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For the cake: Mix the sugar with the softened butter

  • The sponge:
  • 3 eggs
  • 250 g of caster sugar
  • 250 g butter, softened
  • 250 g flour
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • decor:
  • marshmallows
  • icing sugar
  • licorice
  • round caramels
  • little people figurines
3.5/5 (105 Votes)

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Melt the chocolate in a bain marie

  • 6 eggs
  • 500 g sugar
  • 1 bar of dark chocolate
  • 1 bar of white chocolate
  • 2 punnets of raspberries
4.5/5 (21 Votes)

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Chop the nuts without reducing to a powder

  • For the sponge:
  • 4 medium eggs (225g)
  • 130g caster sugar
  • 40g of flour
  • 90g chopped walnuts
  • 1 hotplate 30 × 40
  • For the buttercream:
  • 120g sugar lumps
  • 50g water
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 150g butter
  • 2 sticks of instant coffee (2 × 2g)
  • For the icing:
  • 100g full single cream
  • 20g sugarcane juice
  • 100g coating chocolate in small pieces or pistoles
  • 1 sheet of gelatine
  • 1 tablespoon of whiskey
4.2/5 (19 Votes)

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Preheat the oven to 180 ° C/ gas mark 4

  • 100 ml of milk
  • 1 star anise
  • 2-3 tbsp honey
  • 25g plain flour
  • 150g rye flour (or wholemeal)
  • 25g potato starch
  • 1 packet of baking powder
  • 15g of brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp allspice (or spice mix for gingerbread)
  • 100g manderin marmelade (or bitter orange)
  • 2 eggs
  • 80g soft butter
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
3.6/5 (32 Votes)

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First of all, cut 4 circles of pastry using a small plate

  • Ingredients for 2 medium and 2 small cakes:
  • 70g butter at room temperature
  • 70g soft brown sugar
  • 100g hazelnuts
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup
  • 50g whole hazelnuts
  • 4 or 5 tsp caster sugar
  • 4 rolls of puff pastry
  • 1 egg yolk
  • Lucky pennies or charms
2.6/5 (105 Votes)

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