{"id":23517,"date":"2016-12-20T08:17:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T08:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23517"},"modified":"2016-12-20T06:47:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T06:47:30","slug":"christmas-cake-decorating-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/12\/christmas-cake-decorating-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Cake Decorating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is creeping up on us faster than I would like and there&#8217;s still so much to do. I have this week off and had hoped to get everything ready early in the week so that I could then spend some days relaxing and doing things with Morgan before Christmas. The list of things to do just seems to keep growing though and some of them are getting out of control &#8211; more on that in another post! I did however manage to spend a bit of time with Morgan yesterday decorating our Christmas cake. This has become something of a tradition in our house now.<\/p>\n<p>I tend to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/years-christmas-cake\/\">bake the cake<\/a> sometime in November and then feed it brandy for a few weeks. I then cover it in marzipan sometime in the second week of December so that Morgan and I can get creative with decorating it once he has broken up from school. I had managed to cover it in white fondant icing early yesterday morning and then finally at around 8pm last night we had some time to play with our design.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-23517 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3723.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3723-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Iced and Ready to go\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3723-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3723-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3723.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-23518'>\n\t\t\t\tIced and Ready to go\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3725.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3725-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cake Decorating Fun\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3725-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3725-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3725.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-23519'>\n\t\t\t\tCake Decorating Fun\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We decided to go with a cute robin themed design this year which actually turned out to be quite easy. First we moulded some chocolate flavoured icing into little balls to make the robin bodies. We then added little wings to them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23520\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3731.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23520\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3731.jpg\" alt=\"Robin Body and Wings\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3731.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3731-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3731-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robin Body and Wings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Next, we shaped some Santa\u00a0hats to keep the robins warm and added red breasts to turn them from brown blobs into robin-like figures.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-23517 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3733.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3733-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Santa Hat\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-23522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3733-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3733-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3733.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-23522'>\n\t\t\t\tSanta Hat\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3732.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3732-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Taking Shape\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-23521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3732-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3732-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3732.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-23521'>\n\t\t\t\tTaking Shape\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Eyes were added from little silver balls and noses were shaped from some left over marzipan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23523\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3734.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23523\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3734.jpg\" alt=\"Daddy Robin\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3734.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3734-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3734-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daddy Robin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With three little robins made &#8211; one called Alan, one called Anna and one called Morgan &#8211; we set to making a log pile for them to sit on. This was easy as we simply chopped up some Cadbury&#8217;s Flakes and arranged them on top of the cake. We then sprinkled icing sugar snow over them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-23517 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3735.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3735-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cutting Flakes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-23524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3735-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3735-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3735.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-23524'>\n\t\t\t\tCutting Flakes\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3736.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3736-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Log Pile\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-23525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3736-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3736-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3736.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-23525'>\n\t\t\t\tLog Pile\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3737.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3737-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Icing Sugar Snow\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-23526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3737-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3737-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3737.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-23526'>\n\t\t\t\tIcing Sugar Snow\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The little Robin family was then arranged on top of the logs and things were taking shape.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-23517 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3739.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3739-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Robins on Log Pile\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-23527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3739-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3739-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3739.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-23527'>\n\t\t\t\tRobins on Log Pile\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3740.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3740-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Robin Family\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-23528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3740-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3740-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3740.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-23528'>\n\t\t\t\tRobin Family\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>All that was left to do was make a red ribbon to go around the base and cut out some snowflakes to decorate the ribbon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23531\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3746.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23531\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3746.jpg\" alt=\"A Red Snowflake Ribbon\" width=\"950\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3746.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3746-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3746-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3746-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3746-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Red Snowflake Ribbon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A very simple design that was quick and easy to do (even for novices such as ourselves) but it still looks nice. Very festive!<\/p>\n<p>Facebook even created a little video montage of the whole event for me.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IUA8cqyJtOU\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is creeping up on us faster than I would like and there&#8217;s still so much to do. I have this week off and had hoped to get everything ready early in the week so that I could then spend some days relaxing and doing things with Morgan before Christmas. The list of things to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1312,"featured_media":23518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,762],"tags":[1534,374],"class_list":["post-23517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-recipes","tag-cake","tag-christmas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christmas Cake Decorating - A Simple Life of Luxury<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/12\/christmas-cake-decorating-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christmas Cake Decorating - A Simple Life of Luxury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christmas is creeping up on us faster than I would like and there&#8217;s still so much to do. 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