The Christmas tree can be not only prickly, but also tasty. But first you need to cook it in the form of an original and beautiful cake.
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You will need
- 200 grams of butter,
- 150 grams of cane sugar
- 60 grams of powdered sugar
- 380 grams of flour
- 3 grams of baking powder,
- 100 grams of white chocolate,
- 180 grams of coconut,
- 5 grams of potato starch,
- 100 ml cream
- 2 egg yolks
- 100 grams of sour cream.
Instruction manual
1
Beat two yolks in a bowl until white, pour half of the cane sugar (75 grams) and continue to beat for another 3 minutes. Pour the second half of sugar to the yolks, add 100 grams of sour cream and butter, mix well, a homogeneous mass should be obtained.
2
Mix the flour with baking powder, sift it into a cup, and then pour it into a bowl with a liquid mass. Knead a steep dough that does not stick to your hands, which we remove in a cold place for 20-30 minutes.
3
On thick paper we draw stars of different sizes. Cut the workpiece. Preferably, 5-7 stars - patterns, different in size, one smaller than the other.
4
On the oven, set the temperature to 200 degrees, leave to warm up.
5
Roll out the dough into a layer with a thickness of about 7 mm. We cut stars according to pre-prepared patterns, the more stars, the more beautiful the Christmas tree will be.
We bake star cakes for 10 minutes.
6
While the cakes are baked, prepare the cream.
We combine white chocolate and cream, put in a water bath, melt. Grind coconut flakes in a blender, mix with powdered sugar and a teaspoon of starch.
7
The cooled liquid mass of chocolate and cream is mixed with a dry mass.
Lubricate cream cakes, leave to dry.
8
Spread the stars one on top of the other, slightly offset along the axis.
To make the Christmas tree green, add crushed pistachios to the cream.