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ICE your Christmas Cake as UCM demonstrates with Pics!!!!!!

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UCM · 13/12/2006 18:26

Ok, I am not delia but here goes, start with cake, I put mine on grease proof paper (only the 2nd one I have iced mind you)

cake

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UCM · 13/12/2006 18:28

Get icing together, I used ready to roll. Put icing suger down to roll it on, roll icing out

icingsugar

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UCM · 13/12/2006 18:29

Paint with apricot jam so icing sticks

jam

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UCM · 13/12/2006 18:30

place icing carefully, DH showed me a good trick of rolling the icing onto the rolling pin

rollicing

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SherlockLGJ · 13/12/2006 18:31

Icing sugar and jam, did not work. The links that is.

FluffyMummy123 · 13/12/2006 18:31

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FairyTaleOfNewYork · 13/12/2006 18:31

your 2nd and 3rd links nto working.

Twiglett · 13/12/2006 18:32

you need to heat the jam before painting

Twiglett · 13/12/2006 18:32

'kin 'ell get me .. like I spend my life icing cakes

but you do .. apricot jam needs to be heated ..

what's this thread for anyway

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UCM · 13/12/2006 18:33

Some of these links are not bloody working, so I am gonna link to me whole icing album

here

I am quite pleased, tis not too bad

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sunchowder · 13/12/2006 18:33

UCM are those YOUR hands?

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UCM · 13/12/2006 18:34

This is the finish of the Christmas Cake club, felt bad as haven't really posted much on there so thats it, the fecking cake is bleeding finished. The End.

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UCM · 13/12/2006 18:34

No DH's

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sunchowder · 13/12/2006 18:34

Album comes up fine, it is beautiful UCM!

SherlockLGJ · 13/12/2006 18:34

SC

Yes they are, she drives a truck in her spare time.

sunchowder · 13/12/2006 18:35

Ha LGJ! I thought it might tickle everyone....Is that YOU UCM?

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UCM · 13/12/2006 18:36

Oi, Sherlock, don't tell em all

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UCM · 13/12/2006 18:38

Oh and Twig was right, the apricot jam should have been warmed really..........but I was in a rush.

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FluffyMummy123 · 13/12/2006 18:40

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UCM · 13/12/2006 18:41

Well my fanjo isn't. Have I told you about my fanjo recently I 'naired' it to try to get it tidy for the birth and it wasn't right, twas tufty...........

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FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 13/12/2006 18:43

UCM you are a lovely, lovely person, months on and you still wear it with great humour .

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UCM · 13/12/2006 18:44

Anyway, getting back to the hands, they are DH who was laughing at me taking photos, but came out with the fabby tip of rolling the icing onto the pin before placing over the cake - I was most impressed as he is a hairy arsed builder

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sunchowder · 13/12/2006 19:16

I lurvve you UCM, both you and your DH.

Pruni · 13/12/2006 19:19

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FioFio · 13/12/2006 19:25

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DimpledThighs · 13/12/2006 19:46

congrats on your cake and congrats on your taste in kitchen worktops - I have the same one.

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