TO ICE A CHRISTMAS CAKE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3571, 4 December 1926, Page 1

TO ICE A CHRISTMAS CAKE.

1. Make the icing of such a consistency that it will keep its shape if dropped on a tin plate. If iti runs it is too thin, and more icing must be used; 2. If the top of the cake lias to be cut fiat, make the first coating of icing thin enough to pour over; otherwise the crumb of the cake is apt to mix with the) icing. Apply the icing with a broad knife, dipped occasionally into hot water while smoothing the icing. Rubbing the top of a cake'lightly with (lour makes the icing stick. If the icing is wanted to stand up round the sides, pin a' band of oiled paper round. 3. Apply two or three coatings of icing according to the thickness desired. Let each coat harden before applying another. 4. To decorate use a set of tin icing tubes, with water-tight bags attached. Partly fill the bags with icing thick enough to keep its shape well. To make “roses” hold the “rose” tube upright, squeeze the bag and lift smartly. To make the leaves hold the tubes slanting. The “piping” tube may be used for many designs; to make chains, spider-webs, tennis nets, for writing names, making dots, etc. By the exercise of a little ingenuity, many pretty designs may be carried out; but it is as well to have the design mapped out beforehand, as a mistake is'not easily rectified. ’ If a set of tubes is not available, much may be done with a piece of stiff white paper rolled into a cone shape. ________