Baking Xmas gift guide

Uh oh.... there's only a few days to go until Christmas. I felt it festive to build a small bakers gift guide.... for whether you're trying to figure out what to buy for your baking enthusiast friend, or come up with ideas for your own wish list (which you can then post to your friends/dearest ones/people that buy you stuff). For those of you who don't bake or are new to baking...I even added pictures!!! :) 1. Anyone that's ever had to stand in their kitchen and cut out 20 separate letters by hand will understand the importance...

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Mini modelling tutorials

Being away from home shouldn't stop me baking right? urm... riiiight. Have you tried working with fondant in 40 degree heat? (that's if you can find it in the first place). So, with that in mind, I'm going to treat you guys to a couple of cute, quick AND easy fondant tutorials to keep you busy.... I've even thrown Santa in for good measure :) Being so near Christmas, it would have been rude not to post this brilliant Santa step-by-step tutorial from www.clayus.com. So they're using modelling clay? fondant will work just the same! Because...

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City Sights cake

  So for this cake I'm gonna try a new step-by-step format, so please feed back your thoughts on the layout peeps!!! The hard bit of this cake wasn't the cake itself, but the painting. You need an arty hand (or someone that has one).   YOU WILL NEED 1 Round cake Ready to roll fondant Black powdered food colouring Vodka!!! Red and Green gel colouring      Step 1: Roll out your white fondant ( I do this on a white plastic mat so that it doesn't stick to my bench). Once rolled, I smooth it out...

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