Sunday 20 December 2009

Tatted Christmas Cake Band






This is my Christmas cake... The icing didn't go as well as previous years, it was cracked when it came out of the box!!

I tatted the band a few years ago, and use it every year, with a different theme for the top.  This year my daughter Mandy made Christmas trees from icing and mazipan cut into stars, with 2 snowmen.  The tatting is from Rosemarie Peel's Yuletide Tatting.


8 comments:

  1. Oh, how delightful! I also happen to have Rosemarie Peel's Yuletide tatting! It's out of print now, you know! I don't think I've tatted anything from it, though!

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  2. Thanks, that book is one of my standbys for Christmas tatting.

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  3. That is just beautiful! - perhaps if I begin now, I can tat one for next year - I usually buy lengths of cake wrapping and throw them away every year.
    I always bake the cake for Christmas - it must weigh over 5 kg, old family recipe - and my youngest daughter is responsible for icing and decorating it. She is much better at that than I am!

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  4. Your cake band is gorgeous. I don't have that book so have not seen it before.

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  5. Great job on the cake. It is too Pretty to eat!!

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  6. The cake looks beautiful with that cake band. Just lovely! I agree with Carol, it's too pretty to eat.

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  7. Wow! A 'cake band' is a new concept to me. What kind of icing is used, as it doesn't seem to disturb the tatting (and vice-versa). (Is there something between the tatting and the icing?) Very interesting tradition, and a new way (to me) to display tatting! Saves getting out the piping bag, and is reusable! Very colorful and a neat idea!!! Thanks for sharing!

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  8. Kathy, It's roll out icing, which wasn't good quality this year. It had a few cracks. The tatting just goes round the outside and is pinned into place. You could use it without the ribbon.

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