Christmas in Pastels

With a soft dusting of winter snow, muted pastels are Cake Geek’s favourite colour pallette for christmas decorating – cakes & otherwise (but then Cake Geek is a major fan of pastels pretty much all year round…)

Above, we have two picture perfect pastel christmas cakes – a fabulous gingerbread alpine village by De Koekenbakkers (left) and a simple, but ultra stylish, snowman cake by Alan Dunn Sugarcraft (right).

Karla Chumpitaz of Sweet K Cake Design, Italy makes some of the most fabulous novelty cakes for children including this superb vintage style toy soldier christmas cake in a beautiful icy mint shade.

Iced blue and white chocolate come together perfectly in this simple, festive snowflake cake from the Cake Journal, where you’ll also find the tutorial: snowflake cake tutorial.

Sprinkle Bakes’ gorgeous eggnog cake with pink marshmallow frosting simply has to be made (and tasted) to be believed and you’ll find all the directions right here on Sprinkle Bakes.

On the right, glittered snow and soft feathers add a wonderful magical touch to this Christmas cake (image via Shabbyfufu).

The Artful Bakery, Ireland has created a delightful Christmas bauble cake (below left) entwined with white pearl garlands and a dash of gold lustre. More candy pink baubles feature on the right (image via Pinterest).

These christmas tree cone cake toppers are a super simple way to add a sparkling touch to your Christmas cake decoration and you’ll find the full tutorial on The Cake Blog: christmas tree cake topper tutorial.

A superbly elegant silver and white christmas cake features below by Victoria Varrvarra (via Flickr).

An intricately piped lavish snowflake design makes a stunning addition to this pale blue christmas cake from Hungarian royal icing experts, Ekes Edes (below left).

On the right, Pavani Kaur of Firefly India has created a beautiful winter forest cake against an elegant beaded backdrop for a sophisticated seasonal cake design.

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