots not pointed cones.
Place the coupler into the reusable piping bag, fit the No 2 tube and half fill with royal icing. Then use to pipe dots as required around the shapes and patterns on the cake, see the finished cake for reference. TIP: if some of your dots are slightly pointed, quickly knock the point back into the dot with a damp brush before the icing sets.

Adding royal iced details to Christmas tree cake

Finishing touches

Using the non-toxic glue stick attaché the ribbon to the outside edges of the cake board.

Hope you like it!

If you speak Dutch these instructions plus all the step by step photos are in the magazine – enjoy!

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Gingerbread Velvet Cake Slice Christmas Tree Decoration

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If you love to create sweet-as-can-be Christmas displays, look no further than this Gingerbread Velvet Cake Slice Christmas Tree Decoration.

Crafted from lightweight material with a sleek velvet finish, this Gingerbread Cake slice decoration features sparkling glitter icing, striped ribbon trim and candy and red berry embellishments. Complete with a string attached for easy placement.

The perfect decoration to sweeten up your Christmas tree display. Use to embellish your Christmas tree or to create an exciting, festive vignette on any surface in your home. This decoration is perfect for a Peppermint Candy Christmas decor theme paired with vibrant red, white, and green elements, candy-themed decor, and glitter galore.

Weight: Lightweight, easy to hang and suitable for any standard Christmas tree.

Packaging: Packaged with care to ensure the item arrives safely.

Care: Indoor use only.

If you are looking for ideas and inspiration for your Christmas decorating be sure to check out our Inspiration Gallery. With creative craft projects, helpful decorating videos, beautiful look books and stunning free Christmas printables, you are sure to inspired.

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