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Follow Delia Smith’s simple instructions for how to decorate your Christmas cake. Delia’s Traditional Christmas Cake packs are offered to acquire in Waitrose. Filmed at the Waitrose Cookery School: www.waitrose.com ‘Now that you’ve made the ideal and easiest cake ever, let us see the simplest way to ice it. ‘Make positive you have 1st fed the cake with brandy, and now comes the imaginative bit. ‘Start by melting about a tablespoon of apricot jam with a tablespoon of brandy. Then give it a good stir to make a glossy, sticky glaze for the best of the cake. ‘After that, brush it all above the surface of the cake and this is what will make the marzipan and icing stick. ‘First, the marzipan. Soften it with your hands, and then lightly dust the surface with icing sugar. Now roll it out, providing it quarter turns to make a round. ‘Then cut a circle with the base of the cake tin and location this more than the cake. Now repeat all of this with the icing, rolling it to what ever thickness you like. Then brush the best of the marzipan with more glaze, and spot the icing on best. ‘Next, take a huge snowflake cutter and cut out a shape from 1 side of the icing. Gently get rid of the shape from the top of the cake, exposing the marzipan beneath. Now cut one more snowflake on the other side of the cake. ‘Brush with a little far more of the glaze, then steadily, utilizing a teaspoon, fill the cut-out snowflakes with little silver balls just to give it a bit of sparkle. And do not worry if 1 or two escape. ‘Then roll out the …

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