Stocking Cake Recipes

STOCKING CAKE

Steps:

• Line a greased and floured 18x 2-in. baking pan with waxed paper; grease and flour the paper. Set aside., In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Add flour; mix well. Pour into prepared pan., Bake at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, whisk flour and milk until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Cover; cool to room temperature., Trace stocking pattern onto waxed paper; cut out. Arrange pattern over cake; with a sharp knife, cut out. Discard scraps. Transfer cake to a covered cake board., In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Add milk mixture; beat for 10 minutes or until fluffy., Tint 2-1/2 cups frosting red; spread 1-1/2 cups red frosting over stocking portion of cake. Coat sides and top of stocking with red sugar. Spread or pipe white frosting over cuff; pipe remaining red frosting around edge of stocking. Sprinkle cuff with edible glitter., Fill stocking with cookies and candies.

SANTA'S STOCKING CAKE

Steps:

• Knead the ready-to-roll icing until smooth, then split into three equal pieces and colour each with colouring. Roll out to approx ½cm thickness and, using a template, cut out eight stocking shapes. Set aside.
• Make the royal icing and colour as before. With the end of a skewer, dot small 'spots' all over the stocking shapes (or use a piping bag). Set aside to dry. Keep the coloured icing covered with cling film until later.
• Fix the ribbon around the top edge of the cake, using a thin line of icing to help it stick. Using a little leftover coloured icing, 'hang' the stockings on the cake, just underneath the ribbon, in alternating colours. Top the cake with Smartie-filled boxes and scatter Smarties over the cake and cake board.