Tunis Cake
Celebrate the festive season with this delightful Chocolate & Marzipan Christmas Wreath Cake recipe. This show-stopping dessert features a moist lemon-flavored sponge topped with a rich chocolate ganache and adorned with vibrant marzipan holly leaves and berries. Perfect for bringing some holiday cheer to your table!
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 225g/8oz softened butter
- 225g/8oz caster sugar
- 225g/8oz self-raising flour
- 70g/2½oz ground almonds
- 4 large free-range eggs
- 1 large lemon
- 300ml/10fl oz double cream
- 400g/14oz plain chocolate
- 200g/7oz natural marzipan
- gel food colouring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 (fan 160C). Grease and line a 20cm/8in deep cake tin with baking parchment.
- Add the butter, sugar, flour, ground almonds, eggs and lemon zest to the bowl of a freestanding electric mixer (alternatively use a sturdy bowl and a hand-held mixer). Beat on high speed for a minute. Spoon the batter into the prepared cake tin and level the surface with a palette knife or spatula.
- Bake for 45 minutes, then cover with foil to prevent the top from browning and cook for a further 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool completely in the tin on a wire rack.
- For the topping, pour the cream into a small pan and bring almost to the boil. Remove from the heat, add the chocolate and stir until melted. When cool but not setting, pour the chocolate mixture in an even coat over the cooled cake (that is still in the tin) and put aside to set.
- To decorate, colour 175g/6oz of the marzipan with green food colouring to turn it the colour of holly leaves. Using a holly leaf shaped cutter, cut out 20 holly leaves. Mark the veins with a knife, lay over a rolling pin and leave to dry (this curls the leaves slightly). Colour the remaining marzipan with the red food colouring and roll into 30 âholly berryâ size balls. Leave to dry.
- To serve, remove the cake from the tin and carefully peel off the parchment paper so that you get a clean line between the cake and the chocolate layer. Arrange the holly leaves and berries in a wreath around the edge of the cake.
Cook Time
2H
Prep Time
PT30M
Yield
Serves 10
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