How to Make a Caravan Christmas Cake
Level
Beginner
Time
1+ days
Budget
30+
Is this not the most impressive Christmas bake you've EVER seen?! Combining a deliciously festive fruit cake with layers of marzipan and Renshaw Ready to Roll Icing, you can create your very own structural masterpiece that tastes delicious, too! Follow the instructions below by Baker Lucy Bruns, and make your very own modern, festive caravan camping scene.
You will need
Total:
£0.00
How to make
Other Ingredients:
Fruit cake 10” x 7”
Pretzel sticks
Fizzy belts sweets
Bakers twine
Puffed rice cereal
Gingerbread dough:
3 tbsp warm water
100g caster sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 tbsp treacle
3 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp each of cinnamon and mixed spice
125g butter, cold and chopped into small chunks
½ tsp Bicarbonate of Soda »
260g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
To Bake the Gingerbread
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Put the water, sugar, spices, treacle and golden syrup into a saucepan and bring slowly to a simmer, stirring regularly. Do not let it boil furiously or stick to the sides of the pan.
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To Decorate:
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Use the camper template to cut the basic shape from the fruit cake.
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