{"id":1532,"date":"2013-11-18T18:22:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T18:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cake-geek.com\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2023-07-11T16:01:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:01:55","slug":"chic-christmas-cake-decorating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/chic-christmas-cake-decorating\/","title":{"rendered":"Chic Christmas Cake Decorating"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chic cake designs are often\u00a0the simplest cake designs. And our feature cakes above are proof of this. There’s not a Santa Claus in sight, yet they ooze festive warmth and homeliness. The beautiful chocolate Boston Cream Pie above, decorated in stunning gold accents,\u00a0\u00a0is by Yelena Strokin\u00a0of Cooking Melangery<\/a>\u00a0and is the ultimate in festive cake glamour.<\/p>\n

Gold dragees\/sprinkles and reindeer cake decorations like these are available in lots of cake decorating stores\u00a0coming up to\u00a0Christmas. The reindeers however are usually in brown and white but you\u00a0can use\u00a0edible gold spray to colour them gold to achieve this look for your own elegant Christmas cake.<\/p>\n

While they don’t usually get snow in California for Christmas, California’s Enjoy Cupcakes<\/a> sure know how to design a beautiful snowy Christmas cake (above right).\u00a0Sprigs of rosemary create a beautiful rustic winter forest effect. with frosted cranberries piled into the centre of the cake to crown this Christmas cake beauty.<\/p>\n

For those who don’t like the classic fruited Christmas cake, a rich chocolate cake is a great alternative for the\u00a0festive season. Chocolate & Carrots have created a super chic chocolate forest cake, below left.\u00a0 How great would these chocolate trees be with a black forest gateau dessert for Christmas?<\/p>\n

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Swedish cake designers, Mat Pa Bordet\u00a0have designed the second fabulous chocolate cake above right, topping it\u00a0with a “marshmallow glacier” and rustic pine trees. Whip up some meringue to top off a chocolate cake to make your own marshmallow glacier cake.<\/p>\n

Below left we have\u00a0a beautiful Christmas cake from Style Me Pretty<\/a> with fresh cranberries clustered around the base of the cake for a rustic finish, crowned\u00a0with a sprig of winter foliage.<\/p>\n

To the right is another simple, rustic cake decorated with frosted rosemary sprigs and a scattering of star anise. Candles on top\u00a0bring a beautiful winter glow to the cake design. (Image: Good Housekeeping Magazine<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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A Christmas wreath cake always makes a beautiful Christmas centrepiece and we have an\u00a0superb example below from\u00a0BBC Good Food Magazine<\/a>\u00a0(left).\u00a0 Frosted leaves are\u00a0mixed with natural\u00a0foliage and red cranberries for a simple, yet beautiful Christmas cake decorating idea.<\/p>\n

Mich Turner of the renowned\u00a0Little Venice Cake Company<\/a>\u00a0has brought a US twist to her Christmas cake decorating with a pretty red and white candy cane cake (below right). Candy canes\u00a0are\u00a0synonymous with the festive season Stateside and you’ll find a simple tutorial here to make your own\u00a0sugarpaste version: fondant candy canes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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If you have little ones around for Christmas, then they will be enchanted with our two vintage snowman cakes below. The cake below left features a beautiful grandfatherly snowman cake topper (left) from Jane’s Sweets & Baking Journal, and you’ll find the tutorial here: vintage-style \u00a0snowman cake tutorial.<\/a><\/p>\n

Hand-painted cakes specialists, Nevie-Pie Cakes have come up trumps yet again with a classic, elegant snowman and snow\u00a0globe cake for the Christmas season, wrapped in festive red and white gingham ribbon. Hand painted blue snowflakes also add a lovely pop of colour to the overall design. Natasha Collins, the founder of Nevie-Pie\u00a0Cakes, regularly\u00a0holds classes in hand-painted\u00a0cakes, including an online tutorial, which you can find more details on here: Nevie-Pie Cakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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An all-white\u00a0cake is enduringly elegant and we have two beautiful white Christmas cake decorating ideas below. The superb candle cake was designed by TV cake star, Duff Goldman for US craft store, Michaels, who have posted the tutorial for this cake on their website here: Christmas candle cake tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Craft store, Potter & Buttler<\/a> designed the super chic reindeer cake below right, with a solitary silver reindeer and pristine white Christmas trees topper. The cake topper is available to purchase through their Etsy store, or your can try your hand at making your own with crepe paper pom poms of varying sizes on a cake pop stick.<\/p>\n

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Katrien’s Cakes (South Africa) designed the elegant snowflake “cut out” cake below, using a pale blue icing undercoat to highlight the snowflakes to full effect.<\/p>\n

Below right, we have another super festive snowflake cake from Delicious Magazine.co.uk, topped with snowflake cookies. You’ll find the\u00a0recipe and instructions here for this wonderfullydistinctive cake: snowflake cookie christmas cake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Another Cake Geek<\/em> favourite, My Cake School.com have created\u00a0the beautiful gold and white winter forest cake (below left) and have a free tutorial here to show you how to recreate it: Winter Wonderland cake tutorial.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are short on time to decorate this festive season, a simple topping of white fondant,\u00a0shaped to create an overhanging snow effect, with gold star cake toppers on top,\u00a0is the perfect time-saving Christmas cake decorating idea.\u00a0You can\u00a0purchase this cake topper from Nice Party<\/a>\u00a0or you can get crafty with a scissors and some gold glitter.<\/p>\n

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Coming up next week, we’ll be featuring gingerbread houses for the festive season.\u00a0 But to whet your\u00a0appetite, we have a beautiful and simple Christmas\u00a0cake decorating idea below,\u00a0using gingerbread house shapes placed all around the side of the Christmas cake to make a beautiful Christmas village cake.\u00a0(Image\u00a0from Pinterest).<\/p>\n

Finally, we have\u00a0another super cake from Nevie-Pie Cakes below right, one of their adorable gingerbread house cake designs with a\u00a0hand-painted reindeer and festive detailing.<\/p>\n

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For more on seasonal cake decorating, see our features:<\/p>\n