Teddy Christening cake recipe | Good Food

Teddy Christening cake recipe | Good Food

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Make an impressive Christening or 1st birthday cake using these simple techniques and our step-by-step photographs, from BBC Good Food.

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Ingredients

  • 1 x 15cm light fruitcake (see related recipes)
  • 1 x 23cm zingy lemon cake (see related recipes)
  • icing sugar for dusting
  • 200g smooth apricot jam
  • 500g pack marzipan
  • 500g white ready-to-roll icing 'regal ice' (for the cake drum)
  • 500g white ready-to-roll icing 'regal ice' (for the 15cm fruitcake)
  • 1kg white ready-to-roll icing 'regal ice' (for the 23cm lemon cake)
  • light brown or 'teddy bear brown' food colouring paste
  • pink or 'fuschia' food colouring paste
  • blue or 'bluebell' food colouring paste
  • edible glue
  • 500g icing sugar sifted
  • 250g unsalted butter softened
  • finely grated zest of 1 lemon
  • 15cm (6") cake tin and cake board
  • 23cm (9") cake tin and cake board
  • 30cm (12") cake drum
  • a wide rolling pin
  • a large smooth surface
  • cake smoother (optional)
  • toothpicks
  • a paintbrush
  • a small sieve or icing sugar dredger
  • a 15cm cake box
  • a 30cm cake box
  • A selection of baby-themed biscuit cutters we used a teddy bear, a duck and a small rabbit (you don't want any of your cutters to be over 7cm tall as they will be too big for the depth of the cake)

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