SUPER SIMPLE XMAS HOUSE

SERVES 12 PREP 45 MINS

125g unsalted butter, softened 1½ cups icing sugar, sifted 1 tbsp milk 2 x 450g store-bought madeira cakes 7 ice-cream wafers 4 x Spearmint Leaves ¼ cup mini M&M’S 1 x Furry Friends chocolate 1 yellow jube 2 licorice allsorts, yellow part trimmed ¼ cup white choc melts, melted 1 red sour strap, thinly sliced 1 In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter until pale. Gradually beat in icing sugar and milk. 2 Trim tops of madeira cakes to level. Using a little buttercream, spread a little icing on top of one cake. Stack with remaining cake. Spread icing all over top and sides of cake.

3 Join wafer biscuits together at top with a little melted chocolate to form roof and arrange on top of cake.

4 Press in mini M&M’S to form fairy lights (reserving one for door handle). Press in chocolate to form door, trimming if too large. Attach jube and reserved M&M with a little extra melted white chocolate. Press in trimmed licorice allsorts for windows and Spearmint Leaves for shrubs.

5 Arrange thinly sliced sour straps on top of roof.