Si and Dave served up a last minute spiced Christmas cake with apricot jam and marzipan on The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas.

For the decorations and topping: 900g marzipan, 2 tbsp apricot jam, 1 orange, preferably with a few leaves, 2 tbsp icing sugar, 2 free-range egg whites, 3-4 longish sprigs rosemary (5-6cm lengths), few citrus leaves, 100g caster sugar, few crystalised rose petals, cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves, nutmeg and edible gold spray or edible gold dust.

See recipes from Si and Dave in their book titled: The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook available from Amazon now.