Stick around the sides of an iced cake with small groups of holly berries For added attraction, mark them vertically with the back of a knife. Then cut the trees out, using either a cutter, or a cardboard template. Make flat Christmas trees by rolling out green marzipan, or sugarpaste, to about 1/4 thick.
The legs are sausages with boots on, bent to whichever angle you please. Once the color is dry (to give the impression of bricks), scrape lines outlining the bricks and show the white mortar between. Model the chimney and brush with brown coloring. Or create a wide chimney from white sugar paste, and have the legs of Father Christmas sticking out of the top.
Squeeze it in near the top and partly open, then have brightly colored parcels either peeping out or piled around the base of the sack. As sacks come in all shapes and sizes it does not have to be too exact. First, mold the marzipan into a smooth ball and model into a sack shape. Another easy idea is a Father Christmas sack made from brown marzipan. And as nuts contain oil, the almond will keep alight for a few moments.
On Christmas Day, give everyone a surprise by lighting the candle. One unusual decoration for the cake is a candle modeled from red marzipan, with a flaked almond in the top,to act as a flame. The decorations described are easy to make and children love to join in. Making anything by hand is satisfying, and especially so at Christmas.
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