A Downton Christmas Cake: Royal Icing

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2020

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Ingredients

  • About ½ cup (140 g) apricot jam
  • confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
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Method

Set the cake on a cake board or cutting board. In a small saucepan, warm the jam over medium heat until fluid, then pass through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Using a pastry brush, brush the warm jam over the top and sides of the cake.

Lightly dust a work surface with sugar and place the marzipan on it. Knead until soft and pliable, then shape into a thick disk. Lightly dust a rolling