Tree Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• 9 oz Caster Sugar
• 9 oz Butter (Softened)
• 7 oz Cooking Chocolate
• 5 oz Corn Flour
• 5 oz Flour
• 3 oz Almonds (Flaked)
• 1 tbl Rum
• 1 tsp Lemon Zest (Grated)
• 5 Eggs (Beaten)

Method

1. Take a large bowl and combine the sugar, butter, lemon zest, salt, almond flakes, rum and beaten eggs until smooth.
2. Now spread a spoonful of the mixture over the bottom of a greased 9“ cake tin.
3. Place in an oven preheated to 350 F and bake for about 2 minutes or until brown.
4. Once cooked, spread another spoonful on. Repeat the process until all the mixture is used.
5. Lift out of the oven to cool on a wire rack.
6. Put the cooking chocolate into a bowl and melt over a saucepan of hot water.
7. Spread over the top of the cake.
8. Decorate with grated chocolate.