How to make an igloo smash cake

Making this impressive Igloo smash cake is so much easier than it looks. Starting with a simple mincemeat and glacé cherry Christmas cake base and crafting spectacular white chocolate and fondant icing decorations gives a showstopping, smashing Christmas cake that everyone's sure to adore. Remember to screenshot the ingredients list at the bottom of the page before you go shopping.

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Ingredients

• butter, for greasing

• 140g salted butter

• 140g light muscovado sugar

• 225g self-raising flour

• 2 large eggs

• 411g jar mincemeat

• 200g glace cherres, halved

• 2 tbsp amaretto

• 150g white cooking chocolate

• 50g ready-to-roll white fondant icing

• 5g ready-to-roll black fondant icing

• 300g ready-to-use vanilla flavour frosting

• 40g mini white marshmallows

• 25g white chocolate stars

• 2 white chocolate writing icing tubesicing sugar, for dusting

• Balloon, toothpick, fine brush, pair of tweezers, pastry brush, cake stand or board, palette knife, pin

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