New Year’s Cake

Ingredients

• Madeira cake (8 oz. Cakeoma, etc.—see page 8)
• 8 oz. almond icing
• 1 lb. white royal icing
• 6 oz. white glacé icing
• Silver bells
• Red ribbon

Method

1. 1

   Bake the cake in a square tin and when cold coat it with almond icing.

2. 2

   Coat with the white icing and allow to dry.

3. 3

   In the centre put a bunch of small silver bells, tied with a narrow red ribbon, and tie a piece of ribbon round the side of the cake, finishing with a bow.

4. 4

   Using a writing nozzle, pipe 'A Happy New Year' across the top.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Cakeoma recipe book (1950) by Latham & Company Limited, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

NEW YEAR’S CAKE Madeira cake (8 oz. Cakeoma, etc.—see page 8) 8 oz. almond icing 1 lb. white royal icing or 6 oz. white glacé icing Silver bells Red ribbon

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.