Santa's stocking cake

10-30 minutes 200 kcal or less 30-60 minutes cake christmas decorate decoration food colouring food colourings icing indulgent kids cooking marzipan quick ribbon ribbons santa santa's stocking smarties stocking

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Ingredients

18-23cm fruit cake covered with marzipan and ready-to-roll white icing

250g ready-to-roll white icing (see 'Try' tip)

pink, green and orange food colouring (or use colours of your choice)

1 quantity soft royal icing (see 'Try' tip)

thin red ribbon

orange, green and pink Smarties , plus 3 small gift boxes

Method

Knead the ready-to-roll icing until smooth, then split into three equal pieces and colour each with colouring. Roll out to approx ½cm thickness and, using a template, cut out eight stocking shapes. Set aside.

Make the royal icing and colour as before. With the end of a skewer, dot small 'spots' all over the stocking shapes (or use a piping bag). Set aside to dry. Keep the coloured icing covered with cling film until later.

Fix the ribbon around the top edge of the cake, using a thin line of icing to help it stick. Using a little leftover coloured icing, ‘hang’ the stockings on the cake, just underneath the ribbon, in alternating colours. Top the cake with Smartie-filled boxes and scatter Smarties over the cake and cake board.