{"id":1537,"date":"2013-11-18T18:38:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T18:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cake-geek.com\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2023-07-11T16:01:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:01:38","slug":"novelty-christmas-cake-decorating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/novelty-christmas-cake-decorating\/","title":{"rendered":"Novelty Christmas Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Christmas is\u00a0a\u00a0perfect occasion\u00a0to indulge your novelty cake decorating skills.\u00a0 Even if you are a cake decorating newbie, it’s a great opportunity to get started with novelty cakes.<\/p>\n

Our two feature cakes above are perfect for beginner cake decorators.\u00a0Above left, we have a beautiful reindeer cake from Feerie Cake<\/a> in France (left.)\u00a0 Christmas cookie cutters are used to cut out fondant reindeer and Christmas tree shapes for the side design. Little snowballs add a lovely touch around the cake board.\u00a0 For the Christmas cake toppers, use a stronger paste like modelling paste to cut out these shapes. You’ll find a selection of\u00a0Christmas cookie cutters for this cake\u00a0here:\u00a0Reindeer & Christmas Tree <\/a><\/p>\n

Martha Stewart Living<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0featured the super cute\u00a0igloo cake above right,\u00a0a\u00a0fantastic cake design if you have\u00a0children in the house.\u00a0 You can bake your cake in an oven-proof Pyrex bowl to get the perfect igloo shape and avoid having to carve the igloo shape from a\u00a0standard-shaped cake.<\/p>\n

Martha used marshmallows to decorate the outside of the igloo, but an\u00a0even simpler way to finish your cake would be\u00a0to use an knife to etch the shape of the\u00a0blocks into the fondant.<\/p>\n

And to make the mischievous little penguins, you’ll find a tutorial here from Cake Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We have a whole family of penguins in our next cake (above left)\u00a0by\u00a0Turkish cake designers,\u00a0Mutlu Dukkan<\/a>. Blue bow ties for the boys and pink hair accessories for the girls bring this arctic family to life.\u00a0\u00a0 The little fish swimming under the ice is a\u00a0cute extra touch too!<\/p>\n

Above left, we have another penguin cake design, this time from\u00a0La Mucca Sbronza Cake Design<\/a>\u00a0in Italy\u00a0(right).\u00a0 The red and white candy-cane style rope border along the bottom of the cake adds a beautiful festive touch to this cake (see tutorial here: fondant candy canes<\/a>).<\/p>\n

To create a Christmas tree cake topper, you find a selection of tutorials from Judy’s Cakes<\/a> in lots of different styles.<\/p>\n

\"snowman<\/a>On the left, we have an excellent snowman christmas cake from Bird on A Cake.\u00a0 It’s a cake design that’s super simple, yet\u00a0very striking and \u00a0effective.\u00a0 The pale blue frosting is the perfect backdrop to show off the snowmen in all their finery.<\/p>\n

Robin from Bird on A Cake uses white chocolate for her snowmen but modelling paste will work just as well. You’ll find the full tutorial for this cake from Bird on A Cake here: snowman novelty Christmas cake.<\/a>\u00a0Robin provides a snowman template in the tutorial but if\u00a0prefer to use\u00a0a cutter, you’ll find a selection here:\u00a0Snowman Cutters<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

We have two adorable 3-D snowman cake toppers below to inspire you also. The sitting\u00a0snowman on the left is by Tahneelynn<\/a>\u00a0on Flickr, with the cake topper on the right from Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n

You’ll find a tutorial here from Veena’s Cakes to help you make your own snowman cake topper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more on snowflake cakes, see our earlier feature here: Snowflake Wedding Cakes<\/a>, plus you’ll find a selection of large-sized snowflake cutters here:\u00a0snowflake cutters<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

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Below left, we have a superb Christmas cake decorating idea from Baking Obsession\u00a0with Santa emerging from a chimney. The tutorial is available to purchase from Baking Obsession<\/a>\u00a0(USD$10.99).<\/p>\n

Below right, we have another fabulous novelty Christmas cake, this time\u00a0from\u00a0 Il Goloso Mondo di Minu<\/a> with a comedy reindeer, flat-out after his toy deliveries.<\/p>\n

You’ll find\u00a0a cute Santa and reindeers picture tutorial <\/a>here and another Santa model tutorial fromhere \u00a0Veena’s Art of Cakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Finally, we have two beautiful present stack novelty Christmas cakes below from Pinterest<\/a> (below left) and from Zoe Clark of The Cake Parlour (below right). Zoe has full instructions for this cake in her book: Cake Decorating at Home<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

For more on making giant lollipops or swirly pops, see our earlier feature: Lollipop Cakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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