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Ingredients
3 pieces piece | Eggs Egg | ||
1 pinches pinch | Salt Salt | ||
102 g g | Sugar Sugar | ||
1,25 tsp tsp | Gingerbread Spice Gingerbread Spice | ||
70 g g | Flour Flour | ||
1 tsp tsp | Baking Powder Baking Powder | ||
2 tbsp tbsp | Gingerbread Liqueur
Gingerbread Liqueur (As Desired) | ||
600 g g | Apples Apple | ||
0,5 half half | Lemon Lemon | ||
150 ml ml | Apple juice Apple juice | ||
1 dash dash | Vanilla Extract Vanilla Extract | ||
300 g g | Cream
Cream (Whipped) | ||
1 packet packet | Icing Sugar Icing Sugar | ||
80 g g | White chocolate White chocolate | ||
1 dash dash | Green Food Colouring Green Food Colouring |
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Method
Cake:
- Separate eggs.
- Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt and add 40g of sugar, continue beating until egg whites form a peak.
- Beat egg yolks, sugar and gingerbread spices together, add in flour and baking powder.
- Gently fold in egg whites.
- Place cake mixture in a baking tray (22cm in diameter).
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°C for about 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool and slice evenly into two layers.
- Lightly drizzle on liqueur.
Apple Cream filling:
- Peel, core and dice apples, sprinkle with lemon juice.
- Place 50ml apple juice and sugar in a saucepan and cook for 5 minutes until mixture has dissolved.
- Mix icing powder together with remaining juice.
- Add in the diced apple, allow to boil, continue stirring and allow to cool.
- Spread on top of the bottom layer of the cake, then place the top layer on top.
Gingerbread Cream Filling:
- Beat icing sugar, gingerbread spice and whipped cream together until stiff.
- Decorate with a layer of cream all over the cake, use a piping bag to pipe flower shapes and sprinkle decorative sugar.
Christmas Tree Decoration:
- Break up white chocolate, melt over a hot water and place in a piping bag.
- Make at least 12 trees.
- Decorate with green coloured sugar and let it set.
- Place chocolate christmas trees around the cake.
Tip:
- The cake can be baked the day before.
- You can also make the christmas trees 1-2 days in advance, keep them cool and in a dry area.