Photo: David Holifield
Teddy Christening cake
27 ingredients
Serves 45 - 50
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Make an impressive Christening or 1st birthday cake using these simple techniques and our step-by-step photographs
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
683
Calories
23g
Protein
47g
Fat
42g
Carbs
Counts 6 of 10 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Duck | 100g cooked with skin | 337 |
| Biscuit | 1 medium (45g) | 166 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
| Marzipan | not in our table | 0 |
| Icing | not in our table | 0 |
| Rabbit | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 x 15cm light fruitcake (see related recipes)
- 1 x 23cm zingy lemon cake (see related recipes)
- icing sugar , for dusting
- 200g smooth apricot jam
- 500g pack marzipan
- 500g white ready-to-roll icing 'regal ice' (for the cake drum)
- 500g white ready-to-roll icing 'regal ice' (for the 15cm fruitcake)
- 1kg white ready-to-roll icing 'regal ice' (for the 23cm lemon cake)
- light brown or 'teddy bear brown' food colouring paste
- pink or 'fuschia' food colouring paste
- blue or 'bluebell' food colouring paste
- edible glue
- 500g icing sugar , sifted
- 250g unsalted butter , softened
- finely grated zest of 1 lemon
- 15cm (6") cake tin and cake board
- 23cm (9") cake tin and cake board
- 30cm (12") cake drum
- a wide rolling pin
- a large smooth surface
- cake smoother (optional)
- toothpicks
- a paintbrush
- a small sieve or icing sugar dredger
- a 15cm cake box
- a 30cm cake box
- A selection of baby-themed biscuit cutters , we used a teddy bear, a duck and a small rabbit (you don't want any of your cutters to be over 7cm tall as they will be too big for the depth of the cake)
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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