Father Christmas cake?

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drspouse · 07/12/2017 13:37

DS has an early Jan birthday and has requested a cake with Father Christmas on it.
I'm considering this one from M&S but wonder if anyone else has spotted one? I think he'd prefer FC's face/a whole picture of him.
The problem is that searching for "Father Christmas cake" just brings up loads of fruit cakes. Ideally he'll want chocolate but would probably settle for vanilla.
I have kind of given up on my own cake decorating skills (I'm a whiz at baking but decoration not so much). So if I don't find one I'll probably get one from a local baker.

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drspouse · 07/12/2017 18:21

Quick bump for teatime crowd!

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ArcheryAnnie · 07/12/2017 18:41

You can order one from Lola's Cupcakes (and Lola's cake is pretty good, though not cheap):

www.lolascupcakes.co.uk/Ordering/1676/Christmas-Santa-Cake-2017.htm

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drspouse · 07/12/2017 18:48

That looks nice but seems to be London only. Boo.

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NeitherNowtNorSummat01 · 08/12/2017 00:47

I made these a few years ago and I have no artistic talent whatsoever.
They are fruit but I don't see why you couldn't do it on a chocolate cake. It's pretty much just fondant icing

Longleggedlovely · 08/12/2017 05:32

I made this one a couple of years ago ridiculously easy with just loads of marshmallows (my 2 year old niece helped stick them all on) so would be yum with chocolate cake!

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drspouse · 08/12/2017 12:31

I'm hopeless with fondant icing (and not much better with buttercream). Marshmallows we can manage!

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