Star sparkle cake

• fruitcake20cm 20cm

  see 'Goes well with'

• apricot jam↗5 tbsp 5 tbsp

  (optional)

• golden marzipan750g 750g
• white ready-to-roll icing↗750g 750g
• three 5-pointed star cutters

  - small, medium and large

• pack small gold balls30g 30g
• length of wide ribbonapprox 65cm approx 65cm

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Lift the cake onto the cake board or a plate and cover with jam, marzipan and – brushing with water around the sides of the cake only – ready-to-roll icing. Trim at the base.

2. 2

   Press star cutters gently into the icing, stopping when you get to the marzipan. Pull the star shapes out with the cutter, or ease it out with the tip of a knife. Stamp out a couple of small stars from re-rolled trimmings of icing (from icing the cake) and sit them inside the large star-shaped spaces.

3. 3

   Sprinkle the gold balls into the gaps and tie the ribbon around the cake. Can be decorated up to a week ahead.