CHRISTMAS TREE CAKE DECORATION
marzipan
pretzel sticks [e.g. Soletti]
sugar & green food coloring
[or colored sugar / sprinkles]
_ prepare a couple of shallow dishes with colored sugar
[you can use store bought colored sugar or sprinkles if you can get some - or just use liquid food coloring to dye your sugar to different greens]
_ knead marzipan for a few seconds to get it nice and soft
_ shape little cones [vary in size and thickness]
_ use a wooden skewer or toothpick to make a hole in the bottom of each cone
_ insert a Pretzel stick so a good 2 to 3 cm still tick out of the marzipan
_ roll cones in differently colored sugar
[cover and store in the fridge until used - not more than a couple of hours]
_ poke a hole into the top of your cake with a skewer or chopstick where you want to ‘plant a tree’
_ arrange trees on top of your cake [taller ones usually in the middle]
[don’t decorate your cake too far in advance - the Pretzel sticks tend to take on moisture from the frosting and go a little soft after a while and might not be able to hold the weight of the marzipan tree anymore]
CHRISTBAUM KUCHEN DEKORATION
Marzipan
Bretzelstangen [z.B. Soletti]
Zucker & grüner Lebensmittelfarbstoff
[oder farbiger Zucker / Streusel]
