A Past Recipe of the Month from Jane Asher

Exclusively for you Jane Asher has created a unique and tasty recipe which can be made from one of her wonderful baking mixes.

Previous recipes are available here - ARCHIVED RECIPES

Christmas Snowman

You will need:

Ingredients:
Jane Asher Rich Fruit Christmas Cake
3 blocks of coloured icing (one must be black)
1 extra white icing pack
Christmas decorations
Icing sugar for moulding icing

Equipment:
Cake board
Pudding bowl
Rolling pin
Greaseproof paper

METHOD

Please note that cooking appliances may vary. These instructions are given only as a guide.

1. Follow the make up instructions for the Christmas cake but cook in a greased and lined pudding bowl. Cover the top of the cake with a piece of greaseproof paper. Cook for the same time as on pack.
2. Whilst the cake is cooking, roll out a small piece of white icing and cover the cake board.
3. To make the snowman’s head - using the pack of white icing and roll into a round ball, slightly flattening the top to add the hat.
4. To make his hat, roll out some black icing and cut a circle from it, place this on top of the white icing ball head (on the flat top). The with the other colour icing make 3 fat disks to place on top of each other to make the layers of the hat. Keep some of the icing to make the scarf.
5. From the black icing cut out 2 small circles for the eyes and a half moon for the smile, stick onto the head with a little water.
6. For the nose using any coloured icing shaped into a cone and stick on with water
7. For the scarf roll the 3 coloured icing together to make along thin scarf to wrap around the neck of the head.
8. Once the cake has cooked and cooled, follow the instruction on pack to cover with marzipan and icing. Place this on top of the covered cake board.
9. Place the head on top of the cake with a little water or use cocktail sticks to keep in place.
10. Wrap the scarf around the neck with a little water. Use Christmas decoration to make the buttons and to decorate around the board and hat.