I’ve done it - Christmas cake - anyone else?

[MrsPear]

A while ago I asked for help with Christmas cake decoration. I can make a decent cake if I say so myself but decorating filled me with fear. A lot of you were helpful. In particular HoneyDragon I think - apologies if wrong.
Anyway I finished today and thought I would share - please remember I am much a novice!

Anyone care to share their cake?

Ooh snowy peaks and penguins, nice! I've not made a Christmas cake before, but we're having a bit of a family bake-off this year so I've given it a go. Used Delia's Creole Christmas cake as a basis for the recipe, just adapted slightly. Been carefully feeding over the past two months or so. Cheated and used ready rolled icing, and acquired some classic plastic tat from fleabay to go on top!

Oh that is lovely! I thought snow peaks was safer as the marzipan layer wasn’t very smooth.

They are both fabulous cakes

I'm decorating mine tonight - eek ! Hoping for inspiration

Here is mine

Oh that's really effective @Youreadthebabybooks! I love that..

Mine from a few years ago

How cool are these!

I thought this thread was gonna be about already eating the Christmas cake...

Love the negative effect Christmas pudding! And those stars, white on white very minimalist but pretty, love seeing the different designs people have experimented with!

I wish I could eat the cake already - it's a bit nerve wracking having invested so much time into this cake but you can't taste it and see how it is until the Big Day itself...

What’s the best way to get that snowy peak effect?

It's royal icing isn't it - I'd imagine Queen Delia should be quite reliable... link

MrsPear that is amazing. Utterly charming. You clearly have a secret talent.

That's lovely! I marzipaned mine today so me and the kids will ice it tomorrow. I love royal icing so snowy peaks for us too!

Here's mine. Very basic but my first ever cake and, most importantly, it tastes delicious!!

Cupcake sized christmas cakes - my first attempt at my christmas cake

I haven’t iced mine yet. Will have to do the marzipan and the royal icing tomorrow. I always go for the snowy peak effect! Can’t do smooth fondant.

My sons one for his TA at school

Snowy peaks are royal icing - 500g icing sugar, 2 egg whites and a couple of table spoons of lemon juice. I don't think it really needs the glycerine.

I never use glycerine. Nigel Slater and his merry band of Kilmer jars doesn’t and if it’s good enough for him, it is me.

Here is mine - I just iced it today!

My first attempt, finished today!

Here's mine..

Mine isn't even marzipanned yet.We rarely cut it before boxing day so I'll decorate it then