"christmas cake" news and stories

He's comin' down the chimney, down! In this "after" picture of Santa's present-dispensing binge, there's more than meets the eye. Fluffy Yellow Cake squares for the chimney, fruit tape "bricks," Buttercream-Frosting "snow," and breadstick-and-marshmallow candy "legs and feet" create an edible caketastrophe, Christmas Eve-style.

Recipes and Easy How-To for the Santa Christmas Cake at KitchenDaily.

Gather round this fluffy yellow Christmas Tree Cake swathed in frosting pine needles, fruit-tape garland and M&M lights for a rousing chorus of "O, Tannenbaum." This cake is so much easier to make than you think, and it's a fun way to get the whole gang involved. Of course, after you're done, and then admire it for a few hours, you can make short work of it with dessert forks. Click the link below, and you're halfway there.

O Christmas Tree Cake Recipe and How-To

We have mentioned both a $10,000 cake and a $950 cocktail here at Slashfood, but we have never before seen a cake like this one. Selling at a department store in Tokyo is a cake that costs $1.7 million dollars. The two tiered fruitcake, created by pastry chef Jeong Hong-yong, is covered in marzipan and a total of 223 diamonds, the largest of which is a heart-shaped, 5-karat stone. Though the article mentions that there "have been many inquiries," it does not say whether the cake has been purchased outright.

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