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Day 4 – Parmesan and Poppy Seed Crackers
On the fourth day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…..Parmesan
Day 3 – How to make Fudge (with a Christmas twist of course)
On the third day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…..Christmas
Day 2 – Father Christmas Cookie Lollies
On the second day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me…..Father Christmas Cookie Lollies (and if you’re not singing – why not?)
You will need:
1 batch of Vanilla Sugar Cookie Dough
Lolly sticks
Sugarpaste in peach or pink, red and black (or a black icing pen)
White edible ribbon (Renshaws) or white sugarpaste
Royal icing
Pink lustre dust for the cheeks (optional)
Day 1 – Ideas for Decorating your Christmas Cake
On the first day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me (singing please!)…..Ideas for Decorating your Christmas Cake.
Hurrah! For me, Christmas starts on the 1st December, I have to be held back until today before festooning everything in sparkles and fairy lights because I’m a Christmas nut!
Stars and Sparkle Christmas Tree Cake
You will need:
1 x Cake, marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste, instructions on how to here
Sugarpaste, white and dark blue
Small sugarpaste star cutters and medium star cutters
Gingerbread Man Cake
You will need:
1 x Cake, marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste as per the instructions here
Sugarpaste in red, white and green
Chocolate sugarpaste (or regular sugarpaste coloured brown)
Royal Icing
Holly Wreath Cake
You will need:
1 x cake marzipanned and covered with white sugarpaste, instructions on how to here
Green, white and red sugarpaste
Round fluted cutter
Edible red glitter
Steak knife
To create the two shades of green, take equal amounts of the green and white and knead together until fully combined.
Time to Bake Your Christmas Cake
So you’ve been lovingly stirring your boozy fruit for the past few weeks and enjoying inhaling the fumes as you do so! Now it’s time to turn that jar of loveliness into this years Christmas Cake. If you missed the Boozy Fruit post you can find it here, get going with it now, even a weeks soaking is going to create some Christmas Magic!
Boozy Fruit for your Christmas Cake
Those of you that were already with me this time last year will know that now is the time to start on your Christmas Cake (yes, really!). Soaking the fruit for a good six weeks before we even bake the cake.
12 Days of Baking Christmas from The Pink Whisk
12 Christmas baking recipes over 12 days – Merry Christmas and Happy Baking
Love Ruth xx
Here’s the full run through….
Day 1 – Lebkuchen
Day 2 – Snowman Cookie Lollies
Day 3 – Christmas Monkey Bread
Day 4 – Complete Guide to Decorating your Christmas Cake
Day 5 – Party Breadsticks
Day 6 – Chocolate Coconut Snowballs
Day 7 – Ultimate Sausage Rolls
Day 8 – Stollen
Day 9 – Mince Pies The Pink Whisk Way
Day 10 – Gingerbread Men Cupcakes
Day 11 – Christmas Bakewell Tarts
Day 12 – Brandy Snap Baskets
Ruth Clemens, Baker Extraordinaire
Finalist on BBC2 The Great British Bake Off
