XMAS TREE MUD CAKE

SERVES 8 PREP 15 MINS

600g store-bought mud cake 400g tub store-bought chocolate frosting 340g bag Freckles 3 x Flake bars 3 x rainbow sour straps, trimmed into colours fondant stars, to decorate

1 Arrange mud cake on a serving board. Trim edges from cake to form a triangle tree shape and use offcuts to form a tree stump.

2 Spread frosting all over top and sides of cake. Starting at the base of the cake, stick Freckles on cake in rows. Repeat rows, gradually working up to the top.

3 Halve Flake bars and stick around base of tree to form stump.

4 Decorate tree with sour straps and fondant stars.

TIP You can use spearmint leaf lollies instead of Freckles, if you wish.