Christmas cake toppings

[Sloe-Gin]

I never make (or buy) a Christmas cake, because, between us, we hate marzipan, brazils, almonds, candied fruit and icing. Pretty boring aren't we?

But I do have a hankering to make a cake this year, so am looking for 'something', that je ne sais quoi, for its decoration.

Any suggestions please, to bring a bit of festive fruit cake to our lives?

[earthmaiden]

Quite a tall order! You only mention two kinds of nut, could you use nuts such as pecans or walnuts and glaze them or do you dislike them as well? I think a drizzle of white water icing and various glittery 'sprinkles' might work. It's not the same as thick royal or fondant icing. My grandmother always decorated sticky gingerbread with cocktail umbrellas - heaven knows why but they were quite fun . I still have our old cake decorations - Santas, trees, snowmen etc which went on the cake every year. They don't need icing .

Other ideas might be washed and sprayed fir cones and ribbon etc.

Or a suitable design just stencilled with icing sugar before serving.

[Herbidacious]

I usually just peel the icing and marzipan off, and, albeit, give it to my husband. If he didn't like them either, I'd just not bother.

I take it you don't like cream cheese 'frosting'...

White chocolate??!! That might sound awful, but I had a very delicious (imo) white chocolate coated Christmas tiffin slice from Pret today, However, I'd be tempted to buy a tiny cake and expeirment first just in case.

A dusting of icing sugar and some sort of decorative sugar leaves, flowers and berries? (You don't have to eat them.)

[Herbidacious]

You have just reminded me though that I need to order a small cake from Betty's. There is a discount today too

[Catherine]

What about using dried apple slices, dried figs and apricots and dates and glaze with apricot jam?

[Ratatouille]

When you say candied fruit does that include preserved ginger and pineapple because they make a nice topping ?

[karadekoolaid]

Make a cheesecake with raspberries, Sloe - sod the Xmas cake!

[PatsyMFagan]

I could have sworn that I posted on here, but seems to have disappeared into the ether … anyway it was just to say that really the only thing I like about Christmas cake is the marzipan, best home made, but I usually put this in a Plum Kuchen .. I could eat cake if I was very hungry and would need the cheese to go with it

[Sloe-Gin]

Thank you fo the suggestions! Preserved ginger and pineapple wins the day!!!

[Ratatouille]

Even better if you soak them in whatever spirits you have used in the cake.

[Sloe-Gin]

:tu: Even better if you soak them in whatever spirits you have used in the cake.